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Topic: Anyone heard of a "GEBS" lap steel guitar. |
Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 3:52 pm |
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Around 1939 I started taking Steel Lesson from an outfit called the "National Institure of Music & Arts". These were class lessons once a week at $1.00d per lesson on an acoustical guitar. After one year they moved you to an electric steel guitar with the name of GEBS and the lessons became $2.00.
The guitar had the "Mother of Pearl" finish similiar to Oahu's and Dickersons. Also included was a small amp with of 6" speaker. This music school was pretty big nationwide. One summer afternoon they had us do a concert in the Hollywood Bowl. There must have been five hundred of us split between Steel Guitars and Violins all reading music and playing together. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Leach
From:
Cheshire, england
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 5:23 pm
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| I just purchased an acoustic lap steel circa 1940's with the original GEBS case Chicago "Challenge" trade mark. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Aug 2008 5:36 pm
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I have one case here that has GEIB on it, and I've seen quite a few with that little metal plate with GEIB on it.
I see my New Yorker case is a Lifton. Hadn't noticed the sticker on the inside until now, because I got curious. |
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 10 Aug 2008 6:29 pm
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REMOVED
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"Wisdom does not always come with age. Many times age arrives alone."
Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 28 Feb 2011 8:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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