Help iding this lapsteel

Dave Bader · Post by **Dave Bader** » 4 Jan 2014 7:43 pm

This lapsteel was posted on another forum by a guy who bought it from someone who thought it was a fender. It looks like a cross between a Gibson Skylark and a Epiphone Electar to me. Anyone here ever see one before?

Dave Bader · Post by **Dave Bader** » 4 Jan 2014 7:45 pm

No badge on headstock but there is a serial number.

Stephen Cowell · Post by **Stephen Cowell** » 4 Jan 2014 9:25 pm

Looks like a Gibson to me...

John Rosett · Post by **John Rosett** » 4 Jan 2014 9:59 pm

Here's one with the peg head logo still attached:
http://www.rfcharle.com/HTML/PhotosInst ... ylark.html

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 4 Jan 2014 10:59 pm

The fretboard is Skylark but the body and the headstock look a little different. And the pickup is not slanted like the skylark, and the metal control plate is shaped a little different. I think this a modified Skylark, possibly a home made control plate.

Ron Simpson · Post by **Ron Simpson** » 5 Jan 2014 3:39 am

Page 146 Gibson Steel Guitars by A.R.Duchossoir identifies this model as a Skylark version 2 introduced in mid 1965.

Dave Bader · Post by **Dave Bader** » 5 Jan 2014 5:22 am

Thanks for the replys. I knew it had to be at least partly gibson. I'll let that guy know what it is. Thanks again.

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