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Topic: Magnatone Steel/Amp Combo |
David DeLoach
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 3:48 pm |
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I came across this Magnatone Steel/Amp combo today in a music store in Nashville. Hadn't seen one of these before.
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Steven Cummings
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Texas
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 5:50 pm
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Nice.
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 8:29 pm
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| Awesome, first time I've ever seen somthing like that, any idea what year it is? |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 9:39 pm
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I’ve seen that lap steel guitar for sale online, but never the combo with the amp like that.
It is super-cool!
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2019 2:44 am
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| ...any idea what year it is? |
I don't. The main guy who runs the place was out and the guy I spoke with didn't know. It was not for sale. They said a good customer had given it to them as a gift.
It was at Rumble Seat Music which is a relatively small new cool shop in Nashville, just down the road from Gruhn's Guitars and Carter's Vintage Guitars.
http://rumbleseatmusic.com/
BTW, I have to drive past all three of these shops everyday on my way to/from work. Talk about temptation! |
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2019 6:37 am
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The steels come up quite often but not with the amp/stand combo.. very cool.. I have a couple of the steels, but there is no provision on them for attaching to the stand.. Very comfortable to play actually.. tuning them is a bit of a bear, but they hold tuning very nicely.
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Jerry Wagner
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2019 3:34 pm
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This is a Magnatone Melodier (not Melodia):
https://reverb.com/item/6834458-magnatone-melodia-lap-steel-1950s
I've only seen one prior photo of this guitar with the amp acting as the base of the guitar stand. A pretty cool idea from yesteryear for a small bar band. The guitar, as you know, is sheet metal covered with MOTS. Some are brass, and some are painted. I think the back is flocked plywood. Without checking more, I think they're early 1950's. The tuner setup makes it ultra-compact, like a headless guitar. But that's not very convenient if you're right handed; you want to tune with your left hand, not your right. This is one of the vintage guitars that inspired me to build my own compact 24" scale guitar. |
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