This is my old Regal, not an antique but mine from new for the last 30 years or so. When about 5 years old it was attacked by my old rescue greyhound and the headstock broke clean off. I tried a dollop of outdoor Resin W just before I binned it and its still with me today. The only mods are a brass nut and bridge, it holds tune forever and I run it on 10's for comfort. Loud and jangly, not worth a lot but I will never sell it.
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I managed a bit more hacking at the T body to get a rough shape, still quite a bit to remove though. I routed the neck pocket, neck pickup and rebate for the cone. Set up a rough assembly to check centre line and scale length, I have 25.5 at the high E which saddle is forward in the bridge, so happy with that. Centre line is ok. Just using cotton, the action at the 12th fret is high (about 3/16ths inch) but that will change with strings as they compress the cone under tension. I will probably have to actually raise the bridge when stringing up.
I have been doing a bit of research and have found many people on youtube don't really understand these instruments, one 'luthier' actually screwed the cone to the guitar!
Having said that I am breaking many rules with this one and we will see if I get away with it. Its fun though and not too expensive if it all goes pear shaped!
Pic shows current state next to my (for Frankie) Seafoam Snakehead for scale comparison. Incidentally. I picked up the Seafoam Tele while in the US last year for $99 brand new and can't fault it
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