There is a small yellow lead near the volume control (the furthest pot in this picture).The projects are piling up (if you could see the Dungeon, youd see I mean that literally).This is a quick one before I tackle two more for a (get this) customer.
In the process of discovering off-beat instruments, Ive also found myself digging old instrument cases. And in this instance, we have a cool case and a cool instrument. This case is still in decent shape structurally, although it could use new hasps for the latches. And inside it is.holy art deco, Crawfish, what is that Its a 1951 Oahu Diana lap steel guitar C-c-crazy. Valco made thousands of instruments and amplifiers from the late 1930s through the 1960s. They were marketed under the brand names Valco, Supro, and National. They also made instruments for Sears, Montgomery Wards, and others. Oahu was a music publishing company based in Cleveland, and Valco made Oahu-branded instruments for them. ![]() Its a humbucker, but has a great clean, clear tone, not muddy at all. This is the same pickup Ry Cooder put in his famous Coodercaster guitar. The fingerboard is reverse-printed plastic - I suspect its Lucite. Since this is a steel guitar, its played with a bar (aka slide). You wouldnt be fretting this thing, what with the square neck profile and super high action. There are some chips in the finish and some lacquer checking, but thats part of the charm. ![]() ![]() Im learning some on that tuning first as a starting point.). Just take out all the screws that hold it to the guitar body. The two back pickup top plate screws hold the plate down and also go into the body, doubling as mounting screws. The top plate is magnetically charged from the pickup magnets - it surrounds the strings with a magnetic field, which contributes greatly to the clarity of tone. The front pickup mounting holes are threaded to accept the machine screws. Im not wild about the mismatched screw heads, but I guess Valco figured most people would leave the big chrome cover on the pickup, so theyd never see the screws.
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