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jimlanderson |
Parlor Guitar ID |
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Last Edited By: jimlanderson 05/27/09 8:39 PM.
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Dave in Tejas |
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It has a label in it. Show the label.
Looks like some sort of 50's "Regal-Kay" |
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RevGeo |
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The body shape, color of the sunburst and distinctive pickguard all look like a 50s era Harmony or Harmony-built Stella to me.
Harmony built tons of instruments for different companies, including Regal and Kay. I've bought a few of these lately for between $150 and $200. YMMV. Rev George |
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jimlanderson |
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RevGeo wrote:It does have a purple lined semi hardshell case with a leather handle I think that would help some? |
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littlewingsn |
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Its hard to tell in the pics , but the tuners look like 30's strip . I'd say between those , and the probable Geib 0 or 00 case that it is in you have
about $200 -$250 in value . The guitar itself is probably not worth much $50- $75 maybe more some of these early birch guitars are pretty cool .Is the top
arched? I agree it looks like a Chicago guitar , but I think earlier than the 50's . I 'd like to see a better shot of the tuners.
Sean
It kind of looks like this 30's Chicago made Galiano.
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littlewingsn |
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Yeah, those are the ones I was thinking of . Definitely 30"s .
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