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1938 National
"Silvo" Lapsteel

  • polished, nickel-plated, brass guitar body

  • tenor size

  • cut f-holes on upper bouts

  • originallly designed as a single resonator
        instrument

  • Bakelite ebonoid coverplate with etched deco
        designs & "Silvo" script logo (replaces
        aluminum resonator, cover-plate and biscuit
        bridge)

  • rectangular "Silvo" electric pickup/bridge
        mounted mounted on coverplate

  • black Bakelite control knobs

  • square maple neck & Bakelite ebenoid
        fretboard with engraved Roman numerals
        III - XII

  • ebonoid veneer headstock with engraved
        National shield & deco stripes

  • no pickguard

  • National chrome closed strip tuners

  • introduced 1937; discontinued 1942


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