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He sent me a photo and it looks as if he strung it with the low string on the wrong side of the guitar. That should make a difference I think.

-brad

So I posted on here a while back in the post titled "Lap Steel Identity." It was the Bakelite Ricky. Well I sold it on ebay, and I just got this message today: ---------------------------------- Brad, You sent me a guitar that is not playable. As you know, the pickup poles are too high on ...

To confuse even more, I think it has the hand beveled edges as opposed to the rounded ones. See the photo: http://www.bradwofford.com/photos/photo4.jpg Also, what's the best thing to use to clean/polish up this Bakelite? Should I just use a damp cloth, or does it not matter what you use. Thanks for ...

OK. Cool. That makes sense. Some of the things didn't add up. There are no numbers on the headstock unfortunately.

Hello. I've been having a hard time identifying this Ricky lap steel. It looks like a Post-War Model B. It has a 1 1/4" pickup, but it also has a metal badge and not a decal. Another weird thing is that the metal plates are not white or chrome, they are black. Is this some later model that isn'...