Fake Fender?

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 27 Sep 2010 5:02 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-LAP-STEEL-OR ... 45f59fba8c

I've never seen anything like it?

bob

Max Laine · Post by **Max Laine** » 27 Sep 2010 5:12 pm

Early fifties Fender Deluxe Eight. Looks real to me.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 27 Sep 2010 6:11 pm

Thanks, Max

The tuner pan looked strange.

What pickups? Traps?

thx

bob

Chris Battis · Post by **Chris Battis** » 27 Sep 2010 7:11 pm

Old lollipop tuners, but some of them look bent or what???...

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 27 Sep 2010 8:34 pm

How is the tone on these? fatter than a stringmaster?

bob

Benjamin Franz · Post by **Benjamin Franz** » 28 Sep 2010 5:39 am

Hey Bob, this was discussed very recently here:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=191856

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 28 Sep 2010 7:04 am

Benjamin Franz wrote:Hey Bob, this was discussed very recently here:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=191856

Thanks, Ben

bob

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 28 Sep 2010 8:19 am

Those are great guitars! I used to own one. A very bright sound.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 28 Sep 2010 8:27 am

Guys, it doesn't really matter whether a Fender is a fake if it plays well. For example, look at all of the prescription drugs today where the generic version is just as good as the original, but at half the price.

It's the American way to produce a quality product cheaper than the original.

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 28 Sep 2010 11:51 am

That's likely a good sounding guitar.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 28 Sep 2010 11:53 am

Twayn Williams wrote:Those are great guitars! I used to own one. A very bright sound.

Hopefully not as bright as a Stringmaster? I'm trying to get away from that.

bob

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 28 Sep 2010 1:20 pm

Bob Snelgrove wrote:
Twayn Williams wrote:Those are great guitars! I used to own one. A very bright sound.

Hopefully not as bright as a Stringmaster? I'm trying to get away from that.

bob

I haven't owned a Stringmaster, but my experience with Strats and Teles tells me that a Deluxe to Stringmaster comparison would be like the bridge pup on a Tele to the mid/bridge combo on a Strat. It's one single coil vs two single coils.

Of course, what kind of amp and amp settings you use, where you set the tone and volume knobs on the guitar, what fx if any you use, what kind of cables you use and the physical properties of the room you are playing in will all have an impact on how bright/dark you perceive the tone as being.

Mine was certainly brighter than any humbucker equipped guitar I've ever heard. YMMV.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 28 Sep 2010 7:23 pm

Bob Snelgrove wrote: Hopefully not as bright as a Stringmaster? I'm trying to get away from that.

bob

I don't think they're as bright as the Stringmaster style pickups. There have been several discussions in the past regarding the differences between the trapezoid pickups like this Fender Deluxe in this eBay auction and the later Stringmaster style Fender Deluxe lap steels.

That's definitely a real Fender Deluxe, by the way, very similar to the one I own from 1953. Everything appears to be okay based on that single photo. I wish the seller had more and better photos, though.

Eddie Cunningham · Post by **Eddie Cunningham** » 4 Oct 2010 3:22 pm

This Fender bidding started at $45.oo and the winner got her for $457.oo !!! Good deal or no good deal ??? Seemed like maybe a fair price !! Eddie "C"

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 4 Oct 2010 3:56 pm

Eddie Cunningham wrote:This Fender bidding started at $45.oo and the winner got her for $457.oo !!! Good deal or no good deal ??? Seemed like maybe a fair price !! Eddie "C"

Yep,

No bargains on ebay anymore

Or maybe it was?? $:\$

bob

Raymond Jones · Post by **Raymond Jones** » 4 Oct 2010 6:43 pm

I'll let you know when I receive it.Price seems right to me,but, I was at the end of my bid. Another five and it would have been someones else. That is the game we play. Cheers

Raymond Jones · Post by **Raymond Jones** » 13 Oct 2010 11:50 am

Shipping into Canada takes a little longer, but, this was worth the wait. Opening the case was like finding a barn fresh, hidden away, Model T, "untouched" since all those years of storage. Price of an old guitar is exactly that - "the price", what you where willing to pay for your chance to own some history. It does not always go in your favour, this one did. Within an hour I had taken off the few strings that where there, removed the gear head, boiled it out, polished the metal and lubed the gears, reinstalled the head and cleaned and polished the complete guitar, restrung and tuned. I will add a drop or two of pot cleaner and that is it. Under the gear head- EM, 11-24-52. It feels so good when a plan comes together. Good hunting to all who seek their passion. Cheers - Ray

Eddie Cunningham · Post by **Eddie Cunningham** » 13 Oct 2010 3:36 pm

Hey Ray , Good luck with that nice old Model "T" ( T for trap ) Fender !!! You've got a real good steel there !!! All cleaned up and ready to go !!! And at a decent price !! Enjoy !!! Eddie "C"

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 13 Oct 2010 7:20 pm

Pictures!

bob

Raymond Jones wrote:Shipping into Canada takes a little longer, but, this was worth the wait. Opening the case was like finding a barn fresh, hidden away, Model T, "untouched" since all those years of storage. Price of an old guitar is exactly that - "the price", what you where willing to pay for your chance to own some history. It does not always go in your favour, this one did. Within an hour I had taken off the few strings that where there, removed the gear head, boiled it out, polished the metal and lubed the gears, reinstalled the head and cleaned and polished the complete guitar, restrung and tuned. I will add a drop or two of pot cleaner and that is it. Under the gear head- EM, 11-24-52. It feels so good when a plan comes together. Good hunting to all who seek their passion. Cheers - Ray

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 13 Oct 2010 7:26 pm

$457 is a good deal. This is one of the best sounding steel guitars ever made IMO if the pickup is healthy. I have the triple neck version and love it.

Raymond Jones · Post by **Raymond Jones** » 15 Oct 2010 3:00 pm

Bob - I could send them to you e mail. I can't reduce them small enough to post here. Any secrets to posting the photos? - Ray

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Fake Fender?

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Very Interesting !!

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Just arrived and it is "very" real !

Good Luck , RAY !!!

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