I recently got to take some pics with this
near-mint 1960 (?) Supro three-legger. A buddy up in Seattle is now in possession of this beauty. The former owner was Bobby Ingano, who reports that the original owner bought it new and just left it in his closet.
Wanted to share with y’all.
Anyone know the model name?
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Last edited by Greg Vincent on 10 Mar 2026 10:59 am, edited 2 times in total.
The Supro Jet Airliner! I have three (two eights, one six) and I am enamored with the short scale and the Supro/Valco/National pickup sound from the late 50's. Their cases could use some TLC.
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I recently got to take some pics with this
near-mint 1960 (?) Supro three-legger. A buddy up in Seattle is now in possession of this beauty. The former owner was Bobby Ingano, who reports that the original owner bought it new and left it in his closet for about 70 years.
Wanted to share with y’all.
Anyone know the model name?
Aloha Greg,
I just recently helped Uncle Bobby get a Supro Jet Airliner, as he mentioned having one of those he let go many years ago. It's trippy to actually see a picture of it.
Put a Brass nut on that, and it will sound eerily close to a Frypan!
I had Ryan Rukavina make me a custom brass nut with Uncle Bobby's string gauges, and that thing started ringing like a bell. It literally sounded like it was in Frypan territory! Amazingly affordable mod to get great tone on an affordable steel!
Greg, your Supro was made between 1965 and early 1968.
According to George Gruhn’s book, a foil sticker with a “1 Prefix” serial number was used from 1965 until early ‘68. Your “1” looks like an “I”, which would make sense because all of the Valco-made guitar & amp serial numbers had a Letter prefix, all the way back to the 1940s. So I think Gruhn’s book mistakenly listed a 1 instead of I.
A foil sticker with a “2 Prefix” was used from early to mid 1968. So my 8-string Supro Jet Airliner was made in 1968… probably one of the last ones to roll off the assembly line. Supro went out of business in 1968.
In 2013 Supro was reborn and started making retro style guitars and amps.
Below is the foil sticker on my 1968 Jet Airliner.
PS I think your guitar is a 1966 (the last two numbers of your serial number).
I know for certain that mine was made in ‘68 (the only year they used a number 2 prefix). And the Last two numbers of my serial number are 68. The last two numbers of your serial number are 66. We know for sure that it was made between 65 and early 68. So I would go with 1966.
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