is this a jackson/guidan lap steel?

Michael Butler · From: California, USA

and if so, is it worth picking up? i've had success with thawing out pots before. and, if not, i'm sure they can be replaced.

https://ventura.craigslist.org/msg/d/rare-1930s-40s-jackson-guidan/6654209951.html

any info?
thanks,

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Noah Miller · From: Rocky Hill, CT

That's the builder these are usually attributed to; nobody seems to have concrete proof one way or the other. It's definitely worth $100 even if the pots need to be replaced.

Jack Hanson · From: San Luis Valley, USA

Mine was labeled "Epitome Electric."

The Jackson Guldan (not Guidan) Company was located in Columbus, Ohio, and specialized in cheap violins and violas for the school market. They were done in by cheaper imported instruments, and were out of business by the 1970s. Many postwar Epitome lap steels used surplus prewar bridges from the Gibson Company:

The Epitome pickups I've seen were manufactured in Toledo, Ohio, by Rowe Industries (DeArmond). The tuners were Klusons out of Chicago, Illinois.

Contrary to the copy in that Craigslist example, they are not particularly rare.

Michael Butler · From: California, USA

thanks for the info!!

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Godfrey Arthur · From: 3rd Rock

This guitar was shown on the forum back a few years ago and it's up on eBay.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=155510&sid=38da84ec220f155c37113ef2f9c8ca74

It's claimed it's not an Epitome, but a Guldan as in a previous Reverb ad by the same seller, same pictures.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-RARE-VINTAGE-30S-40S-GULDAN-CARVIN-LAP-STEEL-GUITAR-W-OHSC/281611598770?hash=item41915bfbb2:g:6IkAAOSwpDdU7tbN

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