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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 19 Feb 2018 2:31 pm    
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No affiliation with the seller but this is pretty cool so I thought I’d share:
https://reverb.com/item/10371965-selmer-lap-steel-guitar-in-original-case-vintage-electric-hawaiian-6-string-1930s
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Mark Helm


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 19 Feb 2018 3:52 pm     One-of-a-kind
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Hmmmm. I suspect it may be one-of-a-kind for a reason Winking
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Jon Light


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 19 Feb 2018 4:09 pm    
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As much of a pain as that makes string changing, keeping the case closed is probably the best advice.
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Jim Sliff


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Lawndale California, USA
Post  Posted 19 Feb 2018 8:37 pm    
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That looks very Valco-made, with a Selmer sticker applied and the thing weirdly modified to be bolted into the case.

French Selmer guitars are very rare. Without provenance I'm a bit suspicious of this one's origins. The cheap price just compounds those suspicions.
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Tony Russell


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Post  Posted 20 Feb 2018 4:03 am    
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It's a Selmer "Portalectric" from about 1952, I've got one. Here's a link about them from a Hofner information site. http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/factfiles/hawaiian/cat4.html . In the main their guitars were OK.
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 1 Mar 2018 11:33 am    
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Thanks Tony. I had a feeling it was authentic.
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