Currently on SGW. Photos not good, but seems somehow not quite rustic homebrew. Fretboard may have pasted on magazine print, or something.
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Currently on SGW. Photos not good, but seems somehow not quite rustic homebrew. Fretboard may have pasted on magazine print, or something.
Any guesses?Attachment 189329
This is a better example! A Regal "reverse scroll" mandolin.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1920S-REGAL...QAAOSwnLhfjKWT
Yes, very common budget guitar as NickR notes made by Regal and sold under a bunch of labels or no label at all. Here is the design patent by Frank Kordick in 1914.
Known to some as a 'Smurf hat' I believe
If Bill Monroe had seen a reverse scroll Regal in that barbershop window, we would be idolizing them, and making fun of an F5 headstock looking like the silhouette of a big nosed guy with a cowlick. :cool:
Jim, I like the "crown" tailpiece in that patent application. I wonder if once they were manufactured if they ever sported such a tailpiece? More likely, something very cheap like in the original photo although the more expensive versions did have the cloud type!
When Frank Kordick patented the reverse scroll design that tailpiece was common on some L&H mandolins.
As stated, it was a Regal design and some were much more deluxe than others.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard500
Agreed. Pretty much on all the Washburn line mandolins, rarely ever on the reverse-scroll mandolins. Here is fancy one from a top-of-the-line Washurn style 85 bowlback from the 1890s.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton
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You are correct, sir!Quote:
Originally Posted by tonydxn
I believe I have seen listed as that in some old Regal catalogs from the late '20s or early '30s. Jim Garber might have a copy of one of those catalog pages.
Mick
Thread title reminds me of Campilongo's tune "Awful Pretty, Pretty Awful"
https://youtu.be/KigvGjPaViU