I am located 60 miles West of Chicago, IL in DeKalb, IL. I am willing to travel if necessary to conduct interviews, view/copy pictures, photograph instruments, purchase instruments, etc.
On the website listed below, I have a "wanted" and "for sale" section, as well as an area where I will be glad to post pictures of various instruments that people have. However, the pickguard is immaterial: the steel has a square neck and a short. They identified it as the model 400 Hawaiian guitar (lap steel) on the basis that it did not have a pickguard. I am also a collector of these instruments and would be interested to know if there are other collectors as well. I was on the right website at the right time to see someone list this Slingerland Songster electric guitar. Such things as descriptions of the instruments made, descriptions of work in the factory, whether or not they were made in-house or made by Harmony and Regal and shipped to the Slingerland factory for assembly and finishing how many instruments were produced, pictures of the factory, pictures of instruments, pictures of people with the instruments, etc. It is unlikely that very many of the people who worked at Slingerland in the 20's and 30's are still alive, but their relatives might have information that was handed down to them. I am interested in any and all information that may be available. PLEASE NOTE: I am not looking for information about banjos or drums - these have both been documented already, the banjos somewhat, the drums in great detail by Rob Cook. This guitar is a rarity in that it has a pressed channel on the back that was evidentally built to mold to the players leg so the guitar could be played lapstyle. Other instruments may have been made as well - they started out as a ukulele company, but the only ukuleles that I have ever seen were all May Bell banjo ukuleles, but I know that they produced wooden models as well. Back & Sides: Maply Ply Top: Spruce Lower Bout: 15 5/8' Scale Length: 25.0' Nut Width: 1 7/8' Notes: Circa 1930s - early 1940s. Also, Marvel and May Bell guitars (many models) and lap steels. Specifically, I'm interested in the Slingerland line of guitars, mandolins, and lap steels (Songster and Nite Hawk models). 1936, made in Chicago, sunburst lacquer finish. There currently exists very little information about this. Slingerland Songster Model 401 Model Solid Body Electric Guitar, c. I have hopes to collect enough information to be able to put together a book that will give an accurate picture of the production of their stringed instrument line. I am currently searching for information about instruments produced by the Slingerland Musical Instrument Company of Chicago, IL.
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