Originally Posted by
Hobbiano
Is that a steel string or a nylon/gut string? Looks to be in great shape. I like it.
I suspect it was designed for steel strings, but I’m in no way positive about that since gut strings were still quite common during the time it was built.
Anyhow, I string it with pure nickel wound John Pearce light gauge acoustic (.012 - .054). The guitar is braced very lightly, but handles the steels without undue stress since it’s a relatively short scale length.
If you're interested, I’ll drop the link to the guitar’s original ad from which I purchased it six years ago. The work put into it is described, and there is a sound clip which gives a fairly accurate example of its fundamental tone.
Regal made Victoria parlor guitar