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Topic: dickerson MOTS steel |
c c johnson
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killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 15 May 2006 3:10 am |
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| I picked this up at a garage sale for $25. It plays real pretty; blue MOTS. Has a metal plate on the bottom near where the neck would join the headstock and says Dickerson 0841. Any ideas as to yr? CC |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 15 May 2006 8:32 am
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Dickerson lap steels were made during the 1930s and 1940s. Without some photos or an extremely detailed description, it would be impossible to guess at a date of manufacture.
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 15 May 2006 10:16 am
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| I love my MOTS Dickerson with the matching amp! My ex-mother-in-law paid $7.50 for both at the Goodwill back in the day, and I've been loving both of them ever since! |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 16 May 2006 7:44 am
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| I really enjoy these small lap steels , great dimensions just like Jerry Byrd recommends. I have 4 with different tunings. I got three of them off of E-bay, but the prices have tripled for them now. Can't say I would ever pay that much for one, but if you get a deal, they sure are sweet. |
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 May 2006 12:13 pm
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| Brad has been a help to me on this and a fellow emailed me after stumbling onto the forum. He stated that he is a former magnatone employee in CA and the ser# 0841 means 0 standard model; 841 means it was made in aug 1941 during that production run. It was the last he believes before Pearl Harbor CC |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 May 2006 4:52 pm
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| Dickerson was bought out by Magnatone wasn't it? Seems like they are very similar too,mots and all. |
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