50's Steel - Distorted bakelite-fretboard problem

Chris Tulloch · From: United Kingdom

Hi; would like to pick your brains ... I’ve just gained this 50’s East German-made lap-steel. Sounds great, original case etc. However the ?bakelite? / ?perspex? fretboard is very warped. And badly painted!
I’ve done a bit of luthiering - I’ve built a lap-steel & an electric mandola, & have also steamed the fretboard off an old mandolin & replaced it (having sorted out the bent neck). Obviously the fretboard on this lap-steel fretboard needs removing, but I’ve never dealt with anything like this before. Any tips?

BTW the Rellog Gitona pick-up is lovely; loud & strong. Allegedly designed & built by Willy Goller in the GDR shortly after WW2. I have no idea who the maker of the guitar is though?

Many thanks
Chris

Per Berner · From: Skovde, Sweden

I believe most Rellogs were built by Musima in Markneukirchen, which was where most DDR music factories were situated.

For a brief period I owned a Rellog lap steel finished in dark grey mother-of-toilet-seat fake pearl. It was awful in every way you could imagine. The toxic covering even made it impossible to use as firewood. Laughing

Chris Tulloch · From: United Kingdom

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