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Topic: Rare Aluminum Gibson EH-150 |
Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Harry Dietrich
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Robesonia, Pennsylvania, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 4:19 am |
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You should buy it, Andy. You'd look good playing that beauty.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 8:56 am
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Here's one that's 3k cheaper that did'nt sell on ebay
one does'nt see these babies come round often
Link to auction on eBay. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 2:57 pm
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| My wife thinks I'd look better with a 1971 Yamaha acoustic. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 8:34 pm
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 1:39 am
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Sold mine a couple of years ago to the wife of the guitar player with Les Paul..
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/005455.html
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They're called potentiometers because of the "Potential" they have (In the right hands)"Book of Basil Chapter 8 verse 1 |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 7:35 am
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It seems like various companies made cast metal guitars in the late 30s. None seemed to catch on like the frypan. Is that because Rick pumped out a lot of them, or becaues the frypans blew every other one away for tone etc??
I haven't heard any of the Valco, Gibson, or Harmony built cast guitars, So wondered about the popularity of them all. |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 12:12 pm
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One would think for that kind of money the photos would be sharper.
I'm outah here... |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 12:20 pm
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| Bill, our friend Bobby has played one and sez they sound good, but not as good as the FPs. |
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 12:42 pm
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I have one. It doesn't sound as good as any of my prewar frypans, but hardly anything does.
The $5500 one on Ebay didn't sell and has been relisted with a starting price of $3500. That's not too high for one in great original condition. The seller says the thinks the pots and input jack have been replaced, which might drop the value a little bit. However, it is the first Gibson lap steel and the only all metal instrument Gibson ever made. Only 98 were produced making it the third rarist Gibson lap steel.
Something I'm curious about is the serial numbers of the E-150s. Every one I've seen has a 3-digit serial number. The lowest I've seen is 166 and the highest is 231. That system doesn't correspond to the Gibson serial or factory order numbering systems of that era. Has anyone seen an E-150 with typical Gibson s/n or FON? |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Mar 2008 3:10 pm
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Richard, we delved into this territory before :-
.. http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/003648.html
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The serial # of my EH 150 Metalbody is 207.
Now this is very strange, the one from e-bay is 170, Jack's was 118 ..... How does this relate to the 98 that they made.
Do the serial numbers relate to date of manufacture or invoice or what ?
Just for fun the three guitars would be numbers 8, 9 and 10 ... IF you added the numbers of the serial number together. But the notion of month numbers or week numbers doesn't seem to fit with the numbers we have. |
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Richard Shatz
From:
St. Louis
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Posted 4 Mar 2008 9:33 am
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Another enigma.  |
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