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Paul Hutzler From: Seattle, Wa	Posted 27 Oct 2010 11:47 am I would love some help determining what year my Supro lap steel is. On the back of the headstock there is a ID : #B3094. In addition, the guitar does not take a standard 1/4' cable but instead a different kind of cable threads on. Thanks for any help!
	Wayne D. Clark From: Montello Wisconsin, USA	Posted 27 Oct 2010 2:00 pm I HAD A 6 STING BLACK AND WHITE NATIONAL LAP STEEL IN THE LATE 40'S THAT HAD A THREADED JACK. WISH I HAD IT BACK, IT WAS GIVEN AWAY WHILE I WAS IN THE NAVY, THEY DIDN'T THINK I WANTED IT AFTER I HAD PURCHASED A NEW DOUBLE NECK 8 STRING FENDER, WHILE IN DRY DOCK UP IN VALLLEVO. THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF NATIONAL, SUPRO, GIBSON ALL MADE LAP STEELS AT THAT TIME. BUT THIS IS ABOUT YOUR SUPRO AND IM SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE AGE OF YOUR INSTERMENT, BUT IT IS A VINTAGE MODEL. WATBE D, CLARK DESERT ROSE S10 3/5 GOODRICH PEDAL PEAVEY 110
Rick Batey		Posted 27 Oct 2010 2:55 pm Here's a similar Supro model in a slightly earlier incarnation with just a single volume control and no tone control. Yours might be around 1937 or slightly later. I believe some National serial number data puts the B prefix range at between 1936-1937, but whether that applies to all Supros I'm not certain. Catalog courtesy Michael Lee Allen. A forum search on 'Amphenol' will turn up lots of information on screw-on connectors. Hope this helps.
	John Billings From: Ohio, USA	Posted 27 Oct 2010 3:06 pm The only serial numbers I can find beginning in 'B,' are National/Valco numbers that do indicate 1937! http://www.valcopages.com/Dating.html
Chris Battis From: Reno, Nevada, USA		Posted 27 Oct 2010 3:10 pm Here's a list of National and Supro serial #'s. Yours does appear to date from 1937. http://home.provide.net/~cfh/national.html#serial
	Paul Hutzler From: Seattle, Wa	Posted 27 Oct 2010 7:51 pm 1937! wow, thanks!
George Rout From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada		Posted 31 Oct 2010 4:36 pm Hi Paul. The screw-on connector was common to guitars and amplifiers up to the 60's. I have a National D8 and a 1955 (?) Bogen Challenger CHA33 PA amplifier (which I still use for my Gibson Console Grande) that have those connectors on them. I still see the adaptors in the picture below in old, old music stores. It's a handy device if you want to use a double-ended 1/4' plug cord. Geo _________________ http://georgerout.com 'I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me'
	Bill Creller From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)	Posted 1 Nov 2010 6:07 am That adapter is still available, and it's made by Switchcraft. I have the part number here someplace, and if I find it I will post it. Also trying to remember who handles them. Gettin' old really sucks!
George Rout From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada		Posted 1 Nov 2010 7:53 am Hi Bill. I'd be interested in having the Switchcraft part number if it's readily available. I guess I could slueth it out on the net. Ah yes, good ole Switchcraft components. All my career has been in contracts and procurement, and the first 25 years or so were in electronic equipment manufacturing. I purchased tens of thousands of passive components like Switchcraft, Centralab, Amphenol, Canon, E. F. Johnson and the list goes on. Switchcraft made quality items, I wonder if they're made offshore now. I was just looking in my 1959 Allied Radio catalogue and all the Switchcraft connectors are there except that particular adaptor. There's no number on the 2 I have, it just says Switchcraft Inc. Geo _________________ http://georgerout.com 'I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me'
	Richard Shatz From: Quincy, IL, United States	Posted 1 Nov 2010 8:18 am Here you go. http://www.jt30.com/jt30page/eacstore.html
George Rout From: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada		Posted 1 Nov 2010 1:41 pm Thanks Richard. At least we know they are still available. Geo _________________ http://georgerout.com 'I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me'
	Jerry Hayes From: Virginia Beach, Va.	Posted 2 Nov 2010 10:08 amCord adapter........ Hey Paul, if you need one of those thread to 1/4' phone plug adapters just send me your mailing address and I'll send you one, no charge. I have one left over from an old lapsteel that I used it on before I had it converted to a regular jack.........JH in Va. _________________ Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!

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Vintage Valco / Supro Lap Steel - Vintage McKinney Slide Guitar W / Case. This is from the 1950's and was made by the Valco company, who also made Supro. Just unpacked this little beauty, havin some fun.Didn't even change the strings, they are fuh-hun-ky.Vintage Supro Supreme lap steel, circa 1948. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles, 1936.Supro Electric Hawaiian. Serial number B213. Ex coll.: Walter Carter, Nashville.

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