Topic: Regal Fake resonator guitar

[Mr.OMuck]

o I pull into the dump this morning to deposit the bag of lobster carcasses from the previous night's feast here on the sunny coast of Maine (52F pouring rain) and see that a big patch of it is burning in spite of the drenching rain. I knock on the door of the dump attendant and ask if he is aware that there is a huge fire eating half the dump. He is. Sitting there is a beat up old cardboard guitar case. I ask whats in it? An old Regal he replies. Mind if I have a look I ask? Go ahead. I open the case and there is this strange beastie:

[Mr.OMuck]

Well, I tried uploading a sound file of the thing but it was rejected thrice! Anyhow He let me have it for $20! A very good day for O'Muck.

[Johnm]

Congratulations, O'Muck, first for being in Maine, whatever the weather may be, and secondly on your new guitar.  For $20.00, you pretty much can not go wrong.  That's cool!
All best,
Johnm

[Mr.OMuck]

Thanks John. Here's a link to a sound file of the beast under discussion:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7805727

[sustaireblues]

Mr. OMuck you are surely living right! Congratulations, and you give that little guitar quite the workout also!

Joe

[Johnm]

I agree with Joe, O'Muck, and your time sounds great, as per usual.
all best,
Johnm

[Mr.OMuck]

I thank youse.

[Parlor Picker]

Nice one O'Muck.  We all dream of these finds but never seem to come across them in reality.

Aren't you supposed to eat the shells???

[Lyndvs]

Best $20 guitar i ever heard! .Great playing,Mr.O`Muck-very funky.thanks for posting this.
lyndvs.

[frankie]

Excellent, Mr. O'muck....  loose, loose, loose!

That faux-reso looks so nekkid without its coverplate... 

[Pan]

A $20 well spent!   

Great playing too!

Cheers

Pan

[Coyote Slim]

Now you can play some fake blues!   

[Mr.OMuck]

Tenks again all.

[Richard]

I'm glad to see this thread is still going as I have just returned from sunny Malta where I puchased at great expense a wonderful new resonator guitar, as per the pic.

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[Slack]

What an unusual resonator Richard - the resonator is mounted on the back of the guitar - bet it sounds kind of muffled...?

[BottleneckJohn]

Cool instruments, and an "important" piece of reso-history, haha!
I mean, these were the low, low end guitars for those who couldn't afford the real deal.. Talk about blues.. 


Mid-30's, no-name, I'm guessing it's made by Regal, Chicago

They can actually be used also, I tried mine at a gig this summer it worked well, it could be heard!!!!
Played along with a fiddle and a mandolin and the faux-bro cut through.. 


LmoL, there nothing at all under the coverplate, just silver paint on the top!!!!!!
Surprisingly cool tone though, looong sustain but less bass and low volume compared to any "real reso"..


Hmmm... It can be done! 

Sounding like this:

[onewent]

Hi B-John, I've seen your guitars and videos on some other forums..I'd posted photos of the two black Dobro's a few weeks back in your Dobro thread. 
Just wanted to comment on the faux-resonator.  A few weeks back at the Philly guitar show, a dealer down the row showed me a faux-resonator that he had converted to a real resonator and boy, did that ever sing..sounded like a National El Trovador.  The guitar began as a plywood, big bodied 'Le Domino' (had the cool dice markings), and the faux part was removed and a sound well built to hold an old National cone.  A pleasure to play and hear, so it can be done!
Regards, Tom

[BottleneckJohn]

Tom! 

That's good to hear, been thinking of doing a modification and build the soundwell and put the cone in there..
But I also feel that it's cool to keep it in original condition, especially since it's in such a nice shape!

Can't decide, time will tell, LoL!!