Can you help identify...?

smiley53 · Post by **smiley53** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:10 am

I have an old lap steel that has 'Electro - Master' on the headstock. No other markings anywhere. Sorry I don't have a photo available. I have been told by a couple of people that it is not a Rickenbacker but my searches haven't turned up anything else with 'Electro' in the name. It has a kind of 'pearlized' finish with bakelite knobs. Plays great. Thanks

admin · Post by **admin** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 4:01 am

Edwin: I am hoping that Richard Shatz will respond to your question in the near future.

rshatz · Post by **rshatz** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:59 am

I've only seen one of these. I don't know the maker, but it is certainly Rickenbacher. Does it look like this?

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/r_shatz/detail?.dir=ba5d&.dnm=b83b.jpg&.src=ph

smiley53 · Post by **smiley53** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:45 am

Yes! The shape and arrangement of the fittings are the same. I'll try to scan in a picture for you. Is there a way to tell about when it was made? I replaced the tuning keys because the heads on the original ones had become brittle and a couple stripped off. Still have the originals. It still plays great. Thank you so much!

rshatz · Post by **rshatz** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:19 pm

I just read my above post. There is a typo. It is not a Rickenbacher. I don't know who the maker is, but it is not one of the better known ones.