Re: May Bell mandolin on Pottstown PA craigslist
Bob Carlin's Regal Book was a real eye opener for me as to what they actually could and would manufacture. Up until that point I actually didn't think they could delve into the high end instruments that they built and that in many cases instruments they built were attributed to other builders. With that said, I have an open mind. I went back ten years in threads about Slingerland and May-Bell and the question that's always asked and never answered is "can you show me an example?" but then there's never an example shown. Assuming the instrument manufacturers in Chicago were intertwined in work force and suppliers and many times apparently bought from the same jobbers you could assume that anyone with money could have set up a shop in Chicago over that time period and found a trained work force. Work with me here, show us some examples that prove this was made by Regal. I can accept it if I can see it. I get it that they didn't make the exact headstock. There are certainly going to be other traits on their mandolins that show up. Show us what they are. That should be fairly easy for someone with access to the catalogs.
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