this isnt really a mando , its a guitar . However , i guess it coulf be there " lowcost " Idea. Quastion would be why ? The sould couldnt possible be that good !
![[xx(]](./images/smilies/smiley11.gif "Dead")
| Official Luthiers Forum! http://w-ww.luthiersforum.com/forum/ |
|
| stella Guitars http://w-ww.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10104&t=24542 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | WudWerkr [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | stella Guitars |
Did Stella ever make a resonator guitar ? I have a unit that has a neck that has the stella logo on the head , I pulled the resonator plate off and "someone" had painted silver paint in a circle under the resonater plate diretly to the top of the guitar . it has a resonater neck , but everything else screams " frankenstein" fortunitaly I have 0 dollars invested and about 1 hr in time to open it up. |
|
| Author: | the Padma [ Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: stella Guitars |
Stella produced a reso mando in the early 30s So it is possible, however thay also produced some fake resos, ~ just a coverplate and a painted circle on the top. Funky eh! Maybe thats what you got. Oh ya, in the 30 -40s for some reason a lot of Stellas were converted to resos by DIY and luthiers as well. Was the guitar of choice for converting. blessings the Padma |
|
| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: stella Guitars |
this isnt really a mando , its a guitar . However , i guess it coulf be there " lowcost " Idea. Quastion would be why ? The sould couldnt possible be that good !
|
|
| Author: | Joe Sustaire [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: stella Guitars |
Yeah, I've never seen a stella resonator. I do have an old stella mando with the nice reso coverplate with the silver paint under it. I believe these aren't frakensteins, the reso look was hot there at one point in time and so quite a few of these faux resos were turned out by a number of companies, just for looks not sound. Looking good has always been important!  Joe |
|
| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: stella Guitars |
I had never seen this before and kinda stood there shaking my head and wondering what were they thinking ? The bridge was so short the strings were maybe .0010 above the reso plate and if strummed would buzz like mad . I cant ever see this having been a good idea ! |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|