$78 Sonora D-Hole

frater

Take a look at this thread on manoucheries:

http://www.manoucheries.com/phpBB2/view ... hp?t=13731

P.S.

I would say the tailpiece in your Sonora is not original. It probably comes from a resonator guitar...

tikidaddy

Frater, I see that they are discussing a Sonora guitar, but I don't read/speak French, do you? Does anyone assign a date to it? That guitar looks like it came right out of Tut's tomb! Or someone had a little minwax accident.

I'm inclined to agree that the tailpiece looks like it is a replacement.

Victor, when Stochelo plays his Selmer 503, he just mics it... so does David Rawlings who uses SM57's. I have a Rode NT3 that I use to mic my '41 Broadway and it sounds great.

Thanks for all the help.

frankb

Hello

I'm french , excuse my english....I found the same guitar as your's.Mine as no name but i suspected it was a Sonora. Same head as Hono-s sonora, 13.1/3 frets, scale 685.Mine as "big mouth" like yours and ....same bridge, i'm sure now.I-ve got too other good guitars, but no one souding like this one.The guitar is very very light...I'm searching too informations about the crafter, i'll post to you if i find something.

"bien a vous"

Franck

tikidaddy

Franck,

Can you post a picture of your guitar? Thanks for your response!

John

frater

Today this (broken) guitar was sold for 23 euro on ebay... I was tempted to buy it but my wise unconscious made me forget the end of the auction. I suspect it's a Sonora and I would say the bridge is identical to yours ( the tailpiece this time is original). Look at the neck with the central insertion... why Di Mauro comes to mind?

tikidaddy

Frater- great find.... I wish my unconscious self was a bit "wiser"!

I however would have paid 23 euros for the parts and if you see that tailpiece down the line let me know - PLEASE!

This is starting to get interesting.

frankb

Hello john, frater



A specialist confirm that is really a Sonora.He tell me too that sonora guitars are like first Jacobacci guitars....Maybe this (or another) crafter worked for the company Sonora like castellucia worked with "paul beuscher"....

regards.

Franck

frankb

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This is my guitar...

frater

It's not rare to stumble in these guitars in Italy so I suspect they were made here. In France almost all the luthiers specialized in Selmer style guitars had Sicilian origin and I suspect they still had contacts there with local artisans. Di Mauro for example used to buy finished necks from Italy to use on some guitars he made. These "sonora" guitars have some points in common with Di Mauro guitars, so who knows?, maybe that Sicilian luthier decided to start a business of his own and maybe for some opportunity reasons, he could not directly sign his guitars. Just fantasizing here!

MichaelHorowitz

frankb wrote:

Same head as Hono-s sonora, 13.1/3 frets, scale 685.

685mm scale....wow! I think that's a record....Busato/Favino are 675mm. I've heard of Flamencos going as high as 680mm.

Cool...

-Michael