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08-13-2022, 06:12 PM
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Not Your Great-Grandmother's Guitar.
 Doing a bit of research on an old guitar I have from the early 30's and I came across this link that others may like to see if it had not been posted here at AGF. https://thelocalpickup.com/collections/steel-strings/
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08-13-2022, 06:40 PM
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Which is the guitar that you have?
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08-13-2022, 07:01 PM
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The guitar I have was my Dad's guitar that he bought at age ten and kept until it was later given to me a few years back before he passed away. I recently turned 70 yrs old. * The woods are maple or birch back and sides (tobacco sunburst)with ebony fingerboard/bridge and ivory bridge pins and dot inlay, tuning pegs are ebony. No name on headstock and only a production model number inside (D1090). An Early 1930's 12 fret Martin style shape and look. All original and intact. Have been spending a number of years restoring it for max sound output as it was pretty much dry as a cracker barrel ten years ago. Not trying to find which manufacturer in America made it ( looks like a Bronson) but more interested in knowing exactly which materials it is produced from. It would have been purchased brand new in SouthEast Michigan during the Depression. This is the basic look and body style of the guitar I have : https://www.jameshoodguitar.com/prod...-tobacco-burst Another reference: https://umgf.com/oahu-hawaiian-guitars-t55001.html
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Guitarista en la Jardin Last edited by AfterViewer; 08-13-2022 at 08:46 PM.
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08-13-2022, 11:18 PM
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If your guitar looks like the Bronson model in the photos, then it’s all-birch, including a birch top.
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08-14-2022, 08:17 AM
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Thanks Wade! Good to know, I only found out about the Bronson guitars yesterday and posted, didn't really think I would be able to track down it's origin online but got lucky. My Dad had even mentioned that it was a Hawaiian guitar but I never saw him play it but looking at the fingerboard wear I could see he played it a lot when he was very young. The neck on my guitar is rounded V-shape and not the more common squared flat lap guitar neck that, like the Bronson guitar in the link would have been played flat on your lap. After restoration is complete I will use a finger slide for the old-time "woody tones" and will play seated like the guitarist in link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_qL7YHio4
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Guitarista en la Jardin Last edited by AfterViewer; 08-14-2022 at 08:23 AM.
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