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Topic: Dad's first Steel Guitar ? |
Bobby Boggs
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Upstate SC.
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 10:16 am |
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I think this might have been my dad's first steel.Most likey a mail order guitar he bought second hand. No monetary value just curious what year it might be.
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 10:31 am
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| Electromuse made similar steels throughout the '40s and '50s. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 10:42 am
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| Thanks for your reply. If it makes any difference. This one doesn't have a input jack. The cable just came straight out of the guitar. |
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 11:04 am
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That was not uncommon throughout that period, but it might indicate an earlier instrument. Or not  . |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 11:41 am
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| If you pull the control plate so you can see the back of the pots, there may be a date code on them. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2021 1:28 pm
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| A novel way of stringing a lap steel. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 22 Nov 2021 11:30 am
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Electromuse with it's "Eye-Beam" pickup. I had one of these about 20 years ago. It was a terrible sounding guitar with very poor sustain.
Here's what the late Eddie Cunningham posted years ago:
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| My first steel was an Electromuse I bought in 1945. They were about the only steel available in the War years. They were advertised on the backs of comic books and as I recall were a N.Y., N.Y. company. They made only six string models and were cheaply constructed. I think I paid around $69.oo for mine, all the ones I've seen were that brown mahogany color !! Their amps were pretty good and I remember a lot of players using them in the 40s . They also sold strings wound with iron that were highly magnetic and powerful but rusted up quick !! Eddie "C" |
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