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Michael Butler


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Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 4:17 pm    
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hope this is ok to ask:

is $600 a decent deal for a supro 53 dual six string lap steel? seller indicates only tuners have been changed but may mean buttons. two extra fretboards included. thanks,




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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 6:18 pm    
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Not a Valco expert by any stretch, but I would opine that's not a bad price if everything works. Especially with the brittle plastic pickup/bridge covers (and their fasteners) both intact.
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Michael Butler


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Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 7:27 pm    
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Jack Hanson wrote:
Not a Valco expert by any stretch, but I would opine that's not a bad price if everything works. Especially with the brittle plastic pickup/bridge covers (and their fasteners) both intact.


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Jim Pitman

 

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Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 9:52 pm    
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MOT, "Mother of Toilet Seat" finish was only around for about five years due to the danger of fire the process would impose. I would think the value will only increase.
I have the single neck version - string through pick sounds great.
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Noah Miller


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Rocky Hill, CT
Post  Posted 27 Jan 2023 5:41 am    
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Valco did MOTS wraps for about twenty years. Maybe not on this model, but they had pearloid wraps from the early '40s to the early '60s.

But I agree that the price is reasonable. Not a steal, but reasonable.
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Joe Burke

 

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Toronto, Canada
Post  Posted 27 Jan 2023 6:36 am    
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I believe it's common to have to replace tuner buttons. And it has a functioning case! If it sounds good, then I'd say it's a fair deal.
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Steve Green


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Gulfport, MS, USA
Post  Posted 27 Jan 2023 8:22 am    
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Is the steel by any chance located in Puerto Rico?

Reason for asking, is that I sold an almost identical 1953 Supro to a gentleman in Puerto Rico many years ago, and thought this might be the same one.
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Michael Butler


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Post  Posted 27 Jan 2023 4:53 pm    
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Steve Green wrote:
Is the steel by any chance located in Puerto Rico?

Reason for asking, is that I sold an almost identical 1953 Supro to a gentleman in Puerto Rico many years ago, and thought this might be the same one.


it is located in socal. thanks,

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Glenn Wilde

 

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Post  Posted 28 Jan 2023 4:37 am    
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I agree with everyone, that's a fair price. A double six would be cool to have, I've got a single six of that, a Comet, and it sounds great.
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