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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 10:05 am    
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Wow ... 'had no idea these existed. About $1,600 US.

https://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Fender-Telecaster-LAPSTEEL-1-Of-4.Prototype-1995-Blonde-Nitrocellulose-65600
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 12:15 pm    
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Wacky.
I like the spaghetti logo decal on the side of the neck.
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 12:16 pm    
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You can buy the neck from Loni Specter:



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Jerry Berger


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Nampa, Idaho USA
Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 12:26 pm    
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Lookin good Erv, even the guitar! Smile

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Jerry Berger


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Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 12:27 pm    
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Lookin good Erv, even the guitar! Smile
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 12:27 pm    
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Flattery will get you everywhere! Very Happy
Erv
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 1:06 pm    
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Loni's necks have been talked about for years here, it's the official Fender Custom Shop version that was a surprise. And .... nice guitar, Erv!
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 5 Jun 2018 1:19 pm    
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Thanks, Andy! Very Happy
Erv
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 3:21 am    
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Interesting. If it were a Spanish neck tele, made by Fred Stuart, it would be three times the price.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 3:55 am    
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Wow! Cool 1 of 4. They list this prototype, one for Jerry Douglas, one for Jeff Beck and one for Waylon's "lap steel player at the time". Who played for Waylon in '95? Would that have been Robby Turner?
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 4:29 am    
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I love my American Strat with the Redneck from Loni.

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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 7:28 am    
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I painted mine red to match the guitar. It became a real redneck! Very Happy
Erv
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Cartwright Thompson


Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 2:19 pm    
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Just looked at that again. More like $4100US.
Pricey but I’ll bet it sounds amazing
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 6 Jun 2018 4:19 pm    
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I think I accidentally did Euros before., Now I get $3382 using Sek.
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Mark Eaton


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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2018 3:54 pm    
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I have seen Jerry Douglas play his Custom Shop Fender in concert a couple times - great sounding guitar.
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 9 Jun 2018 7:15 am    
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I done these a while back An sold them on forum I built fat stout necks an attached to strat bodies cap the top with 1/4 inch top to pretty them up also made custom bridge an nut with aluminum



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Johnie King


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2018 7:24 am    
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I can take any guitar with bolt on neck an make one as fancy or plain as you want. I like to have customers guitar so I can get a very tight fit in neck pocket a sloppy fit will hurt sustain an sound. $ 1600 is to much for one of these unless it a American made strat or Teleicastet body with original hard ware an pickups The two I built i changed the body shape if I remember I sold each one for $500 with case.
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 9 Jun 2018 7:51 am    
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Erv looks like a very good job the paint looks Good!!!

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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 9 Jun 2018 7:54 am    
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The lapdancer neck would be a very good way to go I believe thumbs up for Lonnie
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Mark Eaton


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Post  Posted 11 Jun 2018 9:12 am    
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One of the Fender Custom Shop lap Strats below left owned by Jerry Douglas from an article in Vintage Guitar published several years ago.



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(LEFT TO RIGHT) This Fender Custom Shop square-neck Strat lap steel was built by Chris Femming and Donnie Wade. On Traveler, Douglas played a similar square-neck Telecaster made by Fred Stuart and ran it through a Marshall stack. “It was like going to the amusement park!” he says. This ’36 Dobro Model 27 had been stored under a bed for decades. Douglas found it online and his wife bought it as a gift. Douglas calls this rare early-’30s Dobro double cyclops “Sonnyboy.”


Andy wrote:


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Loni's necks have been talked about for years here, it's the official Fender Custom Shop version that was a surprise.


And Cartwright:
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Interesting. If it were a Spanish neck tele, made by Fred Stuart, it would be three times the price.


Andy started the thread, and way to stay the course Cartwright!

Maybe the topic doesn't have enough "juice" to go much further on its own merits - but if we were on a Tele or Strat forum and the subject were Fender Custom Shop guitars - would anyone chime in about their "partscasters?" Winking

And topic drift aside - Johnie, that is a great looking lap steel! Cool
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Tom Middleton

 

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Austin, Texas, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 18 Jun 2018 7:44 am    
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I tried the Lap Dancer neck on a Strat but can't get the bridge high enough so the sstring height is consistent with the height at the nut.
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