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love the mod on the inside neck - horseshoe in a Fender, and why not!

postwar A25. A wonderful guitar.

so he didn't quit parting out Fender steels then!

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Well there is a happy ending to this topic. Somebody did buy the guitar, looks like for the asking $5,999 !! Worth every cent IMO

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274898896092?h ... SwQE9g4iAB

I'd take it for $3000 if it was all orig and in decent nick. I bought a couple others in the past, an original one with case but an extra hole drilled in it for $2,000 and just a body for $900. No regrets! As well as being a historically significant instrument from possibly the world's most collecti...

Worth pointing out that this is NOT an A22 It is an early A25 with the thicker h/shoe magnets too. That makes this one of the earliest production fry pans, and a more valuable guitar than the "normal" A22. Condition is excellent, very little wear to the original finish and tuners appear or...

Regarding Erv's post about Fast Fret, yes brilliant stuff. Keeps my plain strings non rusted for well over a year in the tropics vs a week tops without it. A neat trick when the fast fret stick gets a bit dry is to drop in a fair few drops of mineral oil and let it soak in, and your fast fret is as ...

Congratulations Bert, what a fine steel. Can you confirm again that there is no serial number visible at all either inside the tip of the open headstock on the left side, or as on this pic on the lip of the open headstock?

As per the news clip above it states Jules lived at 4019 Iwalani place. A quick Google throws up a photo of the house, built in 1953. So it is a treat to see where Jules lived before his untimely death. Nice to think the property looks similar now to how it did 60 years ago - https://www.zillow.com/...

Thanks for the tab of White Christmas, appreciate all the arrangement work and tabs you posted Jack. V helpful ty

I believe they are identical. I swapped a prewar bakelite Ric pickup for my A22 fry pan pickup and it fit fine. So long as they are both 1 1/2" horseshoes they should be interchangeable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvsx55baXrk&t=1571s

starts at 17.50

Here is a simple version of Steelin' Home in C6 for non-pedal.

https://people.well.com/user/wellvis/ta ... inhome.tab

sent pm

If somebody joins the HSGA, and pay the $30 annual sub, do they have access to all full electronic back issues?

There are not so many Smeck-heads around these days, so value here is unlikely to be so high in cash terms. But, in terms of rarity and general interest there is plenty of value here. I have an old hardback Gibson book that states there is only 1 of these in existence but reading the Duchessoir book...

Never seen freetwear like that on any guitar I've played in the past 50+ years. Go back and do your homework before you try to recreate real fretboard wear. Just sayin". https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/16685_53813319_590294071381985_5256751863897784320_n_1.jpg Here is my '67 smuggl...

not a million miles away from the Emmons lap steel.

What a beauty. This actual guitar sold in 2013 for $2,000.

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Appreciate your analysis on this version of this song. I have spent much time over the past couple of years trying to emulate Dick's playing here. I believe the reverse slant sounds closer to the original than the 12.5 suggestion, and as well as sounding (to my ears) more authentic it is certainly m...

Still looking for an original fry pan. short scale 6 string preferred. got cash waiting. Please PM me with your guitar and I'm sure we can make a good deal

This happened to my beloved Basil bar. Basil wanted to replace it free of charge, but I wanted to keep it. End of the story - he advised to submerge the bar in very hot/near boiling water(without getting the problem end/inside the bar wet) for 30 seconds or so, and then just push the end back into p...

The precise casting, open backed neck, and open back with cover is all very similar to Century cast aluminum guitars from Chicago which were made in late 30s. I'd hazard a guess this could have been a prototype from the Century factory and they decided it would be more stable with the "wings&qu...

Your 1950 Ricky B7 is pre Vietnam war and pre Iraq war but generally preWar refers to being pre world war 2 :D As for the National Grand Console i can confirm they weigh a ton and have narrow string spacing. I won a legless (no sockets);one for a tickle over $200 on ebay less than 2 years ago and du...