It is possible that it has just been sold. This is a specific item that is also being offered for sale in our brick & mortar location. Additional photos can also be made available. For example, you may say, "I don't care what it looks like as long as it plays or sounds well." Another person may say, "Body cosmetics are very important to me so tell me about every scratch, nick and blemish." So, please ask the questions that are most important to you. Also, what's important to you may not be important to someone else. We have found it impossible to describe every mark on an instrument or amp that is not in the "mint" category. *Please note: we do our best giving descriptions of used pieces. If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.” “We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. This is a cool piece of lap steel history and it sounds just great! The width at the nut is 2 ¼” and the overall weight is 3.4 lbs. The one single coil pickup is covered and a single control knob for volume is present. The fingerboard is adorned with interesting inlays, diamond and dot combinations. This particular guitar is an interesting color, we’re calling it Black Pearloid. The Leilani brand was distributed by Gourley of Santa Monica from the early 1940s well into in the 1950s.
MAGNATONE STEEL LAP GUITAR PROFESSIONAL
But like many of the lower priced steels of the day, they are just as suitable to the professional player. Manufactured from 1938 - 1960, the Leilani / Magnatone Lap Steel was generally marketed to the younger or beginner players. The bodies were wood and utilized a Pearloid Finish, commonly referred to as Mother of Toilet Seat. The Leilani Lap Steel Guitar (originally sold with matching amp), was built by Magnatone but marketed under the Leilani brand name. Many companies jumped on the bandwagon of steel guitars. Hawaiian music became well known in the late 20’s and 30’s, lap steel guitars were quite popular due to the ease of playing with various tunings and using a bar instead of finger fretting. There are no name plates or emblems remaining, they went missing at some point in its life. This lap steel is in very good condition, with the expected patina and fully functional. You learn something everyday.Used Magnatone / Leilani Lap Steel guitar.
I was also wondering if by chance this guy Dickerson was part of the Dickerson family that sold out to Magnatone? Then I found this website. If he truly did design it I think they would say "Designed by Paul Bigsby." The way it was written could mean they just copied his design. "Paul Bigsby design approved by leading guitar teachers" I am inclined to think perhaps Magnatone was doing a little spin doctoring. Allen also will have this 1956 Magnatone catalog he refers to? By the vague language in the steel guitar description Michael posted. A more accurate account can be found in the 1956 Magnatone catalog, which simply states: “For the pattern and design of these models, Magnatone is indebted to America’s leading guitar authority, Paul Bigsby.” Much ado has been made of late by eBay sellers advertising these Magnatone Mark IV and Mark V guitars as “Bigsby” instruments, clearly capitalizing on the furor surrounding Paul Bigsby’s custom electric guitars and their resale value. The Mark IV featured a trapeze tailpiece, and the top-of-the-line Mark V sported a Bigsby vibrato. Although the article was about the Mark IV guitar, I found his comments regarding Bigsby's contribution interesting.Īround 1956, the company introduced the single-cutaway Mark III and Mark III Deluxe, and the double-cutaway Mark IV and Mark V.
I found this undated article by Deke Dickerson in the online edition of Guitar Player magazine. This discussion has inspired me to do a little more research as to the Paul Bigsby/Magnatone connection.
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