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Topic: Silvertone lap steel/amp |
Walter Hamlin
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Talladega, Alabama, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 6:05 am |
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I may be able to buy an old Silvertone 6 string lap steel and amp this weekend at an estate sale. The steel has one silver pickup, two knobs and the cable comes out of the guitar bottom. The amp is wood, controls in the back, one red light that does come on. The amp looks like an early wooden radio with scroll cut outs on the wood front. I plugged them up and I did get a noise like an instrument cable was bad.
Any idea as to the worth of this or is it even worth fooling with?
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 8:12 am
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Photos would be extremely helpful in determining what you are talking about and guessing what it might be worth.
Sears branded lap steels, guitars and amps were made by Harmony, Kay and Valco at various times.
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Walter Hamlin
From:
Talladega, Alabama, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 9:34 am Silvertone lap steel/amp
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| Can't take any pictures until after the estate sale is over. But afterwards I will IF I get to buy them. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2011 12:16 pm
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Walter, as with any amp you're interested in that has been sitting for years, the last thing you want to do is turn it on prior to a qualified check up, it'll usually assure it's not working well and a more expensive doctor bill.
For the combo, if it's nothing special and in fine condition, $400 should probably be tops from an estate sale. |
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Walter Hamlin
From:
Talladega, Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 3:07 pm Silvertone lap steel/amp
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| The outfit sold at close to the asking price the first day of the estate sale. I sorta,kinda wanted it but someone else thought it more valuable than me. |
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