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1958 Supro Ozark Electric Guitar with Screaming Valco Lapsteel Pickup
Estimated price for orientation: 599 $
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Description String Configuration: 6 String Body Type: Solid Brand: Supro Model: Ozark Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Exact Year: 1958 Dexterity: Right-Handed
One of the most unique electric guitars ever made - basically a lap steel redesigned to be played like a regular guitar. For a brief period, Valco used lapsteel pickups on their "Ozark" model electric guitar. It was a weird idea, but it resulted in a guitar that's unlike anything else ever made. Here you have a perfect hybrid of the best characteristics of the old lap steels made available to modern playing.This pickup's unique magnetic field characteristics creates sustain that's a slide player's dream - the strings just sing under a heavy slide. In an interview about his gear, Joe Perry of Aerosmith said these lapsteel pickup Ozarks are the best slide guitars ever made (he owns two).The other unique feature that contributes to the Ozark tone is the neck - there's more metal than wood. Underneath the fretboard is a mammoth rod of magnesium alloy that makes the neck vibrate like a tuning fork when played - feels great! There's also a neck tilt adjustment screw that let's you adjust the pitch of the neck to get the perfect action.Though it's a compact guitar, it's not a short-scale instrument - it has a full-length Gibson-like scale of 23 3/4 inches.The vinyl "No Mar" skin on the body of this one has bubbled and chipped off on two areas along the edge of the body - a common occurence on these as the "skin" shrinks over the decades. A brass nut and a string depressor bar have been installed on the headstock to improve sustain and tone - otherwise it's all original and complete.These guitars are sought for gnarly tone.
Description
| String Configuration: | 6 String | Body Type: | Solid |
| Brand: | Supro | Model: | Ozark |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States | Exact Year: | 1958 |
| Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
One of the most unique electric guitars ever made - basically a lap steel redesigned to be played like a regular guitar. For a brief period, Valco used lapsteel pickups on their "Ozark" model electric guitar. It was a weird idea, but it resulted in a guitar that's unlike anything else ever made. Here you have a perfect hybrid of the best characteristics of the old lap steels made available to modern playing.This pickup's unique magnetic field characteristics creates sustain that's a slide player's dream - the strings just sing under a heavy slide. In an interview about his gear, Joe Perry of Aerosmith said these lapsteel pickup Ozarks are the best slide guitars ever made (he owns two).The other unique feature that contributes to the Ozark tone is the neck - there's more metal than wood. Underneath the fretboard is a mammoth rod of magnesium alloy that makes the neck vibrate like a tuning fork when played - feels great! There's also a neck tilt adjustment screw that let's you adjust the pitch of the neck to get the perfect action.Though it's a compact guitar, it's not a short-scale instrument - it has a full-length Gibson-like scale of 23 3/4 inches.The vinyl "No Mar" skin on the body of this one has bubbled and chipped off on two areas along the edge of the body - a common occurence on these as the "skin" shrinks over the decades. A brass nut and a string depressor bar have been installed on the headstock to improve sustain and tone - otherwise it's all original and complete.These guitars are sought for gnarly tone.