Please Help ID This Lap Steel
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Please Help ID This Lap Steel
I just purchased this c. 1960 (?) Rickenbacker lap steel, but I've had no success in determining the model and year. It came with an M-8 amp. Can anyone shed some light on this? I can send other photos. Thanks!
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
The register is your friend!
It's a gray model 100 methinks...
http://www.rickresource.com/register/ga ... =0&month=0
It's a gray model 100 methinks...
http://www.rickresource.com/register/ga ... =0&month=0
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in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
You get the year from the serial number on the jackplate where the guitar plugs in BTW....
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
Thanks. The serial number is stamped on the back, not the jack plate. It is U 8505 A.
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
Yes, Brian, the photos of the 100 match the one I have. Thanks very much!
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
vintagetenor wrote:Thanks. The serial number is stamped on the back, not the jack plate. It is U 8505 A.
The serial number system is not precise prior to 1961, but I think that serial number means your lap steel was made in 1958.
Someone here will hopefully chime in with a definitive answer...
So how does the vintage horseshoe pick up sound?
Brian Morton
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
Hi Brian,
The p/u is pretty powerful and sounds great. The folks who sold me this lap steel with an M-8 amp believed that the two were sold as a set. I see now that they might have been offered for sale together, as a package, but they were also sold separately. Since I purchased them for resale, I just wanted to verify this before I sold them separately. Thanks! Mike
The p/u is pretty powerful and sounds great. The folks who sold me this lap steel with an M-8 amp believed that the two were sold as a set. I see now that they might have been offered for sale together, as a package, but they were also sold separately. Since I purchased them for resale, I just wanted to verify this before I sold them separately. Thanks! Mike
Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
A serial number on that model of that era doesn't contain any date of manufacture information. I used the date codes on the potentiometers of the 1959 Model 100 that I once owned to establish an approximate date of manufacture.
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Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
I see. Thanks for the tip! Mike
Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
I just purchased a lap steel that looks very similar to this, but I have noticed that both the S-100 and the SW look alike. Is there a way to tell the difference?
1937 Model 59 Lap Steel
c. 1960 S-100 Lap Steel
2008 620-FG (Modified)
2016 360-FG
c. 1960 S-100 Lap Steel
2008 620-FG (Modified)
2016 360-FG
Re: Please Help ID This Lap Steel
OK - my lap steel arrived earlier this week, (LOVE it) and as near as I can tell it is an S-100 that probably dates around 1960; (I haven't pulled it apart to look at the pot codes).
From what I have been able to see, the major visual fact in distinguishing between the two is the headstock - the SW is mostly metal, and the S-100 is mostly wood.
Any corrections appreciated.
From what I have been able to see, the major visual fact in distinguishing between the two is the headstock - the SW is mostly metal, and the S-100 is mostly wood.
Any corrections appreciated.
1937 Model 59 Lap Steel
c. 1960 S-100 Lap Steel
2008 620-FG (Modified)
2016 360-FG
c. 1960 S-100 Lap Steel
2008 620-FG (Modified)
2016 360-FG