c. 1942 Gibson "Mastertone Special" Lap Steel Guitar. Repair Project

Description: Travel back in time with this old electric lap steel guitar. The headstock top is branded MASTERTONE SPECIAL. It was built by Gibson, at its old Kalamazoo, Michigan factory. The factory order number F(or E)7812-6 is stamped on back of headstock. That exact number is not in Spann's Prewar Guide to Gibson, but it's listed as in the 1942-1945 era. I think it's the same as the model EH-100, Gibson's low end lap steel. It has a cool crinkle coat finish. It is missing its bridge, control plate, pickup, and Kluson plank tuners. The old boy I got it from was in the Army, based in the Marshall Islands, in the late 1950s. He was there for the hydrogen bomb tests on Enewetak Island, ten miles away. When the bombs went off, he could see right through his hand like an x-ray. The sky, he told me, turned golden for months after the tests. It has a solid wood body. Rosewood fretboard. Metal nut. It has some ordinary age and play wear, but looks good. It's in good structural shape. It's a repair project. Who wants to bring it back to life? Questions? It will be well packed with plenty of new 1/2" bubble wrap and shipped in a new 36"x19"x7" stout cardboard instrument box. Please check out our eBay store, Time Travel Music, for more cool vintage stuff, including a bunch of vintage guitars (and a few ukuleles, banjos, fiddles, mandolins and amps, as well as fiddles, brass, woodwind, and various oddball musical instruments and old instrument brochures & catalogs). And please check out our YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/toadstoolshadow, to hear some of our original music.

Price: 195 USD

Location: Chillicothe, Ohio

End Time: 2024-12-25T21:37:35.000Z

Shipping Cost: N/A USD