1930s Regal-Made 0-Size Spruce/Mahogany Guitar

My comrade-in-guitars, Erik, was interested in fixing this guitar first as a classical for himself and then as a guitar for his son-in-law. These Regal-made guitars with their light bracing and angled main ladder brace actually make excellent-sounding gut-stringers. However, the plans changed and Erik decided to switch to a steel-string setup instead.

Together, we reset the neck and made and installed a new bridge. He fixed some loose bracing and seams and side cracks, leveled and dressed the frets, and then I cut a saddle slot and pinholes and showed him how to make a saddle for it. The change of pace to steel-stringer meant that the low saddle I had intended for the classical setup wasn't ideal but we did work around it and it has some decent height left for adjustments later-on anyhow.

This guitar has solid spruce in the top, solid mahogany in the back and sides and neck, and an ebonized maple fretboard. The new bridge is Madagascar rosewood and it has some really nice, fancy purfling and trim throughout -- just like they used on their ukes from the time.