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Topic: National New Yorker ca. 1937? |
J Dave Clark
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Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 9:12 am |
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Hello all! Steel Guitar newbie here. Someone traded me this beauty for an old computer I had lying around.
Digging around on this and other forums, best I can come up with is that it's around a 1937, due to the serial number (doesn't start with a letter), the parallelogram fretmarkers, three-position chicken-head selector, bridge pickup, and inlay headstock logo.
Am I too far off?
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 9:45 am
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Does he have anymore? I have an old computer... 
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 9:46 am
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I would make that trade in a New York(er) minute. That old cable looks like it's seen its better days. If that beauty was mine, I'd procure one of these Switchcraft 332As in another New York minute:
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J Dave Clark
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 11:04 am
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
I would make that trade in a New York(er) minute. That old cable looks like it's seen its better days. If that beauty was mine, I'd procure one of these Switchcraft 332As in another New York minute:
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Awesome, thanks! What kind of slide should I be using? |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 11:13 am
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| J Dave Clark wrote: |
| What kind of slide should I be using? |
You could pose that question to twenty different players and receive twenty different answers. Personally, for lap steel, I've been using the 3/4" x 3" stainless steel bullet bar marketed by Latch Lake (formerly known as "Broz-O-Phonic") for years. It's relatively inexpensive, is readily available, and it works fine for me. |
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J Dave Clark
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 11:22 am
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Thanks again...I was on the fence about whether to sell her or sit down and learn the ropes (already play guitar and bass). I think I will keep her around for awhile and play.
Anyone know how close I am on the year? |
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Eric Dahlhoff
From:
Point Arena, California
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 11:32 am
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Check this site...
http://www.oldfrets.com/
Very sweet National there. I too have a bunch of old computers to trade...
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 12:00 pm
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| This configuration, with the single pickup and parallelogram markers, was built 1940-1. It's possible that it came in at the tail end of 1939, but it's definitely later than 1937. |
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J Dave Clark
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2018 12:02 pm
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| Noah Miller wrote: |
| This configuration, with the single pickup and parallelogram markers, was built 1940-1. It's possible that it came in at the tail end of 1939, but it's definitely later than 1937. |
I'll be damned, looks like you're right:
https://www.elderly.com/national-new-yorker-lap-steel-c-1940.htm
Thanks!!! |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 13 Apr 2018 5:53 pm
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Mine's a transitional one... It has the staggered pole string-through pickup and engraved headstock logo, but the multi-color Roman-numeral fretboard. The guard over the pickup is painted black, but is brass(?), not wood.
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"The Masher of Touch and Tone"
-1950 Fender Dual Pro 8
-1950's Fender Dual Pro 6
-Clinesmith D8
-Clinesmith 8-string Frypan
-Clinesmith Joaquin
-~1940 National New Yorker
-~1936 Rickenbacher B6
-Homebuilt Amps |
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Mick Hearn
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 17 Apr 2018 1:53 pm
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Judging by the pickup cover it appears similar to mine. The pickup cover is made from brass soldered to a box shape and painted. Mine covers a pickup which is string through design but the actual pickup is above the strings rather than under. Dated 1940 to 42.
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MSA Classic 12 string Universal, Remington Steelmaster D8, National D8 Console x 2, George Boards Lap Steel, National New Yorker. |
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