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Vintage Rickenbacher "Frying Pan" Lapsteel Guitar

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Vintage Rickenbacher "Frying Pan" Lapsteel Guitar,
ca. 1934, electro A-22, cast aluminum, light gold tone paint, gold "Rickenbacher Electro" name plate on open headstock, horseshoe magnet pick-up, volume control. No case. - Developed by George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacher, the "FryingPan" was the first commercial electric guitar and is thus extremely important historically. Highly collectible reputed to be a top-notch player. - All original, as-found, condition; knobs needed for volume knob and three tuners, inlay missing on six position dots, paint chipping throughout. Someone should feel a moral obligation to restore this instrument.

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