Electric Hawaiian guitar
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- Electric lap-steel guitar
- Electric slide guitar
Maker
Joshua Rieck
Maker
Dave Deg
Maker
Logan Schumacher
Maker
Robin Snow
Date2021
Place MadeSioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
ModelCustom Lap Steel
Serial No.056
SignedPrinted in black and red on paper label inside electronics cavity: J. RIECK [maker signatures in black ink] Dave Deg / [written in black ink] Custom Lap Steel / [written in black ink] 056 - 09/21 / [maker signatures in black ink] Robin Snow LS / MADE IN AMERICA / Handcrafted by Josh Rieck, Dave Deg, / Logan Schumacher, and Robin Snow / in Sioux Falls, SD for the / National Music Museum, Sept. 2021MarkingsStamped in gray paint on back of tuner gear covers: S / Made in GermanyDescriptionThis electric Hawaiian guitar was custom made as an educational instrument to keep at the front desk of the museum during the exhibit NMM Goes Electric, Fall 2021. Because it is played with a slide, it allowed visitors without guitar-playing skills a chance to experience an electric guitar. All electric components have clear covers to be able to see what they are made of, including the copper coils of the pickups. There are two single coil pickups, one at the bridge and one at the fretboard along with a double coil pickup in the middle, for visitors to hear the difference in tone between pickup types and positions. Its maker, Josh Rieck, is a guitar builder based in Sioux Falls, who graduated with a degree in double bass from the University of South Dakota and from the guitar repair and building program at Southeast Minnesota Technical College, Red Wing, Minnesota.Stringing: six steel strings
Pickups: two single coil pickups with individual pole pieces, one near fretboard and other near bridge, with clear plastic covers, one double coil pickup with two chrome-plated steel blades at center with clear cover; ivory plastic volume and tone knobs, selector switch with black knob; built in amplifier with clear plastic cover and built-in 5-inch speaker with rosewood, pierced cover
Body: single piece of black walnut
Neck and head: black walnut, integral with body; head veneered with ebony on front and back, with black and light hardwood trim on sides of top veneer, with mother-pearl interlocking trapezoids
Fretboard: mahogany bound in ivory plastic; 18 white plastic flush position markers; single mother-of-pearl dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 15th, and 17th fret markers; double mother-of-pearl dots behind 12th fret marker
Nut: bone
Bridge: ebony with bone saddle; strings pass through body to secure to nickel-plated steel rings set into back of instrument
Tuners: six individual Schaller worm-gear machine tuners with gold-plated steel plates, steel rollers, and gold-plated steel heads
Pickguard: none
Binding: none
Finish: rubbed oil
Bumpers: four marbleized plastic bumpers with beige rubber skids on backDimensionsTotal electric Hawaiian guitar length: 1016 mm (40")
Back length: 845 mm (33-9/32")
Upper bout width: 58 mm (2-9/32")
Waist width: 169 mm (6-21/32")
Lower bout width: 70 mm (2-3/4")
Side height (including edging): 44 mm (1-23/32")
Head length: 169 mm (6-21/32")
Head width, top: 63 mm (2-15/32")
Head width, bottom: 80 mm (3-5/32")
Neck length (nut to body): n/a - body extends to nut
Neck width, nut: 57 mm (2-1/4")
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 583 mm (22-15/16")
Scale length: 584 mm (23")ProvenanceCommissioned from Joshua Rieck, Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the special exhibit NMM Goes Electric, Fall 2021.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of the Clayton & Odessa Lang Ofstad Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee, 2021
Object number15659
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