Know anything about gemtone guitars?

Lane Cunningham · Post by **Lane Cunningham** » 11 May 2015 11:24 am

A guy down the road from me has been trying to sell a gemtone lap steel for a while now. I can't find anything about them on the Internet. Think they are good guitars for that price?

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/kau/msg/5018272948.html

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 11 May 2015 2:02 pm

Definitely Japanese. Looks like some early Teisco steels, though the "HG" prefix is something that Guyatone did (Teisco steel models started with just "H").

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 11 May 2015 8:34 pm

The white control knobs are what Teisco used in the early '50's.
I have a 1953 Teisco D-8 that has them.

Lane Cunningham · Post by **Lane Cunningham** » 12 May 2015 12:08 am

Thanks for the info guys. Noah, your collection and website is amazing! I spent hours browsing through and reading all the cool info on your steels.