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1940's Blonde MOTS Supro PREVIOUS OWNER REPORTS: Supro Lap Electric Guitar, pick up works, missing some machine head parts, in decent shape otherwise, with old beat up maroon felt lined case. DENNY'S NOTE: Notice the handsome shoulders of the upper bouts. This is one of the rarer Supro / Valco designs; A bit thinner and narrower than it's beefier cousins. It looks small, but it's standard Supro / Valco 23" scale length shows that it isn't small. A really nice Steel. It has a nice, original, plush, deluxe hardshell case that's not in as bad a condition as the non-Musician previous owner reported above; "Normal active wear" would have been my choice of words; Not "beat up". The case has rather normal active wear and is quite easily refurbishable to good presentable condition; If a person even wanted to do that; Leaving it as it is would be all original with normal average use wear. I can expertly repair any weak spots in the case for a nominal charge, if a Customer desires. The thinner & narrower design of this Steel makes it a much better Supro / Valco to travel with as it will fit into standard size luggage. It is 29.5" from tip of headstock to butt of the body; 7" wide, and 2" thick from back plane to top of pickup plane. It's case is 34" x 8" x 2.75" respectively. As with most of the vintage instruments I sell; In keeping with wise Buyers' expectations and thus industry standard, I do not touch / repair anything on a vintage instrument unless the Buyer / Customer OK's that I do so, .....for very small modest fees to cover parts and material costs. I try my best to inspect closely and disclose any substantial issue(s) an instrument might have. |
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Tuners need overhauling or replacing. The tuners buttons are deteriorated and useless, and 3 no longer exist, ....as is common with old tuners. 2 tuner ferrules are missing. 1 tuner string shaft is missing. ~~~ New vintage type tuner sets are readily available as are replacement ferrules. ~~~ To repair this Steel's original tuners: Tuner buttons are readily available and rather easy for a reasonably able craftsman to replace. New tuner buttons will antique if desired by soaking them in a cup of strong black coffee for a couple of days to the shade of antiquing desired, then rinsing in water. Soaking in brown cold-water fabric dye will also produce similar results. Sets of new ferrules are readily available and will antique by soaking in a cup of coca-cola for several hours and then rinsing with water. String posts can often be found in guitar stores' / shops' guitar repair tech's old parts bins (they save even every spare / surplus screw accumulated, collected, etc). ~~~ I will replace these tuners and ferrules with new replacements, and antique them if a Customer desires, for $35; And will keep these old tuner parts in my parts bin. |
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This Steel's volume and tone knobs are not original. They appear to be 1960's era TV or radio knobs. |
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This is a pretty nice Deluxe, plush-lined, faux alligator, formed-hardboard case. |
Choose black or cream. |
If a Buyer desires, I will replace the knobs with era correct knobs much like the originals ....at no charge to Buyer. |
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