Epi Rocco or Duo Console?
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Not a Rocco, and probably not an Epiphone even tho the fretboards look very Epi, but an interesting steel nontheless. I saw it on Ebay a while back wishing I could snag it. I've long had an HO for Rocco's and by the looks of your steel collection, we have similar good tastes.
Will you be putting her into playing shape, Richard?
Here's a Rocco in it's case and a Rocco bar. www.telapex.com/~cejjrpe/rocco.htm Brroing!
Anybody know if Rocco's came in a dbl. 8 configuration? I've only seen them all ala Noel Bogg's set up of 7/8.
Did Big Jim Murphy own Noel's Rocco? I saw him tearing one up with III on Conan years back.
Will you be putting her into playing shape, Richard?
Here's a Rocco in it's case and a Rocco bar. www.telapex.com/~cejjrpe/rocco.htm Brroing!
Anybody know if Rocco's came in a dbl. 8 configuration? I've only seen them all ala Noel Bogg's set up of 7/8.
Did Big Jim Murphy own Noel's Rocco? I saw him tearing one up with III on Conan years back.
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Ron,
Thanks. I was pretty sure it wasn't a Rocco, but maybe a Duo Console, anyway prewar Epiphone. I snagged it this afternoon for $250 with beat up case. I think it is a really great looking thing. I don't own any double neck steels, so I thought the bin price was ok for what appears to be a prewar Epi.
The seller says the electronics work. I really don't care. I'll drop some machines on it, crank it up and see how it feels and sounds. If it sucks, I'll see if Rick Aiello will drop two different pickups of his in it.
Thanks. I was pretty sure it wasn't a Rocco, but maybe a Duo Console, anyway prewar Epiphone. I snagged it this afternoon for $250 with beat up case. I think it is a really great looking thing. I don't own any double neck steels, so I thought the bin price was ok for what appears to be a prewar Epi.
The seller says the electronics work. I really don't care. I'll drop some machines on it, crank it up and see how it feels and sounds. If it sucks, I'll see if Rick Aiello will drop two different pickups of his in it.
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Thanks guys,
Vega..........why didn't I think of that? I never saw a Vega double neck before.
I have some Vegas and like most of them a lot.
I really like the metal body one from the mid to late 30s.
It has a dual coil pickup, but I don't think it's a humbucker.
I haven't been very successful acquiring much info about Vega steels. Anybody out there know the history? Are there any old catalogs?
Vega..........why didn't I think of that? I never saw a Vega double neck before.
I have some Vegas and like most of them a lot.
I really like the metal body one from the mid to late 30s.
It has a dual coil pickup, but I don't think it's a humbucker.
I haven't been very successful acquiring much info about Vega steels. Anybody out there know the history? Are there any old catalogs?
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Long ago I saw a dbl. 7/8 Vega much like this metal one for sale, just missed it. I could tell from the pix it was a good sounding steel , even tho I quickly realized the PU covers weren't horseshoe PUs, which no doubt were made to impersonate and probably succeeded many times. I've certainly never seen another dbl. Vega like it.
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John,
Thanks for the reference link.
Matt,
Very interesting, especially the doubleneck with the metal covered bodies.
Here's a pic of my similar 6 string single neck.
I guess this one is also a humbucker.
Here's a real early one with a real horseshoe pickup.
It really sounds terrible, but it's sort of cool in kind of rustic way.
Thanks for the reference link.
Matt,
Very interesting, especially the doubleneck with the metal covered bodies.
Here's a pic of my similar 6 string single neck.
I guess this one is also a humbucker.
Here's a real early one with a real horseshoe pickup.
It really sounds terrible, but it's sort of cool in kind of rustic way.
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Richard,
That's a really cool model. I got one a few years back, payed too much for it, took it home and.....never looked back. It's a great guitar with two HUGE horseshoe magnets under the metal cover. I got it for what these sell for nowadays (approx.$300-450), but back then it was overpriced. I'll admit it though, it just looked so cool, and after playing it......'nuff said!
Ron,
Nope, that's not my guitar... ....but if it sounds like their single neck versions of the model, it has a very mellow tone, with a little sizzle (more so than the early aluminum Nationals). It doesn't compare to Ricky's dynamic tones, but I find it to be a good tone for a nice "muffly" sound.
Here are some pics of the internals, while taking it apart, I noticed that the magnets have lost a lot of pull......maybe resulting in the "mellow tone"? I'm hoping to recharge them someday soon.
And being the history geek I am, I keep my eyes open for literature on these old gems: dig the "free trial offer"!
That's a really cool model. I got one a few years back, payed too much for it, took it home and.....never looked back. It's a great guitar with two HUGE horseshoe magnets under the metal cover. I got it for what these sell for nowadays (approx.$300-450), but back then it was overpriced. I'll admit it though, it just looked so cool, and after playing it......'nuff said!
Ron,
Nope, that's not my guitar... ....but if it sounds like their single neck versions of the model, it has a very mellow tone, with a little sizzle (more so than the early aluminum Nationals). It doesn't compare to Ricky's dynamic tones, but I find it to be a good tone for a nice "muffly" sound.
Here are some pics of the internals, while taking it apart, I noticed that the magnets have lost a lot of pull......maybe resulting in the "mellow tone"? I'm hoping to recharge them someday soon.
And being the history geek I am, I keep my eyes open for literature on these old gems: dig the "free trial offer"!
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Wow, Matt, you're coming thru with a bunch of pix/info that I've wanted on these for a long time. Thanx!
A 'Triumphal'! Never would have known that. I wonder what the dbl. neck was called...?
I'd like to hear that muffly sound before you zap the PUs. Can you post up something Hawaiian? I'll bet it's close to the big old National and Dobro 'medallion' steels, which sound sweet.
A 'Triumphal'! Never would have known that. I wonder what the dbl. neck was called...?
I'd like to hear that muffly sound before you zap the PUs. Can you post up something Hawaiian? I'll bet it's close to the big old National and Dobro 'medallion' steels, which sound sweet.
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