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Topic: Question on this Fender Lap Steel |
Roy McKinney
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Ontario, OR
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 12:47 pm |
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Just acquired this for $0.00. Removed the pan and the only thing under it is a piece of tape that says "3" and under the tape it is stamped "OK"
Anybody seen one marked this way?
The S/N 8613 (not sure of the "8" |
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 1:04 pm
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Not sure when they stopped writing the dates on them - certainly by the 60s and serial numbers dont help either.
Pot codes might help but Fender sometimes used a batch of pots for several years. |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 3:50 pm
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| That is a Studio Deluxe, its got a pre CBS spaghetti logo which puts it around mid '50s to early/mid '60s. Does it have its case? Tweed or brown? |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 3:53 pm
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| Oh, i see its brown case. Early '60s would be my estimate. |
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Roy McKinney
From:
Ontario, OR
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 4:20 pm
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| Tweed case. The body of the steel is walnut. |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2019 5:15 pm
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| Walnut would be very odd, Ash or Alder is Fenders standard wood. A tweed case would be mid to late '50s. That's a cool guitar. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 19 Dec 2019 4:55 am
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| Roy McKinney wrote: |
| ...The body of the steel is walnut. |
Why do you say that? |
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Roy McKinney
From:
Ontario, OR
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Posted 19 Dec 2019 7:37 am
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| Looks like a dark brown. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2019 8:04 am
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It's not walnut, chances are, it's swamp ash.
Erv |
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Roy McKinney
From:
Ontario, OR
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Posted 19 Dec 2019 8:51 am
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Thanks for the correction.
Its not light colored like my T8. |
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