Vintage Gibson BR3 & BR4 Lap Steel obvious differences

[4guitarsam]

Thanks for making this, very informative. 

[cut24fps]

Thanks for the info. I'm looking at getting, what I now believe to be a BR3.

Is it a good starter Lap Steel?

Cheers!

[lapsteelguitars]

@cut24fps It is an excellent guitar to start with. You could pay much more for a new guitar and the value would go down the moment you owned it. Vintage gear will always rise in value of time. Most people confuse BR3s for BR4s

[cut24fps]

@lapsteelguitars Does $500 US, seem about right for one of these?

The guard appears to be cracked around the volume knob.

[eddieweel]

Thank You very much for your interesting discussion.

They both are incredibly similar 'xcept for the size. Ciao! Eddie!

[lapsteelguitars]

The guitars are the same size just an optical illusion caused by the way I have them laying.

[vantagestudios]

I notice one is shorter than the other (watched quickly - don't know if you mentioned that or not). How is the sound? Same electronics? Nice guitars!