1936 Gibson EH-150 Hawaiian Lap Steel Electric Guitar w' Charlie Christian Pickup

This Gibson EH-150 6-String Model Lap Steel Electric Guitar was handcrafted in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and features a sunburst lacquer finish, maple body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, the original tweed hard shell case, and the legendary Charlie Christian pickup!

This lap steel guitar is stunning, with its lovely flame maple top. These semi-hollow body maple steels all have a very rich, powerful tone with a lot of definition. It's a great-sounding and playing steel, as well as a stylish instrument with a classic Gibson look! This early version has the tone and volume on opposing sides.

This Gibson EH-150 is fitted with Gibson's original "Charlie Christian" blade pickup with large magnets! This allows for a powerful, full bodied sound. Pickups of this era are widely regarded as being among the finest sounding lap steel guitars in Gibson history, in addition to being one of the first successful electric instruments.

The CC pickup was only available on the EH-150's earliest configurations. Not long after this example was made Gibson started gluing the backs on the EH-150 models and moved to a smaller U shaped magnet version of the blade style pickup. 

Overall length: 32 in. (81.3 cm.)
Lover Bout: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
Depth: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.)
Scale length: 22 1/2 in. (572 mm.)
Nut Width: 2 in. (51 mm.)
Serial Number / FON: 928-18

This steel shows light signs of use but remains original and is a wonderful sounding instrument. The finish has light dings, dents, and checking consistent with normal use. A previous owner marked increments around the volume dial. Shadows of fret note identification stickers are present on the fingerboard below the top string. Its sunburst lacquer has a deep, rich patina.

Its original case is also in lovely condition and comes with a very rare original case key and envelope!

Very Good Plus (VG+) Condition