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Topic: Epiphone Electar Lap Steel |
Daniel Vorp
From:
Burlington, NC USA
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Posted 2 May 2002 10:01 am |
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| Say guys I'm a pedal player but have this old, I guess it's a lap steel. It has 2, 7 string necks. Any of you know anything about this beast? I guess I'm asking if you think it's worth anything or if anyone would be interested in it? It would need some refurb work, but there may be someone out there looking for a project. |
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Ian McLatchie
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Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 2 May 2002 6:02 pm
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| There were a couple of Epiphone double-neck models. Can you give a more detailed description? |
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Tim Rowley
From:
Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 2 May 2002 8:54 pm
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L.T. Zinn frequently plays his double neck 1938 Epiphone Electar straight into a Fender Princeton amp (no volume pedal) and gets a wonderful sound out of it. L.T.'s guitar has (if I remember correctly) 4 Fender legs and sockets. Great little guitar.
Tim R. |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 May 2002 5:28 am
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Ditto on LT Zinn's guitar and tone. He's an incredible non-pedal player who makes that guitar sing and swing!
LT is almost always at both the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club convention (July, Winchester, IN) and the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association convention (October, Joliet, IL). All non-peddlers should try to attend these events.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
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Daniel Vorp
From:
Burlington, NC USA
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Posted 3 May 2002 6:59 am
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| This piece is rectangular in shape, similar to a pedal steel but with no legs. 2 seperate necks with 1 pickup on each. |
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 4 May 2002 6:01 am
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| Daniel: The Epiphone that Tim mentions was one of their earliest double-necks. These instruments had Rickenbacher-style horseshoe pickups, and are thus highly sought after. From 1939 on, Epiphone steels had conventional, under-the-string pickups. I'm guessing that the instrument you have is from the latter period. It's called a Duo Console and according to the Gruhn guide was made between 1939 and 1958; they came standard as a double-eight, with seven strings available on special order. The non-horsehoe Epiphones are generally not very well regarded as players, but they certainly have some collectability for their visual appearance and relative rarity. Can you post some photos? I'd love to see this one. |
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