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I'm in the middle of a move so no tape measurer atm unfortunately

Here ya go, 37 on the left, and the new one on the right. (I was told 37 by seller at least...)

Hey all! Picked up a second Silver Hawaiian, serial # D1272. it's got the two knobs on the right hand side. How can I tell what year it might of been made? The thing sounds really great. I have another silver serial # D667 ...it sounds good, but not as good as this one I just got...maybe it's just d...

cjj wrote:I've found a Sansamp RPM makes a good preamp for steel. I haven't done any playing through speakers though, just headphones. Plenty of options for sound...

Thank you for your input by the way!

Update: I went a little amp crazy...bought a blackheart, fender junior blues, and a pignose... :lol: Now onto pedals and what not, I picked up a boss re20 which I liked a lot(had almost all the space echos, found it greaT). I'm thinking about going overtop and picking up an echoplex ep2... cryptos d...

...so on a friend's suggestion picked up a pignose for some lofi, and I think I'm going to be picking up a blackheart little giant tube amp found locally.

Am I going the right route?

]Quite a bit newby over here. Some context/bout myself: I'm just starting up with a lapsteel, I have always loved the sound. I picked up a zither randomly at an antique shop, a nice one from the 30s or so, and started loving the hell out of it playing with it on my lap. Hours of research later, look...