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Topic: Old Recording King - is it a Gibson, Regal or ????? |
Steve Green
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Gulfport, MS, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 4:17 am |
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I found this Recording King guitar for sale, and was wondering if anyone knew who made it.
I understand some Recording Kings were made by Gibson, some by Regal, and possibly others.
Any ideas? This is the only photo available.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 8:38 am
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| That one's a Regal. The fret markers and pickup are quintessential Regal. All the Gibson-built ones I've seen had a plainer variant of the Charlie Christian pickup, though a few might have P13s, and a different body shape. I agree that those are modern tuners. |
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Steve Green
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Gulfport, MS, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 8:52 am
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Found this one on a different site. Same body shape, but different finish and pickup style.
The one in the first post is $279, this one is only $199. Any opinions?
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 9:00 am
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| That's a replacement pickup and a replacement jack. You can see the bump near the treble-side knob where a hard-wired cord was attached. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 9:15 am
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| those are pretty neat for pretty cheap! |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 9:17 am
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| i suppose you'll be selling them? |
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Steve Green
From:
Gulfport, MS, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 10:26 am
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| i suppose you'll be selling them? |
Nah, Chris. I was thinking about buying at least one of them. Especially if they were Gibson-made.
I've recently freed up some space in my instrument collection.
One's at Guitar Center, the other's at Music-Go-Round.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 11:20 am
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| Steve Green wrote: |
Found this one on a different site. Same body shape, but different finish and pickup style.
The one in the first post is $279, this one is only $199. Any opinions? |
In my opinion, the second one is much cheaper than the first one.
They're both made by Kay from what I've been able to find.
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 11:57 am
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| Hard to tell without a closeup, but the pickup assembly on the first one looks quite similar to what one finds on Gibson BR-4's, 6's and 9's. |
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