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Topic: Carmelo Catania resonator guitar, 1950s, Italy |
Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 19 May 2021 11:13 am |
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Fascinating!
The resonator looks similar to a drum cymbal.
Old school European cosmetics!
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 19 May 2021 12:53 pm
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Creepy store name but really interesting guitar. The cover plate seems to be saying to me "you're getting very sleepy."
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 19 May 2021 2:47 pm
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| Love it! |
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Joe Breeden
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 19 May 2021 7:07 pm
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| Like it Brad |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 19 May 2021 10:12 pm
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| Howard Parker wrote: |
Fascinating!
The resonator looks similar to a drum cymbal.
Old school European cosmetics!
h |
I would not be surprised if it is a repurposed cymbal. and probably not very responsive,
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 20 May 2021 5:34 am
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| Jeff Highland wrote: |
I would not be surprised if it is a repurposed cymbal. and probably not very responsive, |
Probably why they added the neck humbucker at some point. I doubt that's a pickup that would have been available in '53. Awesome binding. |
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David Knutson
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Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 20 May 2021 9:23 am
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A repurposed cymbal would be a step up from this . . . .
I was once presented with a "maybe-you-can-fix-this" acoustic guitar which had the top removed, and a 12" gold pan - ya, the panning for gold one - mounted inside with what looked like construction adhesive.  The top hadn't been re-attached, so I never figured out what the final design idea might have been. Even if I had put the warped and twisted thing back together, I doubt that a humbucker would have helped this one. 
Back to Brad's post . . . that's a very cool looking instrument.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 20 May 2021 10:50 am
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Artsy Italian and kind of cool looking, but my gut tells me if we all could take it for a test drive to hear the actual sound, at the conclusion here would be a lot of “no thanks - I’ll pass.”
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 20 May 2021 11:34 am
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
| Creepy store name...." |
sculacciata!
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