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This is a Supro version of the National guitar that was referred to as the "woodbody" and painted with a wood grain stain. The fingerboard markers, pickup and control knob plates are the sam ...

My fault for not being clear Chris. I meant they were made by the Dopyeras and marketed by Standell among others at that time. Thanks for pointing that out

Fred, there are at least 20 different types of pre-war New Yorker lap steels known at the present time.

This is a 1960 period El Monte Dobro. These would usually have a 'Dopera Original' yellow and blue sticker. Nevertheless it has a 'db' decal used up until around 1962 when Louis Dopyera granted the Do ...

Hi Barry, that looks like a good project to while away the winter months. I wish you well with it. Best Mark.

Thanks Mike for your kind comments.

I'm afraid you're wrong Ken - OMI made Hound Dog branded instruments from 1967 to 1970 during the years they had lost the rights to the Dobro name when it was owned by Mosrite. In the mid 1970s, they ...

Thanks Dennis, I'm afraid it will take you some time to flip through it!!

Hello everyone - the book is NOT out of print but it is a limited privately printed and published book. You can get a copy by paypal direct to me at 'mark.makin(at)ntlworld.com'. The book costs £65 p ...

Hello Robert
These instruments (DB originals)were the first Dobro built after the war.By the late 1950s, the Dobro had not been produced for 15 years and the Dopyera brothers had gone their own ways ...

Hello Ray
By the middle of 1936, more and more Nationals were being issued NOT with their own specific Serial number groupings - like the N series - but with the common A,B,or C Chicago numbers. Thes ...

Hi David
These instruments were made by a process called "slush casting" (sand moulded aluminum casts)from 1935 through to about early 1937. The earliest of them (like yours) have the short ...

The Supro Clipper was catalogued by Supro in the National 1942 catalogue and the name changed to the Supreme after the war in 1947/48. In the pre-war years Supro were listed along with National guitar ...

The Supro Clipper is identical to the Supreme except that it has dot markers not geometrical squares and triangles.
The National Clipper lap steel was a different instrument made from 1953 to 1955 an ...

These E45s did not have Barcus Berry pickups - they were Bill Lawrence pickups. They were planned and designed by Ron Lazar and Bob Ellerson in 1979 and constructed by Don Young

Has anyone got a photo/photos of a Dopyera Brothers REPLICA 66 instrument and its logo?
Apparently these were black Dobros with clear plastic fretboards and fibreglass coverplates. The fan patterns w ...

hello Dave,
Yes you're right - variation 12. Yours has the wide blue National logo plate not the smaller black and red shield that was around at this time in 1948. Your logo was more usually found on ...

Hello Dean
Your guitar is exactly the same instrument as a Supro Studio as it came off the same bench at Valco in Chicago. HOWEVER, technically yours was branded as an OAHU METEOR. Meteors NEVER had ...

It is a model 1033 Hawaiian student resophonic. They were NEVER electric in any way. They were issued in cream pearl, red or black. The spanish guitar version was the Model 1133 in the same colours al ...

The little steel guitar with the black bar markers, short scale and cream pearl finish is not a Princess, nor a Chicago, nor a Chicagoan - it is a SUPRO SUNBEAM from 1941

This guitar is actually a Short scale SUPRO SUNBEAM . Model No. 125 and was first catalogued as a student guitar around 1941/2. It sold for $15.50. It's "big sister" in the catalogue was the ...

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Topic: Supro Done! - Help ID This Lap Steel - Supro?
Mark Makin Replies: 24 Views: 6020	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Mar 2024 11:30 am Subject: Supro Done! - Help ID This Lap Steel - Supro?
Mark Makin Replies: 24 Views: 6020	This is a Supro version of the National guitar that was referred to as the "woodbody" and painted with a wood grain stain. The fingerboard markers, pickup and control knob plates are the sam ...
Topic: Another Dobro identification post
Mark Makin Replies: 5 Views: 1564	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jul 2022 1:41 am Subject: Another Dobro identification post
Mark Makin Replies: 5 Views: 1564	My fault for not being clear Chris. I meant they were made by the Dopyeras and marketed by Standell among others at that time. Thanks for pointing that out
Topic: National New Yorker history
Mark Makin Replies: 59 Views: 68430	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jul 2022 6:34 am Subject: National New Yorker history
Mark Makin Replies: 59 Views: 68430	Fred, there are at least 20 different types of pre-war New Yorker lap steels known at the present time.
Topic: Another Dobro identification post
Mark Makin Replies: 5 Views: 1564	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jul 2022 5:10 am Subject: Another Dobro identification post
Mark Makin Replies: 5 Views: 1564	This is a 1960 period El Monte Dobro. These would usually have a 'Dopera Original' yellow and blue sticker. Nevertheless it has a 'db' decal used up until around 1962 when Louis Dopyera granted the Do ...
Topic: Another 1935 National cast lap steel resurfaces
Mark Makin Replies: 35 Views: 18857	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Sep 2014 6:36 am Subject: Another 1935 National cast lap steel resurfaces
Mark Makin Replies: 35 Views: 18857	Hi Barry, that looks like a good project to while away the winter months. I wish you well with it. Best Mark.
Topic: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Mar 2013 11:56 am Subject: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Thanks Mike for your kind comments.
Topic: Info about my Dobro
Mark Makin Replies: 9 Views: 3602	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Mar 2013 8:45 am Subject: Info about my Dobro
Mark Makin Replies: 9 Views: 3602	I'm afraid you're wrong Ken - OMI made Hound Dog branded instruments from 1967 to 1970 during the years they had lost the rights to the Dobro name when it was owned by Mosrite. In the mid 1970s, they ...
Topic: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2013 9:23 am Subject: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Thanks Dennis, I'm afraid it will take you some time to flip through it!!
Topic: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2013 1:32 am Subject: "Palm Trees, Senoritas and Rocket Ships' by Mark Makin
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 11955	Hello everyone - the book is NOT out of print but it is a limited privately printed and published book. You can get a copy by paypal direct to me at 'mark.makin(at)ntlworld.com'. The book costs £65 p ...
Topic: Old Dobro Information?
Mark Makin Replies: 12 Views: 9491	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Mar 2012 3:00 am Subject: Old Dobro Information?
Mark Makin Replies: 12 Views: 9491	Hello Robert These instruments (DB originals)were the first Dobro built after the war.By the late 1950s, the Dobro had not been produced for 15 years and the Dopyera brothers had gone their own ways ...
Topic: My new baby - It's a National!
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 4972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Feb 2012 1:17 am Subject: My new baby - It's a National!
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 4972	Hello Ray By the middle of 1936, more and more Nationals were being issued NOT with their own specific Serial number groupings - like the N series - but with the common A,B,or C Chicago numbers. Thes ...
Topic: My new baby - It's a National!
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 4972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Feb 2012 5:10 am Subject: My new baby - It's a National!
Mark Makin Replies: 14 Views: 4972	Hi David These instruments were made by a process called "slush casting" (sand moulded aluminum casts)from 1935 through to about early 1937. The earliest of them (like yours) have the short ...
Topic: New member and a 52 Supro Clipper
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 6106	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2012 2:21 am Subject: New member and a 52 Supro Clipper
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 6106	The Supro Clipper was catalogued by Supro in the National 1942 catalogue and the name changed to the Supreme after the war in 1947/48. In the pre-war years Supro were listed along with National guitar ...
Topic: New member and a 52 Supro Clipper
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 6106	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2012 2:07 am Subject: New member and a 52 Supro Clipper
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 6106	The Supro Clipper is identical to the Supreme except that it has dot markers not geometrical squares and triangles. The National Clipper lap steel was a different instrument made from 1953 to 1955 an ...
Topic: lap steels made by Dobro
Mark Makin Replies: 34 Views: 10681	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2012 1:42 am Subject: Pickup
Mark Makin Replies: 34 Views: 10681	These E45s did not have Barcus Berry pickups - they were Bill Lawrence pickups. They were planned and designed by Ron Lazar and Bob Ellerson in 1979 and constructed by Don Young
Topic: Can anyone help? Replica 66 guitar
Mark Makin Replies: 0 Views: 866	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Oct 2011 7:23 am Subject: Can anyone help? Replica 66 guitar
Mark Makin Replies: 0 Views: 866	Has anyone got a photo/photos of a Dopyera Brothers REPLICA 66 instrument and its logo? Apparently these were black Dobros with clear plastic fretboards and fibreglass coverplates. The fan patterns w ...
Topic: Another New Yorker
Mark Makin Replies: 20 Views: 9005	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:38 am Subject: Another New Yorker
Mark Makin Replies: 20 Views: 9005	hello Dave, Yes you're right - variation 12. Yours has the wide blue National logo plate not the smaller black and red shield that was around at this time in 1948. Your logo was more usually found on ...
Topic: New Member
Mark Makin Replies: 19 Views: 7307	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Jan 2010 1:00 pm Subject: New Member
Mark Makin Replies: 19 Views: 7307	Hello Dean Your guitar is exactly the same instrument as a Supro Studio as it came off the same bench at Valco in Chicago. HOWEVER, technically yours was branded as an OAHU METEOR. Meteors NEVER had ...
Topic: Another National lap ID I cannot find anything!!
Mark Makin Replies: 8 Views: 4023	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Oct 2008 5:54 am Subject: Another National lap ID I cannot find anything!!
Mark Makin Replies: 8 Views: 4023	It is a model 1033 Hawaiian student resophonic. They were NEVER electric in any way. They were issued in cream pearl, red or black. The spanish guitar version was the Model 1133 in the same colours al ...
Topic: What National model is this?
Mark Makin Replies: 17 Views: 10196	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Oct 2008 4:27 am Subject: What National model is this?
Mark Makin Replies: 17 Views: 10196	The little steel guitar with the black bar markers, short scale and cream pearl finish is not a Princess, nor a Chicago, nor a Chicagoan - it is a SUPRO SUNBEAM from 1941
Topic: What should this National steel & amp sell for?
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 4170	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Oct 2008 3:40 am Subject: What should this National steel & amp sell for?
Mark Makin Replies: 15 Views: 4170	This guitar is actually a Short scale SUPRO SUNBEAM . Model No. 125 and was first catalogued as a student guitar around 1941/2. It sold for $15.50. It's "big sister" in the catalogue was the ...