If you take off the tuner pan, you should be able to find a date of manufacture pencilled in on the wood under it.Ī web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars There's no way to tell from the serial number. Come join the discussion about collections, displays, models. Anyone know roughly what year this is from? A forum community dedicated to guitar owners and enthusiasts. My favorite lap-steel is a blonde Fender 6-string champ with the serial number -00622. A forum community dedicated to guitar owners and enthusiasts. Your profile | join | preferences | help | search I wanted to learn to play Hawaiian Music. Above is a replica of my first Fender Champion (a very special note of thanks to Brad Bechtel for letting me use his picture). A lot of us in those days raised the strings on our arch-top or flat-top guitars.
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Dating Fender Lap-Steel - The Steel Guitar Forum INSTRUCTION I don't know how to play one, and I don't know what they are worth, but I thought I would pass this listing on. Hello, I am Bill Chaviers (Shavers) I started playing steel guitar in 1946.