The pickup is adjustable for height pickup adjustment. One of the small fret marker dots is missing, which could easily be replaced and does not affect the playability(purely cosmetic and can be seen in pic#4) A working but scratchy vintage cord, possibly original is also included as well as a modern"Lap Dawg" steel. One of the plastic tuner tip buttons(pic#7) has been replaced, but the metal tuner mechanism is all original. This guitar has the original tuners, individual Grover units with cloverleaf bases and plastic buttons. more painted white, the screwed-on neck has integral molded frets and nut with inset white position dots. It has hollow cavities covered by 5 decorative plates. The body is molded black bakelite and extremely heavy. The pickup is hot and sounds terrific through a tube amp.
This B-6 features the 1 1/4" horseshoe magnet pickup and strings loading at the tailpiece. Many players consider these lap steels the finest ever produced. These instruments were the standard of their day and are still generally considered the finest sounding lap steel ever made. After the war the spelling was changed to Rickenbacker to appear more American. This is a very fine original Rickenbacker(spelled Rickenbacher on the nameplate) Model B-6 bakelite steel guitar. California, black finish, molded Bakelite body and neck, original hardshell case in more than usable condition. RARE Vintage c.1946 Rickenbacker Model B-6 Lap Steel Guitar Rickenbacher. Ships in US under $25, overseas maybe twice that. Other than that you won't find a cleaner one- slap a set of 12's on it and make like David Lindley- or just display a cool piece of music history. The only problem worth mentioning is that the plastic pickup cover and mount nuts are. Note- AFTER I took pix I hit the metal parts with a little polish and almost all the clouding you may see disappeared. Comes with the original B&W hardshell case. This is a real beaut- as clean as I've had- the board is chip-free, the acetate MOTS is perfect- even the fuzz on the back is nice. You see many more Supro and Airline branded Valco products than National- as well- by this date they were within a year or so of going out of business and not selling much of anything. Of course it features the highly-regarded string-through pickup.
Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.This is a really clean and cool National lap steel- I believe it's a Chicagoan model- the tuners are keystone-style dual-line Klusons.
Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).
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