This beautiful Oahu lapsteel was made by Valco in 1953 according to it’s serial number X23168. Covered in beautifully aged white Pearloid and with a striking Lucite fretboard painted from the rear it certainly looks the part, but the sound is rather special too. The pickup in this lapsteel is the famous Valco string-through humbucker type with magnets both under and on the sides of the coils. This is the same pickup as the one Ry Cooder fitted to his Stratocaster.

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Dec 24, 2020 Fender Lap Steel Serial Numbers Dating Sim Controlbabysite S Blog Oahu 230k 1940 S Tube Amp Vgc The Steel Guitar Forum. Oahu Lap Steel Serial Numbers. Get the best deals on Oahu Lap Steel when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Free shipping on many items Browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Jun 12, 2004 A metal bridge that looks like a martin pyramid bridge and a metal nut, A slotted headstock that has a decal that says Oahu publishing co. This is also burned in the back, visible through the sound hole. It has a serial number stamped on a top brace near the sound hole 11. in red ink. Oct 09, 2020 The serial number at the back of the headstock dates it to '55. The new tuners are Gotoh relic'd units and are basically direct replacements of the old Klusons that were on it. The new pots are 500k vs the 250k and it has a good, 010 Mallory cap, now. Hp easy scan app for mac. Upside-down Oahu label!

Apart from two screws under the pickup cover there were no modifications to this instruments. The electronics are a large PIO capacitor made by the Industrial Condenser Corp. Chicago, two Stackpole wk06/1952 potentiometers and a 5/8” screw-on output that was also used on many vintage microphones. The no-line Kluson tuners with pearloid buttons work fine, the buttons didn’t shrink much and are perfectly usable. The polystyrene tone and volume control knobs are somewhat distorted from age but are still perfectly usable.

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The original case (with a dealer batch from Hulling’s Music House, Des Moines Iowa) is included, as is a 5/8” –> 1/4' jack adapter chord.