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Topic: Gibson lap steel |
Robert Bowling
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2019 10:38 am |
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Looking for any info or opinions of this lap steel. Thanks
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 7 Dec 2019 11:52 am
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No special knowledge on my part, but looks like a mid 50s to late 60s Century 6 lap steel. Covers intact...
I've seen a wide range of values just searching now...from 799 to the seemingly wildly optimistic 2800...
This site has some background info:
https://www.retrofret.com/product.asp?ProductID=8609
Here's some more info...the extra tone control is interesting:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=184794
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I will be drawing up and posting the volume/tone circuit which is very unique. The top control is a normal volume control and the middle control is a normal tone control, but the bottom control is like a midrange control which works with the tone control. Turned up all the way you get a very full sound with plenty of mids, but when you turn it down it gets brighter but thinner. Seeing how these controls were able to tame the extreme brightness of the pickup by itself I have a hunch it would work great in a strat with an overly bright pickup. Or in any steel with room for a third control.
BTW the wide string spacing is great for slants and I love how the lucite fretboard goes all of the way out to the edge of the guitar. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2019 12:20 pm
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Although I've never seen or played one, some -- but not all -- of those pink (Gibson called the color "bittersweet") Centurys are among the few Gibson lap steels that used a flat-topped version of the McCarty stop tailpiece similar to the arched unit famous for its use on their Electric Spanish guitars. The scarce blue Century Deluxe is the only other Gibson postwar lap steel I'm aware of that sports a stop tailpiece. It's arguably the best-sounding of the dozen or so Centurys and Ultratones that have passed through my hands. A common blue Century with its plated brass bridge is on the left; the Century Deluxe with its stop-tail is on the right:
There's a photo of a stop tailpiece on a pink Century straddling pages 126-127 in the Duchossoir book. |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2019 5:09 pm
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| They are awesome for rock and blues with that P90 pickup overdriven. |
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Robert Bowling
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2019 4:13 am Gibson
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| Thanks for info and pictures. |
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