The metal parts show little to no corrosion, and there isnвЂ™t much wear.

It did have the tuners and metal fingerboard, however. ItвЂ™s had some wiring repairs вЂ“ the jack has been replaced and the pots may not be original. 1950s Fender Champion Mix-Mash 3-Course Lap Steel Destroy your expectations A customer bought this mid-50s pearloid-covered Champ lap steel as a husk with its control plate, jack plate, and pickup missing. This particular Fender Champ Lap Steel is in very clean condition all round. The bottom has a green felt pad, and while it was available in a number of colours, this Desert Sand, or Fawn or Tan, was perhaps the most common. The fingerboard, such as it is, is a screened metal sheet with markings for 29 frets. Built with a lightly contoured Alder or Ash body, a single pickup mounted on a metal control / bridge plate and a fairly standard six-string tuning set at the head. For example, itвЂ™s the amp Eric Clapton used for much of the Derek and the Dominos вЂ“ Layla album.ДЇender began producing lap steels around 1948, and in 1955 their Champion entry level model was replaced by the simpler Fender Champ lap steel.

That amp itself went on to become very popular in some recording studios. The Fender Champ Lap Steel was often sold as part of a starter set, with FenderвЂ™s smallest amplifier вЂ“ the 5 watt Champ. This Fender Champ Lap Steel, built during 1959 at the Fender plant in Fullerton, California is in very nice, mostly original condition.

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