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Post by lacerta on Aug 17, 2017 17:51:35 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 17, 2017 18:29:43 GMT
I can't really tell what I am looking at. The 12 filled screw holes in the front look like they were for a Dobro coverplate. There are no photos of the headstock.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by lacerta on Aug 17, 2017 18:43:49 GMT
I wonder if it's a converted Kay amplifonic? They had the same shape body as the El Trovador
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 17, 2017 20:06:44 GMT
I would say you are probably correct.....  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Mark Makin on Aug 18, 2017 9:23:45 GMT
Am I missing something? This is a 14 fret body so it's not an El Trovador. Not even sure it's a Trojan. I know you can't see the whole of the neck to count them but there are only 5 frets visible on the body top not the 7 you would see on a Trovador.This is also true of the Kay Ampliphonic, which you quite rightly suggest is an identical instrument to the Trovador with cheaper hardware and cone.
The tailpiece on this looks chinese to me. It is certainly not a vintage National one. The coverplate I suspect is also Asian because the ribs are too wide and indistinct and it has striaght, not curved, sides to the flaps holding the handrest on. Can't see the headstock but The body MAY be a small bodied Trojan from around 1938/9. The curves don't look quite right but it's very close. If this is the case it should have a flat headstock with a rounded central bump in it
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 18, 2017 9:55:32 GMT
I had thought it could be the Kay ampliphonic, but you're right, Mark, too many frets! I give in.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 11:21:05 GMT
The fact that it's £1,445.00 and open to offers should tell us something.
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Post by resonatadog on Aug 18, 2017 16:08:51 GMT
Danger, looks kind of pretty, don't look like mahogany to me, plus no pic of head stock but pics of damage (trying too hard to be honest?)
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Post by resonatadog on Aug 18, 2017 16:12:45 GMT
Danger, looks kind of pretty, don't look like mahogany to me, plus no pic of head stock but pics of damage (trying too hard to be honest?)
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Post by lacerta on Aug 18, 2017 17:54:34 GMT
Danger, looks kind of pretty, don't look like mahogany to me, plus no pic of head stock but pics of damage (trying too hard to be honest?) Definitely not mahogany, I'd say birch. |
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Post by preacherman on Aug 19, 2017 8:08:39 GMT
I was looking at this and thought perhaps it's one of those Trojans with the narrow upper bout.... With a bodged on Fretboard (or a neck for a different scale length guitar bodged together) Shouldn't the very end of the FB should have a nice rounded edge.
All you'd need to do is get a short Tailpiece and put a floating bridge on top of the coverplate an inch or so before the hole... awesome
It could be someones now vintage hand made reso, these have cropped up before.
I think a pic of the neck and Headstock and the top of the Headstock might help
Let us know if you are brave enough to enquire... or buy it?
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