The serial on yours indicates it was made in 1957. Great find for such little money! The pickups on them are wonderful. I have 3 (I think) Supro lap steels, including one identical to yours. I would love to know the year, and the value and or its importance.Congratulations! Lap steels are very cool.
I am hoping to purchase a 1957 dual tone in white and black, and wondered what you tought would be a reasonable price for such a guitar, including the original case, in good condition. I know its vintage, and will perhaps never sell it, or ask the same of anyone I pass it on too. The owner said it was a SUPRO, it looked cool like a Goida, with a neo-plastic frame, and humbuckers, yet it needed electrical work.ĭoes anyone in the world know what I have, the owner said it is from the late 60s. If you have a really old Supro,(pre 60s) the headstock is straight, with perpendicular sides, These vintage cherries also have metal labels. They started making cut-away archtops(ala Gibsonepiphone) in 55.Īfter 62, Valco used plastic gumby headstocks,and fiberglass bodies for the solids.in 64, robert Enghelhart bought them and started making archtops and wood solidbodies again, including repros of the old Supro designs only with the gumbt headstock. In 42 NationalDobro was bought out and changed to Valco All the Supro solidbodies are post-1951. It doesnt have any other markings besides SUPRO at the very top of the neck,so Im not sure if it was made by the national company or not.Īny info anyone else comes up with I would be most appreciative to hear from them. In Reply to National Reso-Phonic Guitars: supro guitar: hey dose anyone know anything about the supro archtop hollowbody that the national company made. Send me an e-mail if you are still looking for info on the one you have. Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.46 The greatest musical hands in the world, now on CD Legends of the Incredible Lap Steel. The lap steel in the image you provided was a Consul 8 I think.Īny idea in what year it was made Thanks again for the information.Īll times are Pacific (US) next newest topic next oldest topic. Whatever it is you have, have fun with it In case youre not sure what a Valco string-through pickup looks like, heres a picture.
The pick-up plate is quite large, square with the tone control on the bass side of the strings (towards the player) and the volume control on the other. It has a 23 scale length (nut to bridge), and I guess it has one of those string through the middle pickups that the boys on the Forum have been talking about recently.
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