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Ron Victoria

 

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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 6:54 am    
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It has dual pickups but no tuning pan or legs. Is this an early deluxe 8 or something else? Is the finish original?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-lap-steel-8-string-late-forties-/140726469943?pt=Guitar&hash=item20c3f38537

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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 7:02 am    
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It appears that someone took some Fender parts and added them to a different guitar, perhaps a Japanese Guyatone or similar instrument. It definitely isn't any Fender model I've ever seen.
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 7:04 am    
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Ron,
That guitar never originated with Leo Fender. It is a guitar cobbled together by someone. There are some Fender components present ie: the pickups and the Fender tag. However, the tuners have no resemblence to Fender, whatsoever.
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Ron Victoria

 

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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 7:10 am    
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what do you think, $200? Did Guyatone make a slotted peghead or always use a Fender type pan?
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 7:42 am    
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Ron,
Guyatone made a very good copy of a Fender. This is NOT even a Guyatone.
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chris ivey


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 12:23 pm    
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looks like a custom body. ...but hey...lapsteels are just a board with strings anyway. should work as well as anything else!
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Steve Ahola


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Concord, California
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2012 3:49 pm    
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chris ivey wrote:
looks like a custom body. ...but hey...lapsteels are just a board with strings anyway. should work as well as anything else!

At $799 I think it is way overpriced. The end view of the body suggests that it might have started out as a plank from Home Depot. Laughing

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Ron Victoria

 

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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2012 4:54 am    
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I tried to tell him about changing the title and description as it's not a Fender, but decided to leave it as listed.

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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2012 6:46 am    
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That's fine, Ron. I'm sure the buyers will totally ignore him. Smile
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 21 Mar 2012 8:46 am    
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A home-made body with a mix of parts mounted on it, some Fender, many not. Unfortunately some unsuspecting buyer may come along and buy it thinking it's a Fender.

We could click on "Report item" and tell eBay that the guitar is Not a Fender, and is a listing violation...
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