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Topic: Rio Lap-steels |
Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 20 Apr 2020 3:22 pm |
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Does anyone out there have any information regarding Rio Lap-steels? I know they're vintage instruments, I was just wondering whether or not they had a good reputation?
Thanks in advance for any input. Stay safe and healthy! |
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Charles Stange
From:
San Francisco, California
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 9:00 am
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| Thanks Skip! That's the guitar that sparked my interest.... |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 2:10 pm
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I had never heard of Rio lap steels before this. I'm guessing this is European only and was never imported into the USA. http://riogitarrenguitares.free.fr probably has as much information as there is, but it's in French.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 2:19 pm
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| Merci beaucoup, Brad ! |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 2:23 pm
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| I just opened the link, copied and pasted it to Google Translate, it actually made fascinating reading. Thanks again! |
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 2:36 pm
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There's one for sale (quite reasonably) in Italy. Shipping almost as much as the price! (If I were to buy it, and I'm not, my wife would make me keep it in the garage for a week given where it's coming from..Lavagna is in the north...)
https://reverb.com/item/33319966-rio-model-120-1952-natural
I have to say, they are very pretty guitars. I have no idea how they sound but very fetching design...the pickup alone! Love the CC style hexagon shape with the wood top.
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 2:55 pm
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That's actually the guitar that's tempting me, Nic.
There's just something about it that keeps calling to me. Shipping is obviously way cheaper to Ireland, and we're in the European Union, so no import duty.
As far as putting it in the garage....where do you think I'm typing this from? |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 4:12 pm
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Badass, you should get it. 
And,its Hyper rare |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 21 Apr 2020 10:16 pm
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Still there. Someone here better buy it to let the rest of us know how it is!
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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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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 22 Apr 2020 6:10 am
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Alas! Heartbreaking update on the Rio. I emailed the shop to arrange payment, he e-mailed back to tell me there was an error in the Reverb listing. 155 euro was the shipping price to the USA, somehow that ended up as the sale price.
It's actually 1350 euro if anyone is interested!!!!(plus 155 euro shipping lol!) |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 22 Apr 2020 6:07 pm
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
Alas! Heartbreaking update on the Rio. I emailed the shop to arrange payment, he e-mailed back to tell me there was an error in the Reverb listing. 155 euro was the shipping price to the USA, somehow that ended up as the sale price.
It's actually 1350 euro if anyone is interested!!!!(plus 155 euro shipping lol!) |
So in other words, they want to keep it. I wish them luck.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 23 Apr 2020 12:27 am
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| Actually Brad, you make a lot of sense. It's an interesting old guitar, but I think the wrong price was actually nearer the mark! |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 23 Apr 2020 10:31 pm
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Another case of someone believing that “rare” always equals “valuable”.
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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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