Lapsteel price, good or not?

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Lapsteel price, good or not?

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I saw this on ebay when trying to find a logo for my own lapsteel of the same type.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Rickenbacker-La ... dZViewItem

I paid $150 bucks for mine. Admittedly, mine is in rough cosmetic condition, but the pots and cap were untouched and aside from a minor repair I needed to do to the pickup south wire, the insides were in good shape.

http://dumb.org/pics/ric-steel.jpg

I do need to try and find some original style bakelite knobs for it though. The ones I have are cracked here and there. It would be nice to put originals on it, or at least something that looked original, so I could bag up the old ones and save them from further damage.

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I think $900 is way too much for that postwar NS. The prewar Model 59 is a better sounding instrument and more collectable. They sell in the $700 range for ones in excellent condition. In fact I have a superb Model 59 that I would be willing to sell, if you are in the market.
The flying saucer knobs that are original to that instrument are impossible to find.
I understand that Rick Aiello has made some repros, although I'm not sure. You might be able to contact him through The Steel Guitar Forum.
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Gentlemen, we're treading on ground that should not be covered in a public forum.

The part you are discussing making is protected by RIC's trade dress registrations and the discussion of making one of these would give potential counterfeiters a leg up and give the folks at RIC a lot of trouble.
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Paul is exactly right here. You will notice edits as the RRF takes RIC trademarks very seriously. In this case we are talking about the RIC nameplate and I would ask that you refrain from making such comments here.
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Again... year old topic. Long dropped, long understood on my part.
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