Old D8 lap steel...who made it???

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 9 Feb 2014 1:26 pm

Any idea who made this old lap steel???

I'm guessing Supro perhaps

Any help/information on this model is greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks,

Casey

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 9 Feb 2014 3:02 pm

It's a very early Carvin, possibly from the Kiesel era. They changed to a more Fender-like body shape by '54, so this is older than that.

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 9 Feb 2014 3:26 pm

WOW Noah!!! You're dead right....definitely a Carvin/Kiesel & definitely Pre-54. I found a similar fretboard on a 1952 Carvin.

Thanks for your help in solving the mystery.

I picked this up the other day...seller thought Supro and I thought that it kind of looked Carvin-ish.

If anyone else has any info, it would be much appreciated

Thanks again,

Casey

Chris Templeton · Post by **Chris Templeton** » 9 Feb 2014 5:52 pm

Nice Noah!

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 10 Feb 2014 7:36 am

The Carvin History Museum should have more information on your guitar.
http://carvinmuseum.com/index.shtml

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 10 Feb 2014 9:41 am

Brad,

It is apparently a little too early for the page to be much help. I think their first catalog they show is from 1954.

However, they do show pics of a few similar single-necks that are the same shape as mine & feature the same fretboard design.

I love looking at the the Carvin museum page...it always makes me drool

I thought I got a pretty good deal when I thought that it was an old Supro...turns out it is an even better deal since it is an old Carvin!!! Not too shabby

Casey