Could have been - I posted photos every which where while I was doing it! Maybe this one while it still had the original pickups:The hardware I stripped of its gold using oven cleaner, which worked OK, but the frequensator tailpiece and the replacement Grovers were nickel coloured from the get go. I sold it to a friend who wanted the original pickups and tailpiece, what a lot of hassle that was! The Surf 90s sounded pretty good though.

yeah that is a good looking guitar. is that the serial number printed on the exterior of the fretboard?

must've been the Virgil Abloh era of Greco...

Nice. Bronson was a company based in Detroit that was around from the 30's through the 50's. They were started by one of the founders of Ohau. They mainly sold student model lap steels but also had Spanish style guitars, amps etc...They had a number of different companies manufacture their guitars. Yours was made in Chicago by Regal. Regal built guitars for a number of companies including Dobro. I'm sure it has a model name but I don't know it offhand. I might have an old jobber catalog that has it in it and can take a look. I think 1937 is a bit early for that pickup, as Regal was still using the third (or fourth) version of their early silver pickup in 1937. I would guess it's '40 or '41. Those pickups show up a lot on Recording King branded steels from the early 40's but also on a handful of guitars like yours with various names on the headstock. They sound really good!

Sweet! I was going to say I found another, but I think this is the same instrument for sale a few years back ...https://reverb.com/nz/item/4060229-1937 ... ic-bro-man

Everyone, meet Bromany. A 1937 Broman, made by the Dobro family at Regal. The pickup is original, and was designed for lap steels. Must be one of the very earliest electric guitars!Back and sides are lovely flame maple and the tope is, I think, pine. Flat top but with archtop details as you can see. Unplugged she sounds very much like she is coming through an AM radio. Plugged in she sounds exactly like she is coming through an AM radio. The overtones are quite unlike anything that I have heard before.Just astounding. I picked this up from Fanny House of Music in Nashville when we were just there for our road trip. Big props to FM howiemarx for the Fanny's tip. Bromany now lives with us at Bondi Beach, and she is enjoying her new subtropical life.I am not having a lot of luck finding out anything like model name for her. She is a real mystery piece!

elisha wiesner wrote:Nice. Bronson was a company based in Detroit that was around from the 30's through the 50's. They were started by one of the founders of Ohau. They mainly sold student model lap steels but also had Spanish style guitars, amps etc...They had a number of different companies manufacture their guitars. Yours was made in Chicago by Regal. Regal built guitars for a number of companies including Dobro. I'm sure it has a model name but I don't know it offhand. I might have an old jobber catalog that has it in it and can take a look. I think 1937 is a bit early for that pickup, as Regal was still using the third (or fourth) version of their early silver pickup in 1937. I would guess it's '40 or '41. Those pickups show up a lot on Recording King branded steels from the early 40's but also on a handful of guitars like yours with various names on the headstock. They sound really good!Wow! Elisha thank you so much. I have been googling around but not really having any luck at all. Needless to say, all and any light that you can shed on Bromany's origins is appreciated a great deal. You are the forum's vintage guitar wiki! "\(*o*)/"

Finally got around to this project this week. I do a few of these a year and sell them locally but had never kept one for myself until now. It's an 80's Harmony Strat. I re-fretted, re-shaped and re-finished the neck. New tuners and bridge, new electronics and pickguard. It plays great and sounds killer! The main reason I did it was to put this pickup in something. It's a prototype that Dimarzio made for Guild in the 80's. Basically a cross between a Super Distortion and an HB-1

my squier CV: esquire pickguard and a P90 hidden under it.

Surprised with this one.