Monday 2 September 2013

Vintage one-off prototype brass-bodied resonator guitar - possibly by Charles Brasher

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Here's a potential interesting piece of history if only it could be conclusively identified. The seller believes that this prototype brass-bodied resonator may be the work of Charles Brasher.

Charles E Brasher was a Canadian inventor, metalworker and maker of stringed instruments in the early to mid 1930s. Inventions include a novel cone for the resonator guitar, patented in Canada in 1935.

Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $1,499.

G L Wilson

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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:12 am

    Something tells me this was made after the Telecaster was invented? In fact I'm willing to bet it's from the '80s when Dire Straits made people start buying resonators again...

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    1. Indeed, it would be a very forward-looking design if it were from the 1930s.

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    2. Anonymous8:06 pm

      I like the way the end of the fretboard is shaped to line up with the sound holes and the body shape though-that's really nicely done!

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  2. I thought the same about the Tele influence. It does have nicer curves than a Tele. It is really handsome.

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  3. This guitar has absolutely NOTHING to do with Charles Brasher.

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