1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set

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1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set

Mason was a trademark of the Galt Musical Instrument Company which was located 20 minutes down the road from our shop in the town of Galt, Ontario. Thanks to the factory's close proximity to Guelph we're fortunate to get our paws on some pretty interesting pieces of Canadian musical instrument history, and this lap steel and amplifier set is among the coolest we've yet found. Built in the early 1960's we figure, both the amp and the steel's hard shell case are covered in TV-Snow Tolex, and the grill-cloth and case lining are in matching "Four-Corners-National-Monument" Turquoise. The amplifier is a 6V6 (original RCA's) combo with a 12" AlNiCo Canadian made speaker and an original Hammond power transformer (Hammond transformers have always been manufactured right here in Guelph, too). It puts out about 5 watts and works well, having recently been serviced. The steel features white finish, with brightly coloured fingerboard position markers, Lucite fingerboard and control plate, and replacement Kluson three-on-a-strip tuning machines.
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1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set
  • 1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set
  • 1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set
  • 1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set
  • 1960's Mason Lap Steel and amp set

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