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I'll be there, but I hope the place isn't swarming with calendar collectors. Nude farming, what a concept.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Howard Clark on 08 July 2005 at 06:28 AM.]</p></FONT>

I'm sure there was a time when a Mandolin Camp was considered impractical. Things like this generally work best if they evolve, I think there are plenty of wannabe steel players out there (like me) to make it work, but connecting to them is another story. I think the key to the success of the Midwes...

It might be a lap steel, but it looks like sculpture to me. The concept, design, workmanship, as well as your photography, are exquisite. MOMA should do an exhibition of your work.

I have a an old National Triolian (single cone, bisquit bridge) with a raised nut. I installed an old DeArmond archtop pickup at the end of the bridge and use a mic as well. It sounds suprisingly good, I think it is because neither the mic nor the amp need to be turned up into feedback territory. I ...

I attended the Midwest Banjo Camp in June. Banjo players are at least as splintered in terms of tunings and instruments as are steel players, this camp was for 5-string players and included Bluegrass (like Dobro, mainly one tuning) and Old-Time (not as many tunings as Hawaiian steel, but plenty) as ...

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Thanks for the compliments, but it would be in a UPS scrap sale without the Steel Guitar Forum. Thanks to everyone for your help.

Howie

I repaired broken neck the early forties Bakelite Rickenbacher using the Wayne Tanner method suggested to me by Roy Montee. I ordered the Brownell's AcraGlas at a local gun shop and while waiting for it to arrive, I built a clamping gizmo out of 3/4 inch plywood. The neck pieces fit together perfect...

As a car guy, I can say that auto shops don't do plating, they send it too specialized companies that only do plating. "Chrome" plating, if done right, is actually done in three layers, copper, nickel, and chrome. Chrome is glossy and transparent, very thin and hard, and functions like the...

With advice from Ray Montee and Bill Creller, who told me about the AcraGlas repair used by Wayne Tanner, I decided to try to repair the broken Rickenbacher. I ordered the AcraGlas in the red box from a local gun shop. When the epoxy arrives, I'll document the repair with photographs and post them h...

Gerald,

That was exactly what I was going to say, but I couldn't remember how to spell "Plumeria" (or what it is, for that matter).

Howie

Here are two photos of the busted Bakelite Rickenbacher http://www.twinrocker.com/Catch_All/Busted-Rick-1.jpg http://www.twinrocker.com/Catch_All/Busted-Rick-2.jpg In the first photo arrows point to the broken case and the neck, broken off right at the body. For the second photo, I removed the screw...

My apologies to Gerald Ross! I miss-spoke badly in my attempt to be brief! I DID NOT BUY THE BROKEN NECKED RICKENBACHER FROM GERALD ROSS! I was very impressed with Gerald's pre-war Rick when we jammed in January. I am a newby acoustic slide player, but we had a lot of fun and I decided then and ther...

Can anyone tell me if a Bakelite Rickenbacher neck can be repaired and how much it would cost? After meeting Gerald Ross and lurking here, I bought a postwar Bakelite Rick on Ebay, but it arrived with a broken neck. UPS will either (1) pay me the insurance ($800) and keep the Rick or (2) pay me to h...