Featured Guitar – Vintage Regal Tenor Resophonic
Sometimes the guitar itself is more interesting than the repair. It would be a shame not to share some of those instruments. So with that in mind, presenting our first “Featured Guitar.”
The owner of this Regal tenor resophonic guitar is something of a tenor guitar connoisseur. He found this one listed in an online tenor guitar forum with no assurances that it would ever play. He bought it just because it looked so cool, thinking at the very least it would look good on a wall. But when it arrived in decent condition, he decided to see if it could be made playable. We installed a new resonator cone, spider bridge, and saddle and set the action to be nice and easy. It turned out great. I suspect famed tenor guitar player Neko Case would love how it sounds.
Steve: I can honestly say that since you made the repairs this instrument has only been sounding better and better! It hadn’t been played since 1938 and I know that by the time you saw it, the instrument was unplayable. Now that it’s back to its former self and can be played, it’s slowly coming back to life! Thanks for doing such a great job.
Oh yeah, and Neko, if you’re reading this, let me know and I’ll let you take it out for a spin sometime.
I know Neko, I’ll let her know!