Supro Guitar History' title='Supro Guitar History' />Supro Lap Steel w Original Case Vintage 1. You are looking at a really cool Lap Steel guitar. Gundam Unicorn Ost Track 5 more. This is a 1. 95. 0 Supro with the original case. Other than the volume and tone knobs being replaced, this Supro appears to be all original. Even has the original cloth input jack. The sound is great. Easy and fun to play. The Supro brand began in 1. National Dobro, the famous line of resonator guitars and electric slides. The Supro brand followed its brother lines as the mother company Valco was born in 1. California to Chicago. How To Install Warcraft Frozen Throne Patch. Valcos name was an amalgam of Valcos primary owners first names Victor Smith, Al Frost, and Louis Dopyera, and with the move saw a shift from acoustic instruments to amplifiers and electric instruments. National-0115-d-tun.jpg' alt='Supro Lap Steel Models' title='Supro Lap Steel Models' />It was a company that was on the cutting edge, and its innovations of this time include the first archtop with no soundhole for fighting feedback, and first 2 pickup electric guitar, a 6 coil pickup, and some of the most deluxe double and triple neck slide guitars ever produced. They embraced a very ornate, Art Deco and early Moderne look to many of their guitars, with beautiful ornate Egyptian influenced motifs for position markers and spare two tone streamline body designs that recall the designs of concept cars of the day. National/NationalDynamic.JPG' alt='Supro Lap Steel For Sale' title='Supro Lap Steel For Sale' />They were truly on the cusp of culture and taste through the 1. By the late 5. 0s and early 6. Valco had grown to be an enormous manufacturer, and had several brands it was making and marketing itself, such as National and Supro, as well as a ton of others being distributed under other brands like Airline Montgomery Wards, Oahu, Silvertone Sears, Custom Kraft, Gretsch and many others. Many models were almost identical under different brands, often with a different logo, pickup configuration, or sometimes a different finish. Without a doubt they saved their high end models for the National and Supro brands. They made a lot of excellent guitars in this period, and some of their most collectible designs now fetch big bucks. Prn File Extension Viewer. Their Res o glass bodied guitars, which was a method they used for making lightweight, ultra stylized and durable bodies out of molded fiberglass, were very jet age and futuristic and very high quality. Weight 5. 1. 5 lbs. Cosmetics Good Condition. The only real issue is the former owner wrote in ink next to each fret the correct notes for tuning. E, F, F G etc. I am sure this was owned by a beginner student who did this to help him memorize the proper notes. It can probably be removed with a light buffing. This starts at the first fret and goes all the way up the neck. Lap Steel GuitarSupro Lap Steel Guitar HistoryOther than that, everything else is pristine. Overall great to excellent condition. Remember, this is a 6. Look at the pictures closely. Supro Serial Numbers Lap Steel' title='Supro Serial Numbers Lap Steel' />They will tell the story. Home Vintage Gear Lap Steels. The Tinicum Guitarbarn specializes in Lap Steels Rickenbacher Model 59 Lapsteel. Serial E2614 Metal Body. NationalValco Mapshaped. Introduction and Serial Numbers. NationalValco Serial Numbers including National, Valco, Supro instruments. Supro lap steels are dated the same way as. The serial number on that plate can be used. A web site devoted to acoustic electric lap steel guitars. Tom. 1954 Supro Comet Lap Steel. September 2015. Another source for Valco Serial Numbers Greg Cutshaw Steel Guitar String gauge guide. Dating Valco Instruments. The following is a key for decoding the serial number, but keep in mind that the numbers are approximate.