Quad Stringmaster at shop in Utah

[Bill Quinn]

While netsurfing I came across this Quad Stringmaster for sale for big bucks at a shop in Salt Lake City. Intermountain Guitar and Banjo. They list it as having Serial #247.

Just posting this for the curious and wealthy ..

http://www.guitarandbanjo.com/details/4959.html

[Stu Schulman]

Bill nice guitar,I went to that shop a few years ago...shall I say nothing that charm school couldn't change,I couldn't wait to get out of there.

[Eric Stumpf]

$3500.00 is about what a nice post-'54 Stringmaster Quad goes for these days. This one is the more desireable long-scale model and is the rarer brown finish.

[Bill Quinn]

Would this one be a '55-'56 because of the pushbutton neck selectors, or did they have those on later Quad models as well?

Definately an instrument for those of strong mind and body!!

[Eric Stumpf]

The original Stringmasters...1953 and 1954...are very different guitars when compared to ones like this Quad. All Quads from 1955 to end of production used this style of neck selector switch. These tend to have a habit of malfunctioning but are extremely easy to clean and repair. It breaks my heart to see a Stringmaster that has a different replacement switch installed because someone changed out the original. What causes the problem is that the two contact points for each button develop oxidation on their surfaces and this degrades the signal transference. Close the contacts by pushing the button in and run a piece of fine emery cloth between the two pieces of metal and that takes care of the problem. A ten minute job.

[Doug Beaumier]

At first I thought this was my old guitar! I had one exactly like it a few years ago, and the pushbuttons were a real nuisance.

[Bill Creller]

Like Eric sez, a good cleaning is usually all they need. I think Bas rewired his with different switches to get as many necks on or off as he wanted.

[Sam Floyd]

I am in a pretty good position for a comparison. Mine is a 1953. I have more pictures if required.

Sam

[Ron Whitfield]

Sam, what is the serial # on your Dad's '53 quad?
It's not often we see an early one such as that, with the chromed PU covers and straight legs. Quite scarce.
Play that sucker til the cows come home!

See ya next month!

[Sam Floyd]

Ron

I love playing it. I am not very good, but I keep plugging away. The date inside the tuning pan cutaway is 6-4-53 but I never found the SN.

Sam