Airline Lap Steel Guitar For Sale

Airline guitars were made in chicago illinois from 1958 68 by the valco company and distributed by montgomery ward.

Airline lap steel guitar for sale.

The 1466bw jet airliner lap steel is an updated reissue of the supro electric lap steel guitar that was manufactured in the early 1960s. Lap steel guitars lap steel guitars are played in a different manner to the regular guitar. Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide spanning community to buy sell and discuss all things music gear. We ve retained classic elements of the original including the ceramic.

Vintage oahu opco lot 3 hawaiian dobro steel lap slide. Great deals on vintage lap steel guitars. A steel guitar for sale that is situated atop a console is known as a pedal steel. Instead of playing them upright and with the strings facing away from the player s body lap steels are played while laid flat either on the lap or on a stand or standing up using a guitar strap designed to accommodate the different angle.

We ve recreated these and other 1960 s chicago classics for a new generation of players. Check the awesome airline lap steel our reissue of an american classic with improvements and even better tone. Guitar control plate chrome plated metal 3 way switch prewired control plate for tele telecaster guitar 8. Vintage sound style modern playability.

The lap steel is a guitar without the console and pedal attachments. Dating back to the late 1800s in hawaii the lap steel guitar has been gracing hawaiian bluegrass country and dozens of other genres since becoming a major fad in the 1920s and 30s. Lap steel guitars for sale on reverb. Morrell jmlsg premium 6 string lap steel guitar strings for g tuning 16 58 3 pack 11.

Pedals are attached to the guitar from below so that the musician can operate them with a foot for more diverse sounds. This is a fantastic blues guitar for playing slide or for experimenting whatever. Valco also manufactured national and supro brands. Fast free shipping on many items.

The jet airliner s vintage correct body shape and art deco aesthetics are enhanced with an intonation friendly string through body hardtail bridge and a silver foil version of the original supro clear tone pickup. Morrell jmls e premium 6 string lap steel guitar strings for e tuning 14 58 17. It is meant to be placed across the lap and played from a seated position. We couldn t get away with ignoring one of valco s first instruments the national branded lap steel.