Fender organ button name?

Ron Victoria · From: New Jersey, USA

Was there any reason for naming this particular model?

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John Dahms · From: Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA

Ron, I can't speak with any authority as to why but in a May 12, 1947 Fender catalog the 3 single neck steels were referred to as Princeton, Deluxe and Organ Button so from the beginning they were always called Organ Button model steels.
One must presume that there were tone modification buttons on popular organs that resembled the button on the guitar but I am not well enough versed in organdom to identify it better than that.
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

It had a red pushbutton for an "organ-like" tone effect. I never tried one or heard one, so I don't know what it actually sounded like. Probably just a change in tone.
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John Bushouse · Posted 5 Apr 2012 6:28 pm

Here are pics of mine, that is for sale. Smile

The button:

The backside of the control plate. The button adds another big capacitor.

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Wow, those are huge caps!
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John Bushouse · Posted 5 Apr 2012 7:50 pm

Yes, those are full size pots the caps are next to - the caps are bigger than tootsie rolls. The black ones are are 0.1 mf; I forget what the the smaller one is - maybe 0.04 mf.

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Interesting, I think Fender used 0.05 mf in the 50's.

How does this lap steel sound? What is the effect of the button? a thinner tone?
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