- 1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBER
- 1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL
- 1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL PROFESSIONAL
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It remains a fine-sounding steel guitar with a bright, singing tone and a genuine early 1950s Fender instrument at a relatively reasonable price! Over the years many of these 1949-55 Champs have sacrificed their pickups to provide the engine for vintage Telecaster recreations - this one has fortunately avoided that fate. The next year the Champion was re-designed with a new pickup and lost much of its early character. The headstock has metal facing with integral nut stamped with lighting bolt logo and "Fender Electric Instrument Co. The metal fingerboard plate pinned to the body has black paint screening to outline fret positions. Not long after this the model was revamped for 1956 with a less iconic pickup and overall design.
1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL
The pots and wiring are original the date codes on the pots are soldered over and there is no masking tape signature inside but the serial range puts this one around later 1955.
1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBER
The serial number 7079 is stamped on the bridgeplate where the strings anchor through the body. The flashy plastic-covered symmetrical two-bout body has a chrome bridge and cover plate with dome-top knurled knobs.
1955 FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL PROFESSIONAL
Although designed as a student instrument, the Champion Steel was - and remains - a great-sounding guitar fully suited to professional use then or now. This 1955 Champion is a late example of Fender's "bread and butter" lap steel guitar from the first half of the 1950s. Fender Champion Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1955), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 7079, yellow pearloid finish, hardwood body, original brown alligator chipboard case.
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