super rare lap steel on German eBay !!

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 26 Nov 2000 12:43 pm

check this:
http://cgi.ebay.de/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=504774824

looks cool, suppose it sounds funny...

Andy

Chris DeBarge · Post by **Chris DeBarge** » 26 Nov 2000 1:29 pm

That's pretty cool - you should buy it, even if it sounds crappy you could hang it on the wall.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 26 Nov 2000 2:28 pm

I've never seen a volume control knob in that location before.

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Ian McLatchie · Post by **Ian McLatchie** » 26 Nov 2000 7:05 pm

...much less a volume knob the size of a dinner plate.
Very cool guitar. Looks like something a Martian would be playing, or shooting, in an especially bad '50's sci-fi film.

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 27 Nov 2000 2:05 am

the same knobs can be found on German radios..actually there a few lapsteels around in Germany. Most of them are Framus. Unfortunately the sound is pretty crappy. Most of the cheap american made budget lapsteels I played sound much better. I think Germans are well-known for their microphones but pickups are not their cup of tea (the exception would be the Hofner "Beatle " bass).
But anyone interested in good quality and cheap 50s-60s archtops should shop over here. You could even find carved top blondes for under $300. Okay here I go off topic..but stay away from these steels !

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 27 Nov 2000 3:41 am

Tele,
I wanna hear more about those "carved top blondes". Are they guitars? And what do you get for the $300? Is that $US?......

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 27 Nov 2000 1:30 pm

yes, I'm talking about guitars, however if you're looking for just blondes, they can be had for less than $300.

Framus, Hopf, Hofner, Roger, Lang and Hoyer built some very fine guitars over here back in the old days. Some of them (Lang, a few Roger and Hofner)are highly sought after, even in the USA.

but every now and then you could find one that surely can compete with the best L-7 or Epiphones for US$300...like I did. A guy in Japan bought it for $1300 at ebay