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Topic: Regal logo? |
Tommy White
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Nashville
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 6:22 am |
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Does anyone know why some Regal logos display San Francisco just under the Regal name and some do not? Very perplexing while recently shopping for a Regal RD-52 "Black Lightning".
Thanks in advance and Happy Holidays! |
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Gene Jones
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Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 6:41 am
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Regal Dobros were mfg in California from 1932 until 1937; then moved from California to Chicago. The San Francisco logo designation is probably for the instruments mfg from 1932-1937.
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Tommy White
From:
Nashville
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 7:15 am
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Gene,
Thank you, but I have noticed the distinction of some do/ some don't have the San Francisco on brand new Regal instruments of the same model. Such as the RD-52 Regal. I was wondering if this is a mark of B stock or varied from store to store for some reason. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 7:32 am
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I just picked up a new Regal RD-40 and it has "San Francisco" on the logo.
Incidently, this new model is just a beautiful guitar. I got mine in the cherry sunburst and that along with the intricate inlay on the headstock makes for an outstandiang value at $369.99! 
Erv |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 7:32 am
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New Regals are manufactured in Asia (Korea and China?) and distributed by Saga Musical Instruments of San Francisco. My guess is that the difference in labels is just a change in spec and indicates old vs. new stock.
Here's some historical info about Regal, which dates back to 1896.[This message was edited by Russ Young on 24 November 2005 at 07:32 AM.] |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 24 Nov 2005 8:50 am
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Thanks for the corrections.....obviously, I misunderstood the question. 
I assumed that the question pertained to reso instruments affixed with the "Dobro" logo that were made under license by Regal. It was my mistake as in reading Tommy's post again I see that he did not mention "Dobro" in his post
I also own a resonator instrument that has a "Regal" logo with the San Francisco designation, that I bought in the 1980's.
www.genejones.com [This message was edited by Gene Jones on 24 November 2005 at 08:55 AM.] |
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