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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2010 1:00 am |
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This turned up on eBay:
Link to auction on eBay.
Looks like a home or school wood shop project, right? Only--- I have one that looks almost identical to this one. About the same dimensions as a Gibson BR, the tailpiece and nut both appear to be Gibson parts, only it has the pickup with the long magnets, haven't taken it apart so not sure if it's a Epi or a Gibson CC perhaps... mine looks like maple but it's unusually heavy. It has all the same markings, wood trim and the same headstock. a couple more screws next to the pickup and the same old style microphone screw-on connector. It HAS to have been made by the same person or persons. Are there any more out there ?
I could use a couple more of those old style microphone screw-on cords, btw. 
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 Dec 2010 9:26 am
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There might be, but it definitely looks to me to have been home made from existing parts.
The screw-on style Amphenol or Switchcraft connector has been mentioned many times in the past. Angela Instruments has both adapters and cables to fit this type of connector.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Dec 2010 11:03 am
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If I'm reading the description by the seller right, it's a custom-made instrument...
"You are bidding on an approximately 60 year old custom made electric lap steel guitar. Amazingly, it was carved from a solid Mahogany log. No laminations. The fingerboard is a solid strip of Maple screwed onto the Mahogany body. The trim design around the edges was all hand carved. The control cover assembly, pickup mount, and bridge cover are all cut or carved from wood. The pickup is an old bar magnet style and is about the same physical size as an original Gibson Charlie Christian pickup but I'm not sure. When this guitar was built there were not a whole lot of pickups on the market, so the chances are good that it could be a Gibson. The pickups top cover was simply replaced with a piece of real wood to match the guitar. The input jack is the old screw on type with 1/4" on amp end (cord is included). With this pickup, and the fact the body is all solid one piece Mahogany, it has the most powerful, pure, and beautiful tone you could imagine and it sustains forever. I can assure you it has a unique sound you will fall in love with. This is your chance to own a guitar that is no doubt one-of-a-kind. There are some very old paper markers stuck on the fingerboard and on the bridge cover for training purposes as seen in photos. The guitar is missing one old white Bakelite knob which is the only issue this guitar has!! Good luck and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of my eBay friends!" |
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Peter Lindelauf
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Penticton, BC
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Posted 23 Dec 2010 11:08 am
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Thanks for that handy link, Brad. My 53 Gretsch has the old style threaded cord connection and the cord is still working fine but I'd really like to be able to use an adapter and a modern cord.
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Richard Shatz
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St. Louis
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2010 10:45 pm
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Thank You Brad and Richard !
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