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Topic: Can anyone help identify this double-neck lap steel? |
Allan Haley
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 9 Apr 2016 8:17 pm |
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A little mystery lap steel. No builder name. Double six-string necks. Looks like mahogany. Dual output jacks. Unusual two blade-pin configuration.
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
Thanks
Al
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 9 Apr 2016 8:25 pm
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There is something about it that reminds me of Magnatone, though the body shape is similar to an Electar. Looks like a cool guitar. I'd like to see more pics of the headstock, pickup and the fretboard.
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 3:48 am
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The pickups appear to be the Pix humbuckers used by Hofner in the mid '60s, though a lot of Japanese guitars had similar-looking pickups through the early '70s.
I'm thinking it's an unusually nice home-built steel. |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 6:41 am
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Could it be an Alamo?
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 9:09 am
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| There is something about it that reminds me of Magnatone, though the body shape is similar to an Electar. Looks like a cool guitar. I'd like to see more pics of the headstock, pickup and the fretboard. |
Interesting...
Whatever it is, Mike Neer nailed the description--total Magnatone/Electar mash-up. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Lee Holliday
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United Kingdom
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 10:21 am
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Looking at the metal plates that hold the bridge, pots & pickup it is very close to the 50's & 60's Hofners. the pickup is similar and they used the same knobs for tone & volume.
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Allan Haley
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 11:45 am
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| Thanks, friends. Looks like this is a homemade double made with the guts of two Hofner Hawaiian lap steels. Now to rewire the two outputs to a single 1/4", while keeping that mod reversible. |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2016 7:34 am
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| The pickups and knobs remind me of a '60's "Beatle" Bass (only a six string version of the pickups). |
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Michael Maddex
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Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2016 8:53 am
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| Allan Haley wrote: |
| Thanks, friends. Looks like this is a homemade double made with the guts of two Hofner Hawaiian lap steels. Now to rewire the two outputs to a single 1/4", while keeping that mod reversible. |
Neat looking guitar. No need to rewire--just use a Y-Cord. Enjoy! 
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