Model is RG-31-NA in natural mahogany.
https://www.recordingking.com/lapsteels
My copy is an older one as the logo doesn't match the current one.
Mine Old:
New:
The scale is listed as 23.5". It is not - it is 23 1/8". The plastic fret board measures 11.5" to the 12th fret so the scale should be 23.0". For an 1/8" I will live with it. Maybe in the newer ones this has been fixed - I do not know.
It came tuned to OPEN G (GBDGBD) which was what I was going to put on it to study Dobro licks. Can't ask for more than that!
The P90 is, well a P90. Sounds good. No complaints. What I did not like were the cheap bean head vintage tuners that came with it. They slipped and would not hold the tuning and yes, I always tune up.
I ordered a set of Grover 133-NK (nickle keystone) and put them on. They dropped right in but while I could have used the existing screw holes, they were put on cock-eyed. So I doweled the screw holes (all 12) and then lined them up the best I could do, re-drilled and screwed them down.
There is no serial number or model number on the guitar so I added one and the tuning:
It came with black knobs that I didn't like so I put a set of gold witch-hats that I think go better with the natural mahogany color.
Overall it is now a keeper! Total investment thus far has been $152.
You might see a similar lap steel from Recording King that is in a sunburst color:
Model RG-32-SN (w/old logo)
It is the same guitar.
They also make a model with a humbucker pickup:
Model RG-35-SN
I and seriously considering tracking one down used or even new:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... p-sunburst
And for completeness there is a version of the RG-31-NA that had a slotted headstock and upward facing tuners (no longer made):
