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These are all transfered from 78s. I put them in two videos of 7 songs each. From 1929-1934

Links from my YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMu6T3VvXbs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFjmR906gw

Just did 4 more songs, these are from 1935.

https://youtu.be/SAcwdFy-Bv4

1947 Dick McIntire water float parade at Newport Beach Ca.Note he is playing a Frying Pan.

On mine the cap between the pots is fine. The grounding points for a cap can go just about anywhere. Just about any point on an cast aluminum guitar is a ground.

Noah,That's what mine looks like....lets see yours.

This is what your wiring should look like.

The saddle on mine is brass with very small notches so that the strings sit flat across the top. The pots from 1930s guitars are pretty big (like an old 1/2 dollar size)

I agree with Noah if it has a switch it is probably not original...... Not even sure what a switch on a pot even looks like?

Jack, Mine is a little different. I have the screw on input mounted on the side and a Vol & Tone control on the top. My case has gold inter-lining. Seems every time I see one of these they are always something different from one to the next.

David....N serial numbers =1935....A =1936

I have serial # N 562 (very close to yours) It has the same original tuners that yours has. I don't believe they are Grovers. Also David if the screws hole are stripped out fill them with a mix of either JB- Weld or Epoxy with some aluminiun file shaving mix with it, let dry 24 hrs before installing...

When ever you try to fit reissue tuners to a old guitar it is not always a perfect fit. The key to remember is if you need to grind or stretch a hole (oblong) you only want to that on the tuner plate and not on the guitar. A die grinder works best but a needle file will also work. The screw head wil...

Good eye Guy. I did use Internet Archive for that information. It list Muliwai Hula as being from the 1934 session. But that looks like it was wrong. I do have the Rockwell discography. I just wish it were laid out to be a little more user friendly. I find it hard to read...but a lot of worthy sessi...

Some Dick McIntire that I transferred from 78s to digital. These are from his first session? in 1934. Although these 78s were pretty rough and took way to much time to clean up, they sound ok. Thought some might want to hear them.....from my YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARCzpreUR...

Great playing Ernie. It's like you have been in that band for years. The steel just fits so well with Redd who (just never seems to run out of ideas on the guitar). Tight rock solid band....Love it

I"m not sure the Reso guys are going to love those scale lengths. That coupled with the 8 strings not really getting the sounds people had hoped for on cone guitars. Would make me pause. But that's just my thinking. I'm all for trying something new. But as a builder and knowing how much work it...

Yes 1949 it is, can't ask for a better proof then that. Looks like they just got back from Nudie's with those new swing outfits.

Old thread just adding some info.The Capitol Transcription G 181/182 is Wayne Burdick playing steel guitar and Dickie Phillips playing the cool lead guitar and the fiddle. Jimmy Widener plays rhythm guitar.

Nice shot of the Tex Williams (his biggest?) BIG Band. Joaquin is top row left side. What year?

Here is an other Eddie Bush photo....any info on band members will be helpful.

Seven Seas room, Nevada Biltmore, Las Vegas, July 1942






Who is with Eddie in these shots?

From https://vintagelasvegas.com/

That looks like hide glue to me (it's hard to tell from a photo). If it is hide glue you can take it off hot water and a rag. Hide glue does stick to aluminum (not great but good enough) but it doesn't stick to lacquer on a guitar much at all. If they didn't remove the lacquer from where they were t...

In my shop I put a small crescent wrench over the bent shaft,snug it up tight. Then but a bigger crescent wrench at 90 degrees over the handle of the smaller one. This gives you some leverage to easily bend it straight.You can usually do this while it is still on the guitar. Sometimes you won't have...

I'm wrong.....whoops....Yes that is Wanda.

Maybe....Kitty Wells?, hard to tell for sure.

39:27

is that good?

As far as the nut is concerned. You usually have extra tall nuts on a lap steel. You would just need to file the damage nut flat (match the shape to the good one) then re-notch the string slots for a nice clean look. Let me say a few words about the solid shaft pots. You often see solid shaft pots w...