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Topic: Guitar ID request Du Jour |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Mar 2009 5:21 pm |
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Luthier Rich Mermer (great builder, nice guy) asks if anyone can ID this new lap steel of his:
My best guess is it's a homebuilt by a skilled craftsman from National parts/bodies or perhaps an employee-built guitar. Then again, I could easily be wrong. Thoughts? |
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John Drury
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Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2009 6:40 pm Re: Guitar ID request Du Jour
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
Luthier Rich Mermer (great builder, nice guy) asks if anyone can ID this new lap steel of his:
My best guess is it's a homebuilt by a skilled craftsman from National parts/bodies or perhaps an employee-built guitar. Then again, I could easily be wrong. Thoughts? |
Andy,
I recall seeing a guitar like that in one of Tom Bradshaws magazines, can't remember what issue. I remember the angled headstocks.
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John Drury
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 4:23 am
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| I remember seeing that style somewhere as well. My best guess would be that it's a rare but factory-production steel. |
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 5:55 am
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Appears to be a National. Factory triple neck. Here's a double neck.
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Rick Batey
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 4:38 pm
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It's a Coppock Triple Deluxe, made by National.
Michael Lee Allen posted the catalog pic he sent to Tom Bradshaw's magazine in a previous thread... |
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