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Topic: Recording King lap steel |
Andy Jones
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Mississippi
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 12:19 pm |
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A friend of mine has a "Recording King" lap steel,6 strings,sunburst color.He said it was made by Gibson in the mid-late '40's.It's in fair condition.The name is stenciled on the headstock in gold letters.It has a polished aluminum pick up with 2 bars in the p/u.Also has a tone and volume con
trol.Anyone seen or heard of one of these? |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 5:29 pm
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Some RCs were made by Regal for Montgomery Ward.
Post your pics. Then we'll know who made it. |
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Kelly Coyle
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Minnesota, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 5:49 pm
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Elderly is selling one (I've been shopping...). Let's see,
Roy Smeck.
Edit: I missed Brad's link. He's been shopping too. (Find me an 8!) |
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Brad Catler
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 9:39 pm
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| I have a Recording King with the cord coming out of the guitar. It has a pretty hefty vintage hum, and a tone i wouldn't exactly call sweet. I think just because it was made by Gibson, doesn't make it special. It's for sale, if anyone's interested. (and who wouldn't be, after such a glowing review!) |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2007 7:01 am
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Here's one that finished recently on ebay.
Auction on eBay.
Ron |
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Chuck Fisher
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Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Jan 2007 6:06 pm
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| some Recording Kings had a Charlie Christian pickup that had the bobbin ends rounded instead of faceted like GIBSON eh-150. These are pretty nice. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Jan 2007 6:35 am
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I can't believe what people are trying to sell old steels for ,on prices. Elderly never ever sold anything reasonable, always top dollar.
I figure the bottom will drop out of the value of most of this old stuff at some point down the road.
The other thing I see, is bakelites being sold for the same money that old wooden steels with questionable tone are going for.
Last fall I bought an old Vega six string on Ebay for $149, just around what it was worth.
When you see an old Gibson BR9 that some idiot wants close to a grand for at"buy it now " price, you really wonder where all this is going.
The collector thing seems to be mixed with the players who just want an instrument to use.  |
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Kelly Coyle
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Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2007 9:37 am
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| Bill Creller wrote: |
| The collector thing seems to be mixed with the players who just want an instrument to use. |
Amen. It makes Remington Steels look better and better, though, even for a (relative) beginner. |
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Andy Jones
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 30 Jan 2007 9:33 am
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Gentlemen,thank you for your responses and interest in this post.The pictures that have been posted look exactly like the guitar I've asked about,with one exception:the script on the headstock is just the "Gibson"script you see on so many older Gibson guitars.If I can ever get around to getting some pictures of this guitar,I will try to post them for you.
Thanks again,Andy Jones |
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