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Rickenbacker 1946 Model B Lap Steel with Case - Pre Owned

CON-1946-RICKENBACHER - RRP $2,500.00
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Some info points below from our sales team:

The Model B was made from 1935 to 1955, but this particular example is typical of those made between 1946 and 1950. It has the 1 1/4" pickup and the T-shaped headstock logo plate that was introduced in 1946. In 1950, the T-shaped logo plate was discontinued.

There isn't a serial number on it, but there is a patent number stamped on the chrome tailpiece - 2089171 - and another one on the body, just under the tailpiece - 1881229. In any event, the features date it to within a four year period from 1946.

It is much the same as the lap steel used by David Lindley on the hugely popular 1970s records by Jackson Browne, although the year and the size of the pickup may well have been different. For much of its history, the Model B used a 1 1/2" pickup instead of the narrower one on this model. This is at least as loud as any other vintage lap steels, and has a fantastic tone.

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Brand Rickenbacker
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Left or Right? Right
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