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Topic: Can you help with some information on this Supro Lap Steel |
David Hayes
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Posted 8 Jan 2012 11:43 pm |
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Any information you can provide appreciated. Thanks
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 8:06 am
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David Hayes
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 4:24 pm
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| Thanks Michael - that one is somewhat like mine. I have seen the solid slabs of this model but this one is a two layer and very light - seems hollow? |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 5:19 pm
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David Hayes
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2012 9:56 pm
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| Thank you! |
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David Hayes
From:
California, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2012 3:03 pm
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| Michael Lee Allen wrote: |
"Hawaiian" model, that's the name. The Supro line was only one steel (Hawaiian) guitar and one standard (Spanish) guitar plus one amplifier at the time. The "Hawaiian" existed from 1936 to 1939 or 1940 with slight changes. I don't have EVERY variant loaded in the computer and don't feel the need to be that anal retentive unless I'm helping somebody with an article or website, there's really not all that much difference. This may be as good as you're going to get unless you spend a lot of time online. Supro was National's budget line, made down to a price point, and this was a student-grade no-frills instrument in it's time.
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So sounds like this is a a cheapo pretty useless piece of cXXp - is it worth anything or should I just dump it? It has a weird screw in plug that I don't have so not sure how it sounds. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 10 Jan 2012 7:06 pm
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2012 9:29 am
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I have one of these as well. Got it cheap, the bridge needs fixin'. It appears to be integral to the pickup assembly. I believe that this was the earliest Supro design. In regards to the screw-on terminal, there's an adapter that has a jack so you can plug in a regular cord.
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David Hayes
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California, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2012 12:36 am
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Thanks for the offer Michael but I got rid of the thing. I'm looking at an old 1939 Oahu (see pic) but it has had the pots replaced - not sure they replicated the resistors on the pots. Is that a problem? Also it looks like it is separating near the bottom/bridge where it was joined together - is that typical?
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