The Steel Guitar Forum

Sorry for the dbl post

Doug, Did you own the triple neck yellow MOTO unit with the black hand rests/PUP covers in the case on the lawn?

No, I think that one is a Kahlmen triple neck. Kahlmen Musical Inst., Elizabeth NJ

Here's an interesting one. Any ideas who made it?

Lynn:

You have nothing but the best. Amazing!

James, Thanks for the kind words.

Brad, I have a couple Star branded lap steels. I believe they were Teisco made of the Australian market.

Yes, that lap steel looks a lot like a Teisco.

I wish there were some more / better pics of one of these Coppock's out there.

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Vintage Guitar Magazine has an interesting article about Mr. Coppock and his steel guitars on their site ----> http://www.vintageguitar.com/3905/coppock-guitars.

He was a local steel teacher/player in the northwest in the 1920s through the 1950s who built steel guitars for his students. He was unknown in the steel guitar world until the 1990s when one of his guitars surfaced in the Seattle area. Nice looking instruments. They seem to be modeled after the National.

I suppose that the appearance is what sold a lot of guitars in the old days, even if they didn't have good tone & sound. And that's likely true yet today too...

Time for a lap dance. stevet

Richard Shatz wrote:

Oh I love that fretboard !! Very pretty guitar.

Notice how the pattern is not random: it repeats where you would normally get the fret markers. Very well thought out.
My daughter is into Art Deco work, and is an active member of the California Art Deco Society. She loves these old designs, as do I.

And one of mine.