Rickenbacker Model 100 Silver Hawaiian
1937-1943
There were two versions of the model 100 lap steel guitar. The Silver Hawaiian (pictured) was chromed and was one of the early models while the other one was wooden lap steel from the fifties.For sale
July 7, 2011
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Gibson ES-150
1936-1956
Arguably the very first commercially successful spanish guitar. (ES-150 as $150 was the price to pay for that baby.) The pickup on the pre-war models sported the famous “Charlie Christian” Pickup.
October 2, 2010
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Rickenbacker Model A-22
1931
This is the very first electric guitar. A 1931 rickenbacker lap-steel Model A-22 a.k.a “The Frying pan”.
September 7, 2010
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