Fender D8/T8 Professtional Trapezoid Consoles - 3 legs

[Tony Oresteen]

When did Fender make the switch from 3 legged Professional consoles with the trapezoid pickups to using 4 legs?

Thanks!

[Jeff Mead]

The didn't exactly "switch" from one to the other.

The first Stringmasters (4 legs) appeared in 1953.

The contunued to produce the three legged Dual Pros and Custom Triples for a few more years side by side with the Stringmasters.

The three leg models seem to have been discontinued by about 55/56.

Fender steel guitar history is pretty sketchy and info is mostly anecdotal evidence on this forum from people who have an "xxxx" model dated "yyyy".

[Bill Sinclair]

So, it sounds like there were never any four-legged Dual Pros or Custom Triples from the factory? I had a trap pickup T-8 Custom that was dated 9-53 and it had three legs.

[Joe A. Roberts]

Even the latest ones have three legs. It’s a shame they didn’t make four legged or quad necked trapezoid models…

[Jeff Mead]

Even the latest ones have three legs. It’s a shame they didn’t make four legged or quad necked trapezoid models…

No 4 legged trap guitars but there was a quad.

I suspect it wasn't made in the Fender factory though I suppose there is a possibility that it could have been a custom order.

[Tony Oresteen]

Thanks all.

So who has Pete Drake's Quad Trap?