VINTAGE STEEL GUITARS

AUGUST 24, 2009

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GIBSON EH-185 STEELS: 6, 7, 8 & 10 STRING MODELS
6 & 10 STRING NATURAL MODELS
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN & ES 300 PICKUPS



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GIBSON EH-185
MODELS



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OTHER STEELS



REFERENCES




1940 GIBSON EH-185 10 STRING
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1941 GIBSON EH-185 8 STRING NATURAL


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GIBSON

GIBSON ELECTRIC STEEL GUITARS 1935-1967, by A. R. Duchossoir, 2009,
is the best book by a Gibson expert published to date.  Comments under various
Gibson photos refer to this book

GIBSON E(H)-100 (v.1a) 1 knob: c. early 1936

 GIBSON E(H)-100 (v.1b) 2 knobs: c. late 1936

GIBSON BR-9 (v.1) (01): c. 1947

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 7 STRING ES-300 pu (01): c. 1940

GIBSON CONSOLETTE (korina sunburst): c. 1953

GIBSON BR-9 (v.1) (02): c. 1947

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 7 STRING ES-300 pu (02): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (01): c. 1941

GIBSON CONSOLE GRANDE (v.1b) 7-8 STRING  C.C. pu: c. 1938

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 6 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu (01): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 10 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1940

GIBSON CONSOLE GRANDE (v.3a) 7-8 STRING P-90 pu (01): 1948

GIBSON SKYLARK 8 STRING: 1958

GIBSON EH-620 (v.2) ELECTRAHARP  (6 pedals): c. 1960

GIBSON EH-185N (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu Natural: c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (02): c. 1941

GIBSON BR-6 (v.2): c. 1950

GIBSON CONSOLE GRANDE (v.3a) 7-8 STRING P-90 pu (02): 1948

GIBSON EH-100 (v.3b) 7 STRING: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-100 (v.4b) 6 STRING: c. 1941

GIBSON EH-150 (v.5): c. 1940

GIBSON E(H)-150 (v.1) C.C. pu (01): c. 1936

GIBSON E(H)-150 (v.1) C.C. pu (02): c. 1936

GIBSON EH-150 (v.3) C.C. pu: c. 1938

GIBSON ROYALTONE (v.1): c. 1950

GIBSON ULTRATONE (v.2): 1956

GIBSON 523 CONSOLE GRANDE TRIPLE NECK: c. 1959

GIBSON METAL EHG: c. 1935

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (silk-screen logo) (01): c. 1942

GIBSON E(H)-150 (v.1) 7 STRING C.C. pu (01): c. 1936

GIBSON EH-150 (v.2b) 7 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1937

GIBSON SKYLARK DELUXE: c. 1958

GIBSON EH-100 (v.2b) 6 STRING: c. 1937

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu (02): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON E(H)-150 (v.1) 7 STRING C.C. pu (02): c. 1936

RECORDING KING ROY SMECK AB-104: c. 1938

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (silk-screen logo) (02): c. 1942

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 8 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-185N (v.2) 8 STRING ES-300 pu NATURAL: c. 1941


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GIBSON EH-185 LAP STEELS


CHARLIE CHRISTIAN PICKUP MODELS

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 6 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu (01): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 7 STRING C.C. pu (02): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 8 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1939

GIBSON EH-185 (v.1a) 10 STRING C.C. pu: c. 1940

ES-300 PICKUP MODELS

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (01): c. 1941

GIBSON EH-185N (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu Natural: c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (silk-screen logo) (01): c. 1942

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (silk-screen logo) (02): c. 1942

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 6 STRING ES-300 pu (02): c. 1941

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 7 STRING ES-300 pu (01): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185 (v.2) 7 STRING ES-300 pu (02): c. 1940

GIBSON EH-185N (v.2) 8 STRING ES-300 pu Natural: c. 1941

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  RICKENBACHER & RICKENBACKER

RICKENBACHER MODEL B (white plates): c. 1946

RICKENBACHER ELECTRO D-16: c. 1946

RICKENBACHER MODEL B (chrome plates): c. 1937

RICKENBACKER MODEL SD (tan mahogany): c. 1950

RICKENBACHER MODEL B (chrome plates): c. 1946

RICKENBACKER MODEL BD (white plates): c. 1950

RICKENBACHER ELECTRO MODEL 59 (ivory - 1 knob): c. 1937

RICKENBACHER MODEL B (white plates) 7 STRING: c. 1946

RICKENBACHER SILVER HAWAIIAN (1 knob): c. 1937

RICKENBACHER ELECTRO MODEL NS (gray): c. 1946

RICKENBACHER MODEL 59 (black - 2 knobs): c. 1939

RICKENBACHER MODEL 59 (gray - 2 knobs)

RICKENBACKER MODEL BD (white plates) 8 STRING: c. 1950

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FENDER

FENDER STRINGMASTER TRIPLE 8 (walnut)

FENDER CHAMP (black): c. 1976

FENDER CHAMPION (yellow pearloid): c. 1952

 FENDER 400 PEDAL STEEL - 8 STRING

FENDER DELUXE 8 STRING (ivory blonde): early 1960s

FENDER DELUXE 8 STRING (walnut): c. 1958

FENDER DUAL 8 PROFESSIONAL: c. 1948

FENDER STUDIO DELUXE: c. 1959

FENDER STRINGMASTER QUAD 8 (walnut)

FENDER CHAMP (ivory blond): c. 1958

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OTHER STEELS

SILVERTONE:  1949

SUPRO ELECTRIC HAWAIIAN: c. 1935

OAHU IOLANA DOUBLE 6: c. 1954

 SHO-BUD DOUBLE NECK 10 STRING: 1972

EPIPHONE ELECTAR MODEL M HAWAIIAN: c. 1936

EPIPHONE CORONET: c. 1939

 NATIONAL NEW YORKER: c. 1947

 EDDIE ALKIRIE EHARP - 10 STRING

OAHU DIANA: c. 1957

NATIONAL ELECTRIC HAWAIIAN - 7 STRING: 1935

GRETSCH ELECTROMATIC HAWAIIAN (01): c. 1939

NATIONAL NEW YORKER 7 STRING: c. 1936

GRETSCH MADE ELECTROMATIC HAWAIIAN: c. 1939

EPIPHONE ELECTAR ANTHONY ROCCO 7-8 STRING: c. 1937

GRETSCH ARTIST 7 STRING: c. 1939

MAGNATONE TROUBADOUR 6 STRING: c. 1953

HAWAIIAN CONSERVATORY: c. 1930s

GRETSCH ELECTROMATIC HAWAIIAN (02): c. 1939

EPIPHONE VARICHORD: c. 1939

EPIPHONE ELECTAR ZEPHYR: c. 1941

SILVERTONE (02): c. 1949

KAY (mahogany): c. 1936-1938

SILVERTONE DELUXE BLONDE: c. 1950

SILVERTONE DELUXE BLACK: c. 1949

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REFERENCES
  1. GIBSON ELECTRIC STEEL GUITARS 1935-1967, by A. R. Duchossoir, 2009
  2. GIBSON ELECTRICS - THE CLASSIC YEARS MID-30s to MID-60s, by A. R. Duchossoir, 1998
  3. GUITAR IDENTIFICATION, by A. R. Duchossoir, 1999
  4. GRUHN'S GUIDE TO VINTAGE GUITARS, 2nd Ed., by George Gruhn and Walter Carter, 1999
  5. GISON GUITARS 100 YEARS OF AN AMERICAN ICON, by Walter Carter, 1994
  6. ELECTRIC GUITARS & BASSES A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY, by George Gruhn and Walter Carter, 1997
  7. AMERICAN GUITARS AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, by Tom Wheeler, 1992
  8. THE HISTORY OF RICKENBACKER GUITARS, by Richard R. Smith, 1987
  9. FENDER THE SOUND HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD, by Richard R. Smith, 1995
  10. FENDER THE INSIDE STORY, by Forrest White, 1994
  11. GRETSCH THE GUITARS OF THE FRED GRETSCH COMPANY, by Jay Scott, 1992
  12. THE HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR & ITS GREAT HAWAIIAN MUSICIANS, compiled by Lorene Ruymar, 1996
  13. SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE, by Don Helms, 2005
  14. IT WAS A TRIP ON WINGS OF MUSIC, by Jerry Byrd, 2003

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