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Todd Weiss

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 22 Apr 2014 2:50 pm    
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Hello this is my first post! I just bought my first lap steel. A 1947 National New Yorker. I am looking for the nameplate on the headstock. I would like to make it as authentic as i can and it didn't come with one when i bought it. I also need a case for it the dealer didn't have one of those either! I tried calling National Reso-Phonic and they sent me pictures of the nameplates they have but they were not period correct. Help a brother out! Thanks all!

Please any help would be greatly appreciated. This is the nameplate I am looking to purchase.



Sincerely,

Todd
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Fred Kinbom


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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
Post  Posted 22 Apr 2014 4:21 pm    
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Hi Todd,

Funny - my first lap steel was also a 1947 National New Yorker, without the National badge and without a case. Smile

Old National logo plates sometimes appear on eBay, but they usually go for more than one would like to pay for a small piece of metal.

Cheers,

Fredrik
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Todd Weiss

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 22 Apr 2014 4:44 pm     1947 national new yorker
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I've been scouring the internet but nothing seems to be just right. I'll keep looking though...suggestions?

stay tuned.....fingers crossed...

Todd
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Todd Weiss

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2014 8:16 am     1947 National New Yorker "name plate" search
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Just checking in...anyone been able to find a name plate for my New Yorder? Any leads as to what I should do next?
I appreciate the help!

Todd
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Brad Bechtel


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San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2014 11:56 am     Re: 1947 National New Yorker
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Todd Weiss wrote:
Just checking in...anyone been able to find a name plate for my New Yorder? Any leads as to what I should do next?

I appreciate the help!

Todd


Those are impossible to find easily. I wish you luck, but it's going to take more than a week to find something like that if it isn't already attached to a different lap steel.
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2014 12:07 pm    
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That National logo will probably cost you at least $500.00. A value-added added attraction is there's liable to be a guitar attached to it.

Your best bet may be an approximation from National Resophonic. Good luck in your quest!
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Michael Hogan


Post  Posted 28 Apr 2014 12:36 pm     This might fix your problem
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This project may have what you need and it will be the cheapest way out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/National-Lap-Steel-Waikiki-1942-to-1948-Original-Case-Project-/151289203176?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23398a09e8
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Paul Honeycutt

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 7 May 2014 7:24 pm    
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Could someplace that does metal work or a trophy store make a repro?
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