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#FENDER CHAMP LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBERS CODE#
The dates of some Fender parts can be verified with code dating. Thats the most important original part it MUST have. It will not play in tune up, and down, and across the neck if the neck is warped. Its easier to control,and separate without accidentally hitting the wrong note.Ī few scratches,and scrapes are no big deal but cracks in the wood are. It won't slip off your lap too easy in other words. I play E6th low to high: B, C#, E, G#, B, E The Champion's body has a shape that is not at all awkward to hold, like some of the cool looking art deco designs from this era. Rickenbacker ,for example, by the mid fifties re-voiced their precedingly deeper,mid range emphasizing pick ups to sound more like the brighter toned Fenders. Tha'ts not to say the older Fenders sound thick like a Gibson ES-335. Sometimes you have to read between the lines to figure the condition of an advertised vintage instrument. Does it have a case, and is it in decent condition? In truly excellent all original condition,as high as 00.
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I will refer you to Gruin's guide to antique guitar for code dating. If a tone,or vol pot was replaced, that's not too significant to me. The volume control is placed in a flawless position for vol. The tuning buttons will in that case need substituting soon, if not now.
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The numbers with dates here presented were complied by various highly regarded researchers.This nifty six-string lap steel features an ash body, a chrome fingerboard with Roman numeral position markers, a chrome headstock plate with incorporated nut, and a single-coil pickup with plane pole pieces.
#FENDER CHAMP LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
I have one Champion right now that has a serial number in the 6000 range, so assume from that indication it is a 1955 model. The original hard shell Fender Tweed case is included, and while it has some stains, it’s in good shape.I am NOT an expert on serial number identification, but I will here present lists commonly accepted in hopes it may help.Number range: 33-860.1950-1952, 0005-0746.1950-52, 0748-1331.1951-52, 1343-2885.1950-54, 2911-5368.1951-54. The metal parts show little to no corrosion, and there isn’t much wear. It’s had some wiring repairs – the jack has been replaced and the pots may not be original. This particular Fender Champ Lap Steel is in very clean condition all round. The bottom has a green felt pad, and while it was available in a number of colours, this Desert Sand, or Fawn or Tan, was perhaps the most common. The fingerboard, such as it is, is a screened metal sheet with markings for 29 frets. Built with a lightly contoured Alder or Ash body, a single pickup mounted on a metal control / bridge plate and a fairly standard six-string tuning set at the head. For example, it’s the amp Eric Clapton used for much of the Derek and the Dominos – Layla album.įender began producing lap steels around 1948, and in 1955 their Champion entry level model was replaced by the simpler Fender Champ lap steel. That amp itself went on to become very popular in some recording studios. The Fender Champ Lap Steel was often sold as part of a starter set, with Fender’s smallest amplifier – the 5 watt Champ. This Fender Champ Lap Steel, built during 1959 at the Fender plant in Fullerton, California is in very nice, mostly original condition.