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Topic: Lectrolab Guitar? |
George Alexander
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 6:26 am |
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Does anyone have any info about instruments made by Lectrolab? It was a Chicago comapny also know as "Sound Projects Company". I have seen a Sound Projects Troubador lap steel (aluminum), but never a Lectrolab until these photos surfaced. I maintain a non-commercial site devoted to housing information about Lectrolab. You can see all the photos at:
http://lectrolab.wordpress.com/lectrolab-pickups-steel-guitar/
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 6:37 am
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I've never heard of them by that name, although I have seen the metal body Sound Projects Company lap steels in the past.
Here's a previous discussion:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/004432.html
The guitar you have pictured almost certainly had covers over each of the pickups, with the covers now long gone and forgotten.
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 8:20 am
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| That looks like Fender fretboards. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Kelvin Monaghan
From:
Victoria, Australia
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 1:53 pm
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| They look like Hofner "soap bar" pickups used on Harmonys and Kays etc.Maybe just rebadged,I have one of those cast metal Sound Projects guitars badged National conservatory on the headstock and a Regal badge on the tail ,so I guess anything goes. |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 2:03 pm
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Is it possible that this a home built steel using parts gleaned from different sources? The unmatched knobs may be a clue. Could it even be a Stringmaster
body with the ends squared off?
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Bob Tuttle
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Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 2:07 pm
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| Could be home made, but definitely not a stringmaster. |
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Dave Bader
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 3:22 pm
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Ron
I think BB King use a Lab Systems amp that was made by Gibson. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 6:29 pm
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Until I can find that article I can't refute your statement, Dave, and you may just be correct.
The Lectrolab is a fine amp tho, and does have some very sweet distortion. BB cannot have it! |
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