The Steel Guitar Forum

Schoonover...

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!

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.

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.

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.

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."

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).