This is indeed a very rare guitar. It started life as a square-neck Hawaiian, but has been converted many years ago for standard style playing with its most likely carved and refinished original neck and a spanish standard bridge and saddle. Four digit number penciled on the center-brace. It's a really good looking guitar, with a completely satisfying lo-fi bluesy tone, lots of volume and mid-range fullness, and it loves dropped tunings .

Likely built by Regal, the guitar features a ladder-braced OM-sized body of figured mahogany, a red spruce top, white body bindings and a gorgeous dark sunburst finish. The neck has a large but comfortable feel, with a soft V carve, 1-7/8" nut width, and thick depth. The top has four long repaired cracks, back and sides are free of any significant issues. Original finish throughout, original bridge, frets, nut, and tuners.