It came with a standar Fender warranty card printed in 1975, but I have no clue if this is orginally for this guitar. The fender logo is attached on a small black metal sign. There is no date under the pickupcover or the tuning ashtray. Does anybody know what year it could be? It came in a perfect condition black tolex fender case with red interior and the serial is #8390. But I guess it's not a fifties model, cause it looks and feel a lot younger. I got this baby yesterday, cleaned and stringed it up and plugged it in to my deluxe reverb, and it sounds great! Much better tone and sustain than my National Chicagoan. While I have several steel guitars, because of the old timey tone, and me being an old timey player, the Champs are the guitars I play on a daily basis.
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I have two of them, and just as a point of interest, the serial number is stamped in the top underneath the bridge cover which just pivots up. But what the hey.free market,supply and demand and all that. That's about what they're worth to me unless it's a fry pan,panda bear or Stringmaster. Sorry - I just can't get past the fact that these guitars used to hang in pawn shops by the dozens for $50 - $200 only ten years ago. Sacred Steel master Aubrey Ghent plays one of these and it sounds fantastic.
This is not the model with the Tele/Broadcaster pickup that's the earlier Champion.Ī web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
It looks to be in excellent condition and should be a fine sounding and playing instrument. Looks like a Fender Champ from the 1960s to me (based on the black tolex case and the style of the Fender logo). I like both guitars and I payed 500 $ for the champion and 650 for the champ, so I guess your price is OK! Your best source of info on lap steels is Andy Volk's new book on the subject.įrode: Ron is right about Andy's book. Is this the champ model ? Do any of you have any thoughts/info on these, and what is the best internet resource on fender lap steels? And is this the model with the fender tele/broadcaster pickup? (not that I have any plans of removing it.)Ĭ/beaches13/autionstufftoo ( sellers website = better pictures but I don't know how long he will have it there. It looks beautiful, and it seems to be in good shape. What did you guys think? I paid $451 + $85 shipping to Norway. Just got this off ebay yesterday, and I hope i was a ok deal, cause I never had a Fender lap steel before. Your profile | join | preferences | help | search Fender lap steel - The Steel Guitar Forum INSTRUCTION
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