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Topic: What is a GEBS lap steel? |
Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 9:24 am |
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| What is a GEBS lap steel? I just bought one on ebay. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 9:41 am
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You'll soon find out. 
Erv |
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Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 9:43 am
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Be careful on a eBay! Guaranteed Enything But a Steel guitar?  |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 5:13 pm
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I have no information at all about Gebs lap steels. I went to eBay and checked out your auction, but the shape and design of this particular lap steel doesn't look familiar at all.
Please let us all know when you receive it how you like it and how it sounds. That's a great price no matter what!
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[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 23 February 2006 at 05:15 PM.] |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 5:53 pm
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| I figured I'd risk $50. It looks like SOMEBODY has played it alot based on the condition of the paint on the pickup. |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 6:00 pm
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Plus I have some Grovers gathering dust.
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I think guitars painted black sound better.
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Matt Lange
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2006 6:18 pm
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| that pickup looks a bit rusty, but if you can fix the tuners and it gets a reasonable tone, that'd be a huge bargan. It's cheaper than an artisan! |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2006 6:56 am
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It kind of reminds me of the old Magnatone keyless laps...
I thought GEBS made cases?
Or is it GIEB?
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2006 8:01 am
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Maybe GEBS is the tuning
Looks like a Magnatone product to me too. |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2006 9:50 pm
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That's a nice~l©©kng, compact era~ah whatever it is!
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a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
’05 D–10 Derby
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15”
Current Equipment
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 25 Feb 2006 3:48 am
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| I have run across the name before- in the UK. On capos, if I remember correctly. Maybe one of our crumpets and tea team can ID it. |
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 25 Feb 2006 8:04 am
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Keith how did you know that that was the time ?
I'll be back after we have our customary 'Crumpets and Tea' (Earl Grey of course)
As for that Ostracised and Castigated PERSON from Brighton, Bastardising the English language with "Enything, words ALMOST fail me !! |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 25 Feb 2006 2:22 pm
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| Hehe. I lived in Liverpool for 2 months, not long but long enough. If you asked most of my friends there what kinda tea they were drinking, they'd have looked at you funny and said either "brewed", or "hot". |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2006 8:12 pm
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| Another vote for Magnatone offshoot. Good deal, looks restorable. |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2006 11:24 am
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A friend of mine inherited one of these with matching amp. Based on the pickup and some of the details, my guess is a Valco offshoot, probably pre-war. The pickup looks a lot like the one Supro/Valco used before they went to the string through.
The amp had a type 83 (mercury vapor filled) rectifier tube!
There must have been a dealer in either eastern Washington or western Montana, because the 3 I've seen have been from this area. They have been gray instead of yellow, but all had that pickup and that distinctive body shape. |
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