Airline Lap Steel Pro

The 1466bw jet airliner lap steel is an updated reissue of the supro electric lap steel guitar that was manufactured in the early 1960s.

Airline lap steel pro. We couldn t get away with ignoring one of valco s first instruments the national branded lap steel. This new model is a more formidable version featuring great tone and balance. The cad drawings reflect the changes we are making to the final production. Our airline lap steel homage provides players with an affordable and reliable alternative to picking through vintage stores for something that is going to break the bank and be an iffy partner onstage or in the studio.

We ve retained classic elements of the original including the ceramic. The supro jet airliner lap steel represents the rebirth of the supro brand as a stringed instrument manufacturer. 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. The airline lap steel pro is the upgraded no compromise version of our ever popular airline lap steel model what makes it pro.

National supro and airline guitars were made in the usa from 1958 68 by valco and sold through montgomery ward. 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. Reverb is a marketplace bringing together a wide spanning community to buy sell and discuss all things music gear. Eastwood guitars airline lap steel black eastwood s tribute to the national lap steels.