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What Is The Value of My Frying Pan?
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2002 12:45 pm
by admin
I own a Rickenbacher Electro Hawaiian Lap Steel (Frying Pan), serial number A 410. Can you tell me about it, including value?
Thanks,
Fred White
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 1:49 pm
by rshatz
The frypan is post-war, probably 1946-1948.
The post war frypans fetch far less than the pre-war models. There aren't a lot of these out there, that I've seen, probably because not many were made. Other models of that era were much more popular and sounded better to most ears. The main problem with metal lap steels is that they don't hold their tuning as well as wood or bakelite instruments. That's not to say that it's not a great instrument.
I have seen these go as high as $1000 in perfect shape with a good case. Most sell in the $400-$500 range.
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 4:44 pm
by fwhite
Thanks so much for the info. I picked this thing up in Honolulu 20 years ago during my first tour of duty in the Coast Guard. Since then I've packed it up each and every time I've been transfered, not knowing anything about it. Finally got some time on my hands, on leave this week, and thought I'd do a little research. Lucky I came across this web site and found you guys. It's certainly not in perfect shape, but I did take it to the music store today and had them plug it in, and it worked like a champ. Pretty cool. Thanks again for the help!
Fred