tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 15, 2019 20:49:40 GMT
Just bought a 1927 square neck. Serial number 372. It is at Marc Schoenbergers for a setup. How do you post pics here?
|
|
|
Post by leeophonic on May 15, 2019 21:01:31 GMT
If you do the full reply tab or to start a post it should give you a lot of options one is to add an attachment which you must click on to follow the various instructions, it works better for me from an ipad whereas it does not like the size of my photos on the laptop??? 1927 is early, do you have Mark Makins book???
Regards
Lee
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 15, 2019 21:34:41 GMT
No. Only Brozman's book which states that the metal sound well starts at #373, but mine is metal. Options are better seen on a pc or tablet than a phone.
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 16, 2019 3:53:02 GMT
|
|
|
Post by leeophonic on May 16, 2019 5:20:56 GMT
Looks to be all original, the Studs tailpiece is a good indicator of an early example, what is the story leading up to your ownership as best you know where has it been???
Regards Lee
|
|
|
Post by Mark Makin on May 16, 2019 7:38:54 GMT
Hi Tiki, If we have records of 363 and 373 and 363 is a wood well and 373 is a metal well then we logically must assume the metal well starts at 373 until the details of the ones in between turn up
|
|
|
Post by Michael Messer on May 16, 2019 7:57:25 GMT
Hi Tiki359,
It is lovely guitar and historically an interesting one. Mark has confirmed what Brozman wrote about it. Mark is also correct that until some numbers between #363 and #373 turn up, that we can't be 100% sure that it was the first metal soundwell. We can be sure that it was one of the first. I assume that Brozman had seen that instrument. I am sure Marc Schoenberger will bring us up to date when he has worked on it.
Shine On Michael
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 16, 2019 17:33:20 GMT
Thanks all. I bought it on ebay from a fellow in San Francisco. He has a '29 up on it now. The original case is icing on the cake.
|
|
|
Post by snakehips on May 16, 2019 22:27:32 GMT
Hi there !
Acanthus engraved squareneck serial no. 376 De Lux, has a German Silver well. Definitely not steel (as magnet doesn’t stick) and when I was scraping off old glue from the well, as it had an old brown paper gasket glued to it, I was seeing dull/shiny grey colour, not yellow brass.
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 17, 2019 17:42:33 GMT
How would string those stud tailpieces? All strings on the same side of the stud or 3 on one side, 3 on the other?
|
|
|
Post by snakehips on May 17, 2019 20:04:57 GMT
Hi again !
I liked the studs tailpiece - for when re-stringing. When winding the string around the tuner post, the ball end can annoyingly fall out of standard National tailpieces but doesn’t on the studs tailpiece.
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 17, 2019 21:02:20 GMT
True. I've noticed that. You have to insert the ball end of the string in sideways though....at least on mine.
|
|
|
Post by calvoi on May 18, 2019 6:34:31 GMT
Is it the photo or is the top left (bass left) cone a little fatigued? I'm not sure whether this actually makes a difference to the sound but it looks a little creased. May be the reflection though.
|
|
tiki359
Serious MM Forum Member
Posts: 27
|
Post by tiki359 on May 18, 2019 12:30:30 GMT
Could be. The bottom left seems to need some attention. These are pictures that my luthier took. I was not present.
|
|
|
Post by snakehips on May 18, 2019 14:47:59 GMT
Hi again L
376 De Lux Acanthus engraved squareneck has spiral cones
|
|