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Airline lap steel pro.
We ve retained classic elements of the original including the ceramic.
Here is a photo of the prototype featuring the beautiful cherryburst finish with gold pickguard and bound rosewood fingerboard.
The cad drawings reflect the changes we are making to the final production.
The jet airliner s vintage correct body shape and art deco aesthetics are enhanced with an intonation friendly string through body hardtail bridge and a silver foil version of the original supro clear tone pickup.
We couldn t get away with ignoring one of valco s first instruments the national branded lap steel.
National supro and airline guitars were made in the usa from 1958 68 by valco and sold through montgomery ward.
This new model is a more formidable version featuring great tone and balance.
We hear you ask apart from upgraded components throughout and the use of a rosewood board over the plastic board found on the standard model the pièce de résistance of the pro is the inclusion of the valco lap steel string thru pickup a.
Eastwood guitars airline lap steel black eastwood s tribute to the national lap steels.
As a companion to our top selling airline lap steel we are kicking it up a notch with this new rickey lap steel and rickey lap steel pro.
The humbucker sized version of the supro silver foil pickup used in the jet airliner is slightly overwound and located right at the harmonic sweet spot as seen on the original version of this top of the line supro lap steel.
The supro jet airliner lap steel represents the rebirth of the supro brand as a stringed instrument manufacturer.