Rickenbacker Electro Lap Steel Dating

Soon the name of the company was changed to rickenbacker manufacturing company.

Rickenbacker electro lap steel dating. The 1932 catalog says electro string instruments corp on it and the 1931 catalog refers to rickenbacker electro. To the right and below you will find some images that will hopefully help you to locate the complete serial number on your instrument. Also according to the smith book rickenbacker didn t start producing lap steels until mid 1932 and only 13 were sold the first year so it is unlikely that the brochure is from 1931. Rickenbacker serial numbers have been issued in a number of formats.

In 1931 he founded the company electro patent instruments together with the american inventor george beauchamp. 23 frets 22 5 8 scale 2 1 4 nut width. A cool late 30s instrument this rickenbacker electro silver hawaiian lap steel has a chrome plated stamped sheet metal body with an integral 35 fret finger. It s equipped with a horseshoe magnet pickup.

The following information is courtesy carl dixon as posted on the steel guitar forum. They specialized in the construction of electric steel guitars until the 1950s. This item needs some work missing one cav. Email from brad bechtel on october 25 1999.

Newer open back tuners have been installed. Dating rickenbacker lap steels. Rickenbacker did not keep serial to date records until after the second world war. Original hardshell case included.

This rickenbacher electro model b lap steel guitar features a bakelite body with strings through body design. Most orders are eligible for free shipping.