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Topic: 1930s Audiovox - #1 with a bullet |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 15 Apr 2020 3:34 pm |
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Thanks for posting Andy......I never saw one like that.......I wanted to make one with a different body in the future....I now know what it will be. I even have some nice walnut.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Philly, PA
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Posted 16 Apr 2020 5:53 am
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At one point, Tom Pettingill and I had talked about the possibility of doing something along the lines of the Audiovox. Bill, that would be cool looking build in walnut.
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 18 Apr 2020 8:34 am
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I never saw a lap steel with the jack in the position. I thought it was not in a great spot, but for the heck of it I took one of my steels and held a right angle cord in that spot. I was pleasantly surprised, it actually is in a nice place for where I sit and play in relation to my amp. I think I will build one that is a take on this lap steel. It will have some modifications (pickup, pickguard etc.) God knows I can't duplicate that pickup. In the attached picture, is this a real Audiovox? It has the head with 7 tuners and they are not mounted vertically like in the video.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 18 Apr 2020 10:06 am
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A lot of electric instruments in the '30s had jacks in terribly awkward places. Early National New Yorkers had them protruding right at the player's crotch.
While I haven't seen a solid headstock on this body shape, Audiovox certainly did make some solid headstocks so there's no reason to think it's not real. The 3-point bridge indicates that it was built later in the '30s. This brochure is said to be from 1936:
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 9:05 am Need one dimension for my project.
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Does anyone on the forum own one of these lap steels like in the picture I posted? (Audiovox circa 1936)
If so, I would appreciate if you could kindly measure the width of the body at the widest part. I have a pattern made, but would like to know if I am in the ballpark.
Noah, I changed my mind and will locate the jack in the appropriate 21st century location.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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David Walker
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 9:37 am
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 9:45 am
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Thanks so much David. I just measured mine and I am not going to complain.......8 3/8".......Looks like it's a go!
How do you like yours? Mine will be 6 string. How many strings is yours?
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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David Walker
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Idaho, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 10:01 am
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| I'm happy to help. I have a big walnut plank in the garage that may be cut to an Audiovox shape once I retire and have more time. The guitar I measured is a 7 string 436 A as in your photo. I have a 136 student model too, and it's a 6 string. I really like the tone from the oddball pickups. They don't get played much though. I gig with an aluminum National Dobro Electric Hawaiian. It's bulletproof. That's good for the bars around here. You saw the video! |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 12:05 pm
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| The "Model-736 Bass Fiddle" in Noah's Audiovox brochure should be of particular interest to bass players. Proof positive that Paul Tutmarc had developed and marketed an electric bass guitar when Clarence Leonidas Fender was still working as an accountant for the California Highway Department. |
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2020 4:44 pm
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Bill there is a picture in double neck in the advertisement. Go all the way with
7 strings per neck.
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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