1932 Supertone Guitar

[Oregon Viking]

Was my dad's, bought at a garage sale years ago. He said do something with it. I will sell it! I even found an ad from 1932.

 

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[BLACKIE555]

Was my dad's, bought at a garage sale years ago. He said do something with it. I will sell it! I even found an ad from 1932.

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Those poor bridges...they would split out so early in the life of the instrument. Love the condition.

 

[detectorcowboy]

Was my dad's, bought at a garage sale years ago. He said do something with it. I will sell it! I even found an ad from 1932.

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Did the bridge separate from the body?

 

[Oregon Viking]

Did the bridge separate from the body?

Not yet, but i will remove it to glue it.

 

[detectorcowboy]

Not yet, but i will remove it to glue it.

Be very careful removing the bridge so you don't peel the body materiel with the bridge.
I think I would score around the bridge with a razor/X-acto knife very lightly before removing it.
Have you tried stringing it? It still might work like it is.
Another thing looking at the guitar head (it a classic style head) I believe it takes nylon strings not steel strings.
I do believe someone tried stringing it with steel strings and that's what cracked the bridge.

 

[BLACKIE555]

Steel yes. But the pins split the bridge, they didn't use appropriate materials, nor grain direction on those models. If judicious heat and pry knife isn't fruitful, I'd plane it off in light passes until it's nearly gone. Chisel and scraper. Make a new bridge.
Brian McCombs-guitars

 

[detectorcowboy]

Steel yes. But the pins split the bridge, they didn't use appropriate materials, nor grain direction on those models. If judicious heat and pry knife isn't fruitful, I'd plane it off in light passes until it's nearly gone. Chisel and scraper. Make a new bridge.
Brian McCombs-guitars

Steel Yes? what does this mean?
Is the neck and bridge ebony or rosewood it almost looks like ebony? Sorry for being know-it-all guitars are my other hobby.

 

[Oregon Viking]

A friend of a friend knows this guy lots of info on this model guitar.

1932 Harmony-made Supertone "Terz" Hawaiian Guitar

jakewildwood.blogspot.com

 

[BLACKIE555]

Steel Yes? what does this mean?
Is the neck and bridge ebony or rosewood it almost looks like ebony? Sorry for being know-it-all guitars are my other hobby.

No hardwoods on that guitar. Steel strung of course, the peghead is for steel strings. There is no ebony nor rosewood in the instrument.

 

[tamrock]

Good shape for its age