

guitars of the 1950s and 1960s, Harmony was founded in 1895 in Chicago.

REGAL GUITAR ACOUSTIC VINTAGE 1960S PLUS
Your guitar does have a spruce rather than birch top which is a big plus when it comes to desirability. Some of the hollowbody and acoustic guitars had bodies by Harmony, Kay, Regal. When talking about Regals about the only ones that have any real value are the spruce top jumbos or very ornate smaller body instruments. But often about all you can do is narrow it down to a decade. It was intended to be more affordable and more readily available than it’s main competition: the Martin D-18. VINTAGE 1960s Harmony Archtone Guitar H-1215 Archtop Acoustic (No Case ) 58.75. In this case I lucked out as apparently these are rare as hen's teeth. The concept behind the J-45 was a high quality, affordable, big-sounding acoustic flat-top guitar. It showed up in the Montgomery Wards catalog and turned out to be a Regal-made Recording King Style 964 which were offered between 19. At $30 I figured I had nothing to lose as the pre-War Kluson bent tab tuners with covers were worth more than that.

Odd looking thing with an oval soundhole and pickguard. Happened to me recently when I bought a guitar with no ID on it. The tuners appear to be enclosed so are more than likely replacements as these do not start showing up on any but the most expensive of guitars until the late 1940s.Īs already noted you might get lucky and be able to identify the style in a catalog. Higher end pre-War Regals had a fancier logo and post-War instruments came with a blue oval logo. Search Refinement Options: Brand,Price,Category 18144+1077+22354. Guitars Amplifiers Bass Folk Drums Keyboards. This guitar is a beauty that looks and sounds.
REGAL GUITAR ACOUSTIC VINTAGE 1960S SERIAL
Its stamped on the inside of the body as a model 200, serial 1877. The oval green label with the crown (as well as the lack of ornamentation) indicates lower end model made in the 1930s or early 1940s. Vintage Guitars (327 matches found) Vintage Guitars. Vintage Regal Parlor Guitar up for grabs.
