Over the years many of these Fender steels have sacrificed their pickups to provide the engine for vintage Telecaster recreations - especially these earliest models. The original pickup is from the same period as the Fender "Nocaster" Spanish guitars and although the baseplate is different the coil and windings are the same as those now-legendary primal solidbodies. The slot-head screws are also indicators of an early pre-1952 model.
#Fender champion lap steel serial number
It pre-dates the use of masking tape signature tags in the electronics cavity and the pot dates are soldered over so is not possible to date it exactly, but the serial number places it in early/mid 1951. This Champion has a fairly low serial number 2207 stamped on the bridgeplate. The early plastic on this one has less pearl figure than later examples. The headstock has a metal facing with an integral nut stamped with lighting bolt logo and "Fender Electric Instrument Co. The flashy plastic-covered symmetrical two-bout body has a chrome bridge and cover plate, and a metal fingerboard pinned to the body with black paint screening to outline fret positions. Introduced in 1949 and marketed as a student instrument for teaching studios, the Champion Steel was - and remains - a great-sounding lap guitar fully suited to professional use. This Champion is a beautiful early example of Fender's "bread and butter" lap steel guitar from the 1950s, the instrument that kept the company afloat in the first years. Fender Champion Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar (1951), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 2207, yellow pearloid finish, hardwood body, original brown alligator chipboard case.
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