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Post by manotickmike on Aug 14, 2013 2:04:52 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 14, 2013 10:55:25 GMT
Hi Manotickmike, Welcome to our forum. There is not that much information available about Charles Brasher and his resonator guitars, but most of what is known is on the Notecannons website at > www.notecannons.com/charles_brasher/I believe that yours may be called an 'Aloha', but I am not certain about that. You should contact Colin at Notecannons and show him your photos. He may be able to shed some more light on it. If anyone on the forum can tell us more, we would love to hear from you. Please keep us informed about it. Thanks for sharing the photos, Shine On Michael. |
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Post by manotickmike on Jan 24, 2015 3:36:55 GMT
   It's in great shape. I can trace it's history back ~ 20 years, anyone else know this guitar? It currently resides in Manotick, just south of Ottawa Ontario, I brought it here from Halifax Nova Scotia. |
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Post by bryanbradfield on Jan 24, 2015 22:26:31 GMT
This is the most fascinating Brasher I've yet seen. I wonder what South Sea College was?
There is some stamped lettering at the bottom edge of the cover plate. I read C. Brasher in the lower line, but I cannot make out what is in the line above that. Could you please provide the upper line?
Bryan.
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Post by Colin McCubbin on Jan 25, 2015 17:59:48 GMT
Brian, After blowing the pic up a bit, I think(?) it says 'Reg D 1935' but that's mainly a (vaguely) intelligent guess on my part! It would be great to have a definite year if it is indeed that. C
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Post by manotickmike on Jan 25, 2015 20:15:26 GMT
Yes, I think it's the nicest one I've seen. Sounds good to me as well.
Yes, it reads REGD 1935 on the plate.
Can anyone give me an idea as to it's current value? I'd rather know it's in the hands of someone who can appreciate it, and play it.
I fell all over it and paid too much the first time i heard it in the hands of an accomplished player.
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Post by bryanbradfield on Jan 26, 2015 20:55:05 GMT
1) Brasher wood bodied guitars were actually built by Arthur Hensel; however, I cannot recall ever seeing one of the Hensel wood bodies destined for Brasher's metal work, with a solid head stock.
2) Next, I've never seen a wood bodied instrument with one of the special cover plates that Brasher put into his own hand made metal bodied instruments.
3) Finally, I've never seen a neck on one of these guitars with block inlays on the fret board. They've always had dots.
Now, another question - Is there a name on the head stock? Is there a hint of a name on there, as it is possible that the black is a refinish?
As far as valuing one of these, I've not acquired a feeling for a consistent price trend over the years. I don't have a clue about valuing one of these. A fellow in this neck of the woods took over the research on these guitars from me, and for me, and I've lost track of him over the years.
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Post by manotickmike on Jan 27, 2015 20:45:48 GMT
Well, if it's been re-finished, they did a heck of a job. The white(ish) perimeter yeilds no clue as to it being repainted. No name on the head stock that I can see. There appears to be a pickup installed in it, but a more knowledgeable person, a luthier actually, says it's likely a vintage piece that requires a pre-amp. Didn't work plugged into my Silvertone. This guy, one of my guitar heros, says it has great sound, which makes me wonder, having heard comments about these guitars sounding "thin"...  |
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Post by zak71 on Jan 27, 2015 21:53:15 GMT
Is that Morgan Davis?
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Post by bluesdude on Jan 27, 2015 22:14:36 GMT
Yup that's Morgan Davis,
Kenny,
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Post by bryanbradfield on Jan 28, 2015 20:18:35 GMT
Beauty is in the eye (ear) of the beholder, and also, all of these guitars were not created equal. Mine, and the other wood bodied guitars I've held, all had copper or brass resonators, and are/were somewhere between modest and mediocre to my ears. I held a metal bodied instrument several decades ago which had a very good sound, and as I recall, it had an aluminum cone, same shape as the copper/brass cones, but more pleasing in sound. The photos of your unusual guitar suggest the presence of an aluminum cone.
My guitar had no decal on the head stock. All other wood bodied instruments that I've seen had a model name of some sort on the head stock. The history of mine as it was related to me suggested that the original owner of my guitar played in Brasher's band, and my guitar was handed to the original owner by Brasher himself. Mine was a very modest instrument. Yours is the second wood bodied instrument that I've seen which has no model name on the head stock. In addition, as I stated earlier, yours is very unique in several regards.
Take it from there.
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Post by manotickmike on Feb 4, 2015 0:02:47 GMT
Ebay?
I'd hate to set it adrift there...
Any other forum or sale site you might try?
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Post by bryanbradfield on Mar 29, 2017 23:30:39 GMT
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Post by manotickmike on Mar 30, 2017 2:52:48 GMT
Nope! I just checked. Mine is still in the case downstairs! Could be it's twin though. Just a bit of cheesy script on the headstock that mine doesn't have. I really should sell mine. It needs to be played. |
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Post by linkous on Mar 30, 2017 9:37:42 GMT
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