Vintage Gibson BR3 & BR4 Lap Steel obvious differences

Many people confuse Gibson BR3 and BR4 lap steels and it is easy to do because the differences are very minor. This video points out the most obvious differences , there are probably others.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Gibson BR3
• Gibson BR4
• Gibson lap steel
• vintage guitar
• 1946 BR3
• 1947 BR4

[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

[lapsteelguitars]

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

[4guitarsam]

Thanks for making this, very informative. 

[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!

[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!