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What is Your Favorite Vintage Lap Steel or NP Console?
Gibson
23%
 23%  [ 7 ]
Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker
23%
 23%  [ 7 ]
Fender
36%
 36%  [ 11 ]
Other
16%
 16%  [ 5 ]
Total Votes : 30

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C. E. Jackson


Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 7:12 am    
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What is Your Favorite Vintage Lap Steel or NP Console?
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Noah Miller


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 7:52 am    
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It's hard to choose from a sea of Nationals, Rickenbackers, Vegas, and others, but if I had to choose just one it would have to be my Gibson BR-3. It's not the flashiest-looking steel, but it has a rich sound with a great balance of cut and warmth and the perfect amount of sustain.
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 8:04 am    
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It's a toss-up between a Ric B-6 and a beat-up Century-6. Because I play the Gibson more often than the Ric, that's how I voted.
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Nic Neufeld


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 8:19 am    
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I had to vote Fender because that's what I've got, an old Stringmaster. I'm still getting used to the extra strings and the scale, but I love its tone. It deserves to be played better than I'm able to, right now...

But there's part of me hoping to wander into a deal on a Rick or a Magnatone console someday, so I'm leaving open the possibility I'll be changing my mind! Smile
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 8:38 am    
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If I had to choose just one it would be my Gibson Century 6 (early version). I also like my Airline w/string-through pickup.
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James Hartman

 

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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 9:14 am    
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Tough choice. But if I'm to choose just one I'll have to give the nod to my old Rick. The bakelite body has an exceptionally solid, substantial feel and the tone and sustain (for me) are just perfect.
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 11:23 am    
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My vote for vintage must go to my National Dynamics...one '49 & one '51.


The '49 is the twin to David Lindley's that he has played since the early Jackson Browne days.
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David Matzenik


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 12:10 pm    
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I have 1935 single control Rickenbacher Bakelite B6. The tone is gorgeous, the condition is marginal. A seven string version would be about as good as it gets IMHO.
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Larry Carlson


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Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 12:39 pm    
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My favorite that I own is a 1939 Rick Silver Hawaiian.
However I really want to obtain a Gibson, but other than the BR-9, the prices are equal to my mortgage payment.
They made some very beautiful guitars back then.
I just saw a 1939 Charlie Christian model that literally blew my socks off.
I have no socks now. I can't play without socks.
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Nic Neufeld


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Kansas City, Missouri
Post  Posted 30 Nov 2017 4:26 pm    
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Larry Carlson wrote:
My favorite that I own is a 1939 Rick Silver Hawaiian.


Can that be my favorite too? Love those guitars at least from an aesthetic sense, never played one. Smile

(As an aside, I doubletaked and thought one of my favorite jazz-fusion guitarists was weighing in (Carlton/Carlson).)
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 1 Dec 2017 8:18 am    
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Larry Carlson wrote:

...I really want to obtain a Gibson, but other than the BR-9, the prices are equal to my mortgage payment.

Not necessarily. My black Century-6 cost $285.19, and came with a buncha other stuff I really didn't need.

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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 1 Dec 2017 9:32 am    
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Any one of these could be my favorite. Very Happy

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C. E. Jackson


Post  Posted 2 Dec 2017 11:33 am    
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Thanks to everyone for the voting and comments.

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