{"product_id":"fender-champion-lap-steel-electric-guitar-1954-2536","title":"Fender Champion Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1954)","description":"Fender Champion Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1954), made in Fullerton, California, yellow pearloid finish, one piece wood body with aluminum overlay fingerboard, original tweed hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine example of Fender's \"bread and butter\" lap steel guitar from the 1950's. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough designed as a student instrument, the Champion Steel is a great-sounding guitar fully suited to professional use then or now, with a Telecaster-style flat pole pickup fully equivalent in sound to the legendary 1950's Teles. Symmetrical plastic-covered two-bout body, chrome bridge, and cover plates with dome-top knurled knobs. Serial number \"6817\" is stamped on the bridgeplate where the strings anchor through the body. Metal fingerboard plate has black paint screening to outline fret positions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeadstock has metal facing with integral nut and Kluson strip tuners with white plastic buttons. Peghead is stamped with lighting bolt logo and \"Fender Electric Instrument Co. Fullerton, California\". Inside the control cavity under the original wiring is a piece of masking tape with \"Virginia 4-30-54\" written in, a nice reminder of the folks who built these now-historic instruments. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNice examples of the Champ are increasingly harder to find; many have been sacrificed over the years to provide electric components for Telecaster recreations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 29 3\/4 in. (75.6 cm.), 7 1\/2 in. (19 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3\/8 in. (3.5 cm.) deep. Scale length is 22 1\/4 in. (565 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery nice original condition; some tuner buttons have been replaced due to shrinkage. Everything else in original undisturbed condition; some play wear to metal fingerboard where it looks like an enthusiastic user hit it repeatedly with the end of a steel, but this is only noticeable on close inspection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTweed case also very nice with light average wear, mostly to ends. Excellent Condition.","brand":"Fender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853095850124,"sku":"2536","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_1ce25ec6-b8ce-4e99-b021-c65f0b669a0f.jpg?v=1774331383","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/fender-champion-lap-steel-electric-guitar-1954-2536","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}