| Author |
Topic: 1942 RIckenbacher Silver Hawaiian -- sold on another site |
Dan Campbell
From:
Florida, USA
|
Posted 20 Oct 2018 5:59 pm |
|
I'm selling my beautiful vintage early 40's (1941-2?) Rickenbacher Electro, Model NS 100, Silver Hawaiian nickel-plated brass lap steel. I've based the dates on the serial number - D1659 and with the Rickenbacher register.
My Ric has always been really well looked after and is in excellent+ condition. It has a beautiful vintage tone and sustain and a big output from the 1.5" horseshoe pickup. Volume and tone controls are on the audience side, are clean and work perfectly. It has replacement Kluson style tuners which look exactly like the originals and are smooth, accurate and hold well. The decal has the original spelling - 'Rickenbacher'. The nickel plating is mirror-like with some playing wear and some light, hardly noticeable pitting. The original hard case is missing the latch and one of the hinges is broken but it still functions. I use a different case if I'm touring.
The horseshoe pickups are said to be the "holy grail" when it comes to lap steels, particularly the pre-war 1 1/2 inch pickups (they've got THE sound!). Those pickups have amazing tone and output! I would say the hollow brass body with nickel plating gives the Silver Hawaiian a warm unique tone, somewhere between the Bakelites and the steel bodied NS models.
Set this instrument tone and your amp tone up to however you want - I add a few more highs to the tone if I want a bit more bite and growl for blues and bring it back for a sweeter mellow tone for Hawaiian and Jazz - the pickup will produce whatever you want.
Nut = 1 13/16" (46mm)
String spacing = 3/8" (9mm)
Bridge = 2 1/8" (53mm)
Spacing = 7/16" (10mm)
The spacings are perfect for slants - here's a link to John Ely's page where you can work out the slant bar angles - of all the vintage lap steel listed the Ric's are the easiest.
http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/instruments/slant_angles.php
In the last few years really clean, vintage Ric lap steels are becoming harder and harder to find so this is a great opportunity to own a wonderful, collectable and very playable instrument in amazing condition.
Price drop to $1495 plus postage and insurance. I have attached some pics below.
Last edited by Dan Campbell on 6 Nov 2018 3:05 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
 |
Dan Campbell
From:
Florida, USA
|
Posted 28 Oct 2018 6:01 pm Price drop
|
|
| Bump |
|
|
|
Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
|
Posted 31 Oct 2018 2:58 pm WoW
|
|
Stunning steel in amazing condition for a 77 year old guitar.
Someone should buy this before I spend the money put aside of my son's braces!    
_________________
Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
|
|
|
Dan Campbell
From:
Florida, USA
|
Posted 2 Nov 2018 4:07 pm Andy
|
|
| The braces can wait! Dan |
|
|
|
Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
|
Posted 2 Nov 2018 4:47 pm Too Late
|
|
Too Late, I paid the dentist yesterday morning! 
_________________
Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
|
|
|
Dan Campbell
From:
Florida, USA
|
Posted 2 Nov 2018 5:00 pm Andy
|
|
| This is what is known as "being a day late and a dollar short" ! |
|
|
|
Dan Campbell
From:
Florida, USA
|
Posted 6 Nov 2018 3:06 am sold
|
|
| Sold on another site -- please close |
|
|
|
