Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag)

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Full Straight Back

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Headstock Left Front

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Body Straight Front

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Body Left Front

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Body Straight Back

Epiphone Electar 1939 Century Electric Lap Steel Guitar (with Gig Bag), New, Headstock Straight Back

Inspired by the original 1939 Electar lap steel, this reincarnation features a plexiglass fingerboard, mahogany teardrop body, and a 500B "Blade" humbucker.

Overview

Epiphone Electar Inspired by "1939" Century Lap Steel Outfit: Vintage classic returns with Art Deco design, "Blade Humbucker" and gig bag. Epiphone presents the Electar Inspired by "1939" Century Lap Steel Outfit, a one-of-a-kind reissue of the Art Deco styled Hawaiian lap steel guitar originally designed by Herb Sunshine, Epiphone's legendary salesman, electronics developer, and a good friend of founder Epi Stathopoulo.

Herb Sunshine was one of Epi Stathopoulo's key employees at the "House of Stathopoulo" headquarters in New York and helped to inspire Epiphone to become the leading name in affordable professional instruments.

"Epi's father had brought over their Greek traditions from the old country and Epi was just carrying on where the old man had left off. They had terrific pride. Epi personally examined every guitar and banjo," Sunshine told Epiphone historian Jim Fisch "We called electric guitars and amplifiers "Electar" which is a name I coined."

Electar Inspired by "1939" Century Lap Steel: "The ultimate in steel guitar form."
The Epiphone Electar Inspired by "1939" Century Lap Steel 6-string Outfit features the same body profile as the vintage original with a one-piece Mahogany body and neck with an Ebony finish. The back of the body has an inset non-slip rubber pad.

The "1939" Century neck area has a classic Plexiglass fingerboard with a traditional "1939" Art Deco Replica inlay design with 28 frets that are properly set for great intonation at any position. The… read more headstock features the vintage metal Epiphone badge used on Epiphone's earliest electric archtops from the '40s through the introduction of the Epiphone Casino in 1961! The 2.5" aluminum nut is raised slide and the Wilkinson "Deluxe" 3-in-Line machine heads have ivory colored buttons.

The Electar Inspired by "1939" Century Lap Steel is powered by a powerful Epiphone 500B "Blade" Humbucker with beautiful reproduction Epiphone "Circus Tent" knobs for Master Volume and Tone. The bridge and tailpiece are Aluminum with a period-style nickel-plated steel cover.

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Specs

- Body Material: Mahogany
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Square
- Scale Length: 22.5"
- Fingerboard Material: Plexiglass
- Fingerboard Design: Traditional "1939" Art Deco Replica
- Headstock: Traditional with vintage-style metal "Epiphone" badge
- Frets: 28
- Strings: 6
- Bridge Pickup: Epiphone 500B "Blade" Humbucker
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Knobs: Vintage "Circus Tent" knobs
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Aluminum with nickel-plated steel cover
- Nut: Aluminum; Raised
- Nut Width: 2.5"
- Hardware: Nickel
- Binding: None
- Machine Heads: "Deluxe" 3-in-Line with Ivory Colored Buttons
- Back: Inset Non-Slip Rubber Pad on body and neck
- Includes: Deluxe Gigbag

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Base Item: Shipping Weight: 8.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 36 x 14 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EFCLEBNH1

In order to continually improve the design, quality, and performance of Epiphone's products and instruments and to make use of the best materials at all times, Epiphone reserves the right to change specifications without notice.

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-4GIBSON
Web: https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Support/Contact

Reviews

(3 ratings)

Submitted October 3, 2019 by Wade E in Tucson, AZ

"NEEDS A LITTLE HELP"

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Don't expect to take it out of the box and play it. After you do a couple things it is a really nice sounding and playing lap steel. Here is what I did:1 First off do not even try to tune it with the factory strings. Order some GHS C6 for Hawaiian or country, or E tuning strings for other with the guitar. Myself I like the C6 strings on this guitar a lot.2 The nut grooves may need to have a few swipes with a file to deepen them a tad so the middle strings stay in place.3 Deposit the pickup cover with the factory strings and put the screws back in the holes. Its for show only. Now you can do palm muting and your hand rests nicely.Now you have a really nice sounding lap steel. The string spacing at the nut is wide where it is suppose to be. Easy to dip your tone bar for notes and room for finger picks between the stings. Don't get all crazy and send it back. You will regret it. This guitar sounds beautiful.