Description
Magnatone Lyric Double 8 steel guitar, with original legs and within original hard case.
Techinical description:
Electrics: Working. Appear original.
Hardware: Appear original. Two pickups with steel covers, one at the bottom of each fretboard. Two knobs with transparent plastic covers below the toggle switch. Silver 2-way toggle switch on the body between the two necks.
Body: Dark wood finish. Boxy two-tone hardwood body with squared off necks and headstocks. Two maple necks screwed into the body. Bottom of body has a rough bottom and 3 metal holes to attach the 3 steel legs. Metal output jack for plugging amplifier in at the bottom side of the body (the opposite end of the headstocks).
Fingerboard: White fingerboard with Lucite acrylic plastic cover.
Neck: Natural finish. Double necked. Necks are identical apart from some scuffs and dings in the wood.
Frets: Steel guitars usually have markers for the steel bar instead of traditional guitar frets. 23 marks on each neck, 36 marks overall with gold star shaped inlays. One star in 4th, 6th, 10th, 16th, 18th, and 22nd. Two stars in 1st and 13th. Three stars in 8th and 20th.
Strings: Both headstocks have 8 metal strings each, 16 strings overall. Strings are arranged on each headstock from thin to thick. All strings are pulled over the nut on both necks.
Headstock: 6 tuners with transparent plastic cover plates and steel bottoms on each headstock. 12 tuners overall, with 3 tuners on each side of the headstock. 4 transparent screws on the darker wood flat faces of headstocks with two on each headstock.
Mechanism: One knob controls master volume and the second knob controls master tone. The toggle switch controls on/off.
Signature marks: Both necks have a gold “Magnatone Lyric” transfer at the bottom of the fretboard, just above the pickup cover.
Serial number: “Serial No. 23182” stamped into metal plate screwed onto bottom of body above a hole for one of the leg stands.
Measurements:
Body: W 30cm, L 58cm, D 3cm
Neck: W 33.5cm, L 78cm, D 7.5cm
Headstock (strings cover): W 9.5cm, L 12cm, D 2cm
Headstock (neck): W 9.5cm L 15cm, D 2cm
Accessories:
Case: Original hardshell case, discoloured & yellowed, with blue plush lining interior.
Stand: 3 steel black screw-in detachable legs with some colour missing towards the screw threads and discoloured white rubber bases. “17” stamped into the bottom of the rubber bases. Each leg is slightly taller than the other in height but the same in width: L 70.5cm, 71cm and 72cm. W 2.5cm. |