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Topic: Gemtone lap steel ......anyone seen one these |
Michael Greer
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 7:17 am |
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I have searched the Internet without success to find any information on a lap steel called a Gemtone. ( it's engraved on the pickup cover )
No evidence of any headstock label ever being there.
This little thing ( and I mean little ) is really incredibly loud.
Thanks
Mike
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Michael Greer
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 9:02 am
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Brad , Doug
thanks for the information and dating the guitar.
the color does look very 50's / 60's .
I just discovered another " bonus ".....
when I turn the volume right down on the guitar I swear I can faintly her a radio station on the amp.
Have heard the Japanese pick ups described as micro-phonic....I will add " radio-phonic "
mike |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 9:17 am
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Not just the Japanese....my old National amp would pick up a particular local station, loud & clear !! 
That is, before I used a metal tube in place of the glass type in the pre-amp section...(6SJ7) |
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Mark Evans
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 12:38 pm
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Love those lap steel/crystal radio set combos. I listen to all the Cub games this way.
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Larry Pogreba Baritone 'Weissenheimer
Late 30’s Oahu Tonemaster
Hermann Guitars style 1 Weissenborn
2017 Richard Wilson Style 1 Weissenborn |
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Roy McKinney
From:
Ontario, OR
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Posted 7 Mar 2016 12:58 pm
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| My session 500 amp does the same thing. |
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