- SERIAL NUMBERS FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBER
- SERIAL NUMBERS FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL PROFESSIONAL
SERIAL NUMBERS FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL SERIAL NUMBER
This one has the serial number 6448 stamped on the bridgeplate where the strings anchor through the body.
SERIAL NUMBERS FENDER CHAMPION LAP STEEL PROFESSIONAL
Although designed as a student instrument, the Champion Steel was - and remains - a great-sounding guitar fully suited to professional use then or now. This is a really superb example of Fender's "bread and butter" lap steel guitar from the first half of the 1950s, one of the still-growing company's most important cash-generating products. Excellent Condition.Fender Champion Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1953), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 6448, yellow pearloid finish, hardwood body, original tweed hard shell case. This Steel remains pretty much as it left Fullerton around 1952, including the still functional original brown chipboard case which is something of a rarity in itself. Sadly the trend of stripping the vintage Telecaster-style pickups out of these original Champions has accelerated recently leaving fewer and fewer unmolested original examples. The original pickup and electronic components are complete and the steel sounds excellent.
The only alteration is the buttons on the original Kluson strip tuners have been neatly replaced the originals have nearly always crumbled by now.
Most of the flocking is gone from underneath the body, as is nearly always the case. The metal handrest, fingerboard and headstock show some light wear and corrosion spots, and the plastic body covering shows some minor nicks and dings. This is a nice original Champion, showing some very minor wear overall but no major issues. (3.5 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. (19 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/8 in. It remains a fine-sounding steel guitar with a bright, singing tone and a genuine early 1950s Fender instrument at a relatively reasonable price! Over the years many of these 1949-55 Champs have sacrificed their pickups to provide the engine for vintage Telecaster recreations - this one has had some work done but fortunately avoided that fate. The headstock has metal facing with integral nut stamped with lighting bolt logo and "Fender Electric Instrument Co.
A metal fingerboard pinned to the body has black paint screening to outline fret positions. The flashy plastic-covered symmetrical two-bout body has a chrome bridge and cover plate with dome-top knurled knobs. The Champion model was revamped for 1956 with a less iconic pickup and different overall design, and these earlier versions have long been considered superior both sonically and aesthetically. The pots and wiring are original the ink-stamped date codes on the pots are neatly soldered over but the combination of the serial number and slot-head screws used for assembly date this one to later 1951 or '52. This one has the serial number 3635 stamped on the bridgeplate where the strings anchor through the body. This is a superb example of Fender's "bread and butter" lap steel guitar from the first half of the 1950s. Fender Champion Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1952), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 3635, yellow pearloid finish, hardwood body, original brown chipboard case.
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