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Topic: 1946 K & F (pre-Fender) Lap Steel |
Ben Elder
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Posted 12 Mar 2014 11:47 am |
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I didn't buy this K&F (Kauffman & Fender; pre-Fender) lap steel to flip or as an investment, but Life has its own ideas.
Jason Lollar-rebuilt pickup. I discovered this last summer and it looks like it was played early on, then left in the original gig bag (needs some stitching here and there) until this century. Meanwhile the pickup collapsed, as these tend to do.
Ron Lira (Honest Ron's Guitars, Oklahoma City) loosened up the pots and reinstalled the revived pickup. Primitive cool sound, although not as instantly sophisticated as early Rickenbackers. In any case, a great piece of musical history from 1946. This is the deluxe model (metal fretboard and jack input; serial number 734 --late in the run that's generally assumed to be 1000 K&F instruments. Collector/expert John Sprung has never seen a serial number past the high-800s.) I'll ship this in a 50s-ish Valco-ish green tweed hsc for $1000 in the lower 48. PayPal, postal m.o.'s, cash in person (discount if no shipping is involved) are fine. I've dropped the price for the Forum rather than owe a limb, a mortgage and a first-born child to eBay.
The (lower in the last few years) Price Guide value on these runs toward $1500-1800. Just sayin'...
Email (weissenben@earthlink.net or through the Forum tab) preferred, rather than posts to this thread.
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Ben Elder
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Posted 16 Mar 2014 7:04 am
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Ben Elder
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Posted 21 Mar 2014 10:55 am
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2014 10:35 am
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Lowered price; increased sarcasm.
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Henry Nagle
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Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 29 Mar 2014 4:46 pm
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| Nice guitar.. wish I was in the market. Hope you're doing well, Ben! |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2014 1:08 pm
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Something else of mine just sold, so I'm gonna pull this one back.
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