What's Nora Playing?

[Murph]

Hey all. I'm not familiar with this guitar. What is it?

Small, thin and woody sounding. This girl usually is playing banjo, love her stuff.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 22, 2022 by Murph

[pohatu771]

It's a 1949-1952 Byron.

[QuestionMark]

Beautiful guitar.  
 

I have a similar looking 1936 Epiphone Zenith in my collection.  Similar plain dots on the fretboard, similar shiny finish,, but there is a stickpin ornament on the headstock,   I looked up the Byron model in the book “ Epiphone:   The House of Stathopoukos  and to me the Byron looks identical, including the pickguard, to the guitar Nora is playing.  I think Pohatu is correct that it’s a Byron model.  Very cool looking and sounding guitar.

QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff

[Murph]

On 9/24/2022 at 10:03 PM, QuestionMark said:

Beautiful guitar.  
 

I have a similar looking 1936 Epiphone Zenith in my collection.  Similar plain dots on the fretboard, similar shiny finish,, but there is a stickpin ornament on the headstock,   I looked up the Byron model in the book “ Epiphone:   The House of Stathopoukos  and to me the Byron looks identical, including the pickguard, to the guitar Nora is playing.  I think Pohatu is correct that it’s a Byron model.  Very cool looking and sounding guitar.

QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff

 

She's a talented young lady, and I enjoy her old time sound.

[cunningham26]

that era of epi archtops has a bit of a following in those circles after Dave Rawling's preferred a '35 Olympic