Trying to find info on century singing guitar
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Trying to find info on century singing guitar
Trying to find out any information on this guitar. All I know is that it’s a century singing guitar built In Chicago. Thank you
- Noah Miller
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These were built by Sound Projects, the company that owned the Lectrolab brand. They show up with a few different labels, a few different pickups, and a few variations in design. At least one of them has shown up before with a horseshoe pickup but it's quite a rare version.
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- Noah Miller
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I haven't seen that pickup up close, but I'd be very surprised if it were a Rickenbacker pickup. Several other companies built horseshoe pickups (Vega, Epiphone, Kay) and the internet often jumps to the conclusion that they were supplied by Ric, but so far I have never seen a genuine Ric pickup as stock hardware in another company's instrument.
In the case of this guitar, the mounting screws are in the wrong place and the proportions of the magnets look wrong. If this guitar is in your posession, a side view of the coil could help as well.
As for what it's worth... hard to say. These rarely come up for sale, and I doubt many people are actively looking for them. However, the combination of an aluminum body and a horseshoe pickup will probably push the price higher than many other obscure steels of that era. My gut feeling is somewhere in the $500-1000 range but I have no history to base that on.
In the case of this guitar, the mounting screws are in the wrong place and the proportions of the magnets look wrong. If this guitar is in your posession, a side view of the coil could help as well.
As for what it's worth... hard to say. These rarely come up for sale, and I doubt many people are actively looking for them. However, the combination of an aluminum body and a horseshoe pickup will probably push the price higher than many other obscure steels of that era. My gut feeling is somewhere in the $500-1000 range but I have no history to base that on.
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