Christo's Fine Frets

From time to time I have high quality musical instruments for sale or trade. I'm also looking to buy and trade for other fine archtops, ukuleles, steel guitars, and other fine fretted instruments. Check back often for a variety of professional fretted instruments

1935 Rickenbacher A-22 Fry Pan Lap Steel Guitar

COLLECTION

Rickenbacker's Model A-22 Model Lap Steel electric guitar was made around 1935 in Los Angeles, and features gold enamel finish on a cast aluminum body. Usually this gold finish is near entirely worn away but mine is mostly intact. It even still has its original black hard shell case.

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1953 Epiphone Emperor Sized Deluxe

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In mid 1950 Epiphone made a minuscule batch of guitars carrying the Deluxe model identification on their label but with the 18.5" body specs of their top of the line Emperor Guitar. Until this point in 1950, the Deluxe had been an approximately 16" and then 17" guitar. According to The Unofficial New York Epiphone Registry, there are five currently known and documented Emperor-sized De Luxes in that batch from 1950 with these increased size specifications...

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Weissenborn Style 4 Kona 30s Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar

SOLD

This circa 1930 Koa wood Weissenborn made Style 4 Kona Hawaiian lap steel guitar is in great shape. It was my main recording and performing steel guitar since 2014, and has always worked amazingly! This guitar came from Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. Remarkably they had three of these Konas in stock for me to evaluate and pick from at the time. I certainly left there with the best sounding one by far...

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Todd Clinesmith 8 String Frying Pan

NEAR NEW 8 string Todd Clinesmith fully cast aluminum Frying Pan

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This long scale A-25 style 8 string Todd Clinesmith fully cast aluminum Frying Pan is amazing! 

As most of you know, Todd does absolutely top-notch professional work. It has all the tone, volume, sustain a steel player could want or imagine. I commissioned this eighth string frypan from Todd and upon arrival discovered it wasn’t quite right for me...

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