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Topic: An 8 String I Hope to Have Available in Dallas |
Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 3:36 pm |
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Here is a keyless lap steel I hope to have available at my booth in Dallas. I will have 2-3 new 8 string lap steels plus I may have a couple of proto-types that I experimented with. I had planned on having 6-8 new ones but they sold before I finished them.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 9:53 pm Good job!
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Is that the latest incarnation of your keyless designs, Sonny?
Good choice of PU, and body length. I think there is a good market for compact good sounding steels.
I'd like to see a dbl. neck of your design. |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 11 Mar 2008 10:36 pm
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| If they sound as good as they look, HAVE MERCY! |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 12:58 am
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That looks great Sonny, very smmoth and clean design.  |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 3:34 am
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Sonny,
Due to my work schedule I can't make it to Dallas but if you could email me the length and weight information I may be very interested. This may be perfect for a travel steel I have been looking for.
Thanks,
G |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 7:02 am
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Tom,,the last 2-3 colored ones have been ash,,,of course the natural colored ones have been maple, mahogany etc. I'll probably make the colored ones in the future out of maple also simply because it holds an edge better.
Gary,,length is about 26",,weight seems to be 5-6 lbs according to my bathroom scales. |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 7:05 am
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| Ron,,I have plans for a double neck as soon as I have time,,,also a single 8 with tuning change capability. |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 2:36 pm
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| Very nice looking instrument Sonny, is the keyless tuner similiar to a pedal steel |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 4:03 pm
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Gary it is the same principal as a Kline tuner.
Here is another one,,,,
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 4:25 pm
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That's a very unique looking guitar, Sonny. I like the streamlined way it all fits together.
How does it sound?
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 4:53 pm
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Thanks Brad,,,we just got word that my 98 year old mother in law is in a bad way,,,so there is a chance we may not get to go to Dallas,,,will know more tomorrow maybe.
Last edited by Sonny Jenkins on 12 Mar 2008 6:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Rich Taylor
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 5:45 pm
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| Sonny - Do you make a left handed model? -Thanks -Rich |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 6:11 pm
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| Rich,,,yes,,,no problem,,,thanks for your interest! |
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Rich Taylor
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2008 6:27 am
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| Sonny - When you get the time can you send me a price list? Thanks -Rich |
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