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Topic: Regal logo?
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Tommy White
Member From: Hendersonville,Tn., U.S.A.
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posted 24 November 2005 06:22 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".
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Gene Jones
Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA
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posted 24 November 2005 06:41 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
Member From: Hendersonville,Tn., U.S.A.
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posted 24 November 2005 07:15 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. |
Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 24 November 2005 07:32 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! 
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Russ Young
Member From: Seattle, Washington, USA
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posted 24 November 2005 07:32 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.] |
Gene Jones
Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA
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posted 24 November 2005 08:50 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.
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