National Lap Steel Guitar Serial Numbers

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National lap steel guitar serial numbers. Serial number plates 1940 1964. Those serial numbers were used on their arch top flat top guitars as well and my old national amp has one also. C raftsmanship tone and playability you would expect from a national but with a starting price of 2900. Bob gjika plays some slide guitar on a national chicagoan lap steel with a supro pickup through a gjika 25 watt 6v6 amp.

It has a engraved fretboard with colored markers 3 green 3 yellow 3 orange. X 9093 is the serial number on the back it is 6string steel lap guitar it has the national old fashioned emblem on the front it is shaped like an oar it has an orignal tweed case a slide that comes with it and it also has a twist on electrical hook up 29 frets and musical notes on the neck of the guitar. The serial number plate as used on all valco made national guitars from 1940 to 1964. After 30 years national guitars is proud to introduce our raw series.

Instruments designed to naturally distress over time. C o m n a t i o n a l v a l c o great retro vintage sound and everything works does have a few dings and pings paint is cracking in places on it. Doug beaumier member. This x serial number designates this as 1956.

From 1964 1968 the serial was ink stamped onto a silver foil sticker that is found in the same place. Beginning in 1940 national valco serial numbers were on a small oblong metal plate brass or aluminum. Turns out that the year of the serials came out a while after i bought the steel a new yorker the flat top model 1156 and the amp. 6 red and 21 white it has a red.

Available in steel brass and german silver. Heres what i can tell you about it. The most effective way to date a valco guitar or amp is by its serial number. One place to look is the gruhn s guide to vintage guitars.

You may also like. Serial number is stamped on a plate on the back under the headstock. Vintage lap steel guitars. From the 40s until 1964 the serial could be found stamped into a small metal plate that was tacked onto the back of the headstock or the back of the cabinet.

Raw series new for 2020. Posted 11 october 1999 10 16 pm profile send email edit. 1948 vintage national new yorker lap steel guitar serial number v14 652 dated as 1948 you can look up date code g u i t a r h q. This plate was tacked to the back of the neck with two small brass nails.

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