my old lap steels

Kevin Lamb · Post by **Kevin Lamb** » 11 Aug 2001 9:44 pm

I have an ancient Rickenbaker...six string, all grey metal....think it is an electro.....
I also have an 8 string blonde/white Fender lap (someone broke the legs when they took them completely apart)
serial #000882. It has original leather and tweed case.
Anyone know how old these might be?

Kevin Lamb · Post by **Kevin Lamb** » 11 Aug 2001 10:20 pm

Just went into the archive....this Rickenbacher (c) does not seem like one of the early ones. Two control knobs are on the right.....strings attach to the top piece, I guess the horseshoe things are only 1 1/4 inch wide.....and the pickup is Pat. No 208917(1)?
Still I plugged it into my amp and it still works.
I saw JD's lengthy post, so that is how i am evaluating this. Case is an old ugly brown alligatorish thing.

Kevin Lamb · Post by **Kevin Lamb** » 11 Aug 2001 10:58 pm

Glenn Ross Cambell? Does anybody know or remember this steeler that came out of Riverside, CA? He was a sensational, amazing player (8 string). He caused quite a sensation in the early 70's, especially in england....I know Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton were fans...then he disappeared.
Oh...my previous post....the Fender case is not the original.....

Steve Honum · Post by **Steve Honum** » 13 Aug 2001 12:34 pm

Kevin, Glenn has been living in New Zealand for quite a while. I got to know him down there and saw him play many times. He was still living in Auckland when I came back to Calif. 2 years ago. He is the most in-demand steel player there and has done quite a few recordings with Al Hunter, Glen Moffet, Brendon Ham and other country singers as well as commercials etc. There is not alot of work around though, and he had a day job at the Auckland Art Gallery. He had a Sierra single 12 pedal steel and a really unique custom built arch-top f-hole jazz style electric with a square neck 9 string set-up which he played standing up, dobro style. He uses this to play jump-blues, swing and rockablilly stuff through a pair of Vibroluxes and it sounds fantastic. He's a great player and an interesting guy. He played in one of harmonica legend, Rod Piazza's early blues bands before heading off to England and beyond.
Haere mai,
Steve H.
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Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 14 Aug 2001 11:57 am

The Ricky sounds like a NS model, but I'd have to see a picture to be sure.
The Fender Deluxe 8 was one of the longest running steel guitar lines in Fender's history. It could be from any time frame. Again a photo would be a great help. Check out my Fender photos and see if you have one there that looks like yours.

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