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Mike DiAlesandro


From:
Kent, Ohio
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2024 3:34 pm    
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My friend has asked that I help sell this lapsteel for him. It is a 7 stringer and made from aluminum.

From what I can figure out, this was built by a builder in the Northwest who is no longer actively building. Online,I saw a few Frypan style guitars he had built, but that is about it.

Any ideas/info about it, and also what a fair asking price would be?

Thanks

***The colored markings are grease pencil he used to help navigate the fretboard, and is easily removable.***














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Tom Campbell

 

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Houston, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2024 5:00 pm    
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Wayne Johnson is the builder.
I just ordered an aluminum bar from him a couple weeks ago.

If you do a Forum "Search" you will find a number of correspondences by him over the years.
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2024 4:35 am    
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Couldn't help but notice the strings wound under the tuner instead of over. Wayne made a couple bars for me that my son ordered as a gift.
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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2024 5:02 am    
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Larry Dering wrote:
Couldn't help but notice the strings wound under the tuner instead of over. Wayne made a couple bars for me that my son ordered as a gift.


If you are referring to the first photo, I believe that is the back of the guitar!

~Lee
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Mike DiAlesandro


From:
Kent, Ohio
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2024 3:20 pm    
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Tom Campbell wrote:
Wayne Johnson is the builder.
I just ordered an aluminum bar from him a couple weeks ago.

If you do a Forum "Search" you will find a number of correspondences by him over the years.


Thanks Tom. How about $500 obo?
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Andre Nizzari


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Bronx, NY
Post  Posted 18 Feb 2024 4:24 am    
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I have two of his fying pans with alumitone deathbucker. Amazing clarity and sustain like nothing I ever had.
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Mike DiAlesandro


From:
Kent, Ohio
Post  Posted 19 Feb 2024 4:44 am     Reworked and for sale
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I reworked this guitar a bit and made it more functional. it sounds really good, particularly on the bridge pickup.

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