Who makes the best square necks now?

Alan Rudd · Post by **Alan Rudd** » 19 Jun 2019 2:56 pm

Schoonover...

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 24 Jul 2019 9:56 pm

I play a Gretsch G9210 squareneck Boxcar and it sounds awesome! My next Dobro will be a Gold Tone Paul Beard Signature Deluxe squareneck. I've seen videos of the Gold Tone Paul Beard Signature Series Deluxe models, and they sound incredible!

Tom Keller · Post by **Tom Keller** » 25 Jul 2019 9:44 am

Scheerhorn guitars are regarded as among the very best. I am not sure if Tim is currently building. Last time I ever chatted with him he had a massive amount of back orders to fill. Beard would be my next choice if I were buying.

Phil Donnison · Post by **Phil Donnison** » 25 Jul 2019 6:11 pm

If you are after a brass-bodied nickel-plated square neck I recommend Greg Beeton of http://www.beetonguitars.com who hand makes and engraves these beautiful and great sounding instruments. I have #1 Beeton squareneck Style3 Tricone which Greg made for me in the late 90's and it is stunning! Check out his website http://www.beetonguitars.com/index.html and a few of the musicians he has made instruments for.

Jim Lay · Post by **Jim Lay** » 30 Jul 2019 6:25 am

I had a chance to play several of Steve Smith's Redline resonators at this years Resogat. Excellent instruments-sound, build and playability all there. If you haven't checked him out might be worth a call.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 30 Jul 2019 11:44 am

Tom Keller wrote:Scheerhorn guitars are regarded as among the very best. I am not sure if Tim is currently building. Last time I ever chatted with him he had a massive amount of back orders to fill. Beard would be my next choice if I were buying.

Tom, it's definitely a long time since you spoke with Tim. He closed his waiting list around 2006 and I believe he finished all the pending orders around 2009. He then built a small number of guitars for several years from what became known as his "wish list."

Tim is mostly if not completely retired from building now. He worked out a deal with National Reso-Phonic here in California to build Scheerhorn Guitars several years ago, they hit the streets in early 2014.

I like to refer to them as "Nati-horns."

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 30 Jul 2019 1:48 pm

A newer builder on the scene located in Indiana who should be checked out:

https://www.byrlguitars.com/

The man has a way with wood (and metal).