Renecked 1934 Duolian 14 Fret

[The Beltona Kid]

Hello All,

Just got my 34 Duolian back from National with a new Hog neck. The neck has a perfect soft V, great finish and perfect fretwork and intonation.
The neck blank came from Hibdon Hardwoods of St Louis MO. Crazy fiddleback Mahogany. The guitar in open D is channeling Mississippi Fred McDowell. Can't put it down!

Onto the next project; a 33, 12 fret, rolled F hole Duolian that also needs a neck. With the two of them, it'll be like having momma and poppa back home again.

Back to it then.

Malcolm

[Lionel]

What à beautiful mahogany. Never saw hoh like that before.

[snakehips]

Hi there !

Nice geetar ! Stewmac tuners, instead of the originals or NRP tuners ?
I'd certainly prefer the Stewmac ones over the NRP tuners.

[The Beltona Kid]

Stew Mac simple brushed nickel, squared off, cream button, what would have looked like when guitar was new. I had a set of engraved Waverlies that I got used new that was going to go on the old neck before I received it broken from shipping. I sent the guitar back to the seller, sent the Waverlies back, and the guitar showed up at my door a month later by mistake. I helped the seller receive an insurance claim which took 4 months and then bought the guitar back for salvage. Sent to National and didn't like the wood presented to me so I went out looking for nice Mahogany. They had two 3x4x24 blanks left with figure. So that's the story. They supply Martin and Collings with wood. I had a Waterloo that had a figured Hog neck that I wish I had kept. When you are putting that kind of money into a guitar, why not try for the best wood possible. It was a blessing that the first replacement neck broke. The guitar arrived from National on Sunday which was the sixth anniversary of my mom's passing at age 93. I may sound like a nut, but I think she had something to do with this guitar from the beginning.
Best, Malcolm