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~ 1948 Supro lap steel ~ Mint Green MOTS. EX Condition. Ser. # V96XX. 23" scale. This steel would be in Near Mint condition except for pick wear on the silkscreened fretboard, shown below. It's powder mint green pearl MOTS is nigh perfect. It's pickup / electronics plate and assembly as well as it's hardware are Near Mint. 1 chicken beak knob is non-original; A modification that was popular during this Steel's hey-day, to better facilitate the boo-wah (wah-wah) effect done by operating the tone knob with the little finger of the picking hand. |
The cord to an amp is mil-spec and permanantly attached as was common in this guitar's era: |
Notice the chicken head knob that is not original. I will replace both knobs with dakaware knobs similar to the original (shown in the above inset) if a Buyer desires. The colors and marks on the near-mint electronics assembly plate, are reflections from the camera flash, room ceiling and the camera and photographers hands. A mirror image of the photographer's hand on the camera appears clearly where the chicken knob is pointing !. |
Black silkscreening on the fretboard is worn through by finger picks along the 1st string between fret-lines 6 and 24. Some much lighter thumbpick wear is alongside the 6th string in about the same range of fret markers. |
Fret 6 |
Fret 24 |
The case is the steel's original GEIB fiberboard case. It is in excellent period condition. |
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