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Topic: Tis The Season For .... Walnut |
Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 8:58 am |
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Finally got this one finished up. It has a sweet tone, open, airy, clear, and articulate.
Specs
22.5" scale
figured black walnut and quilt maple
pickup is a hand wound BG-Pups H90, a humbucker sized single coil built like a P90
bone nut
basswood inlay
Grover tuners
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 9:23 am One more head shaker!
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Tom, even if our beloved Santa is the one delivering this beauty, I can easily envision it 'somehow' not making it to the buyer...
But hey, maybe the North Pole needs another new and very happy steeler! |
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 9:25 am
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Tom, that's just exquisite!
a thing of beauty - can you post an audio clip?
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Chris Drew
From:
Bristol, UK
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 9:31 am
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Wow... you seem to outdo yourself every time!  |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 9:34 am
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| Is this the 2nd or 3rd of this body style? This is model is absolutely gorgeous. I could only dream of making music that sounds as beatiful as this guitar looks. |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 11:13 am
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Outstanding as usual Tom  Mighty fine, mighty fine... |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 11:32 am
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You sure make some beautiful steel guitars ...  |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 1:06 pm
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Thanks all, I love building them 
Ron, This one is yet to be claimed, but if we can't trust Santa, then who can we trust
It all came about when I was building another walnut 8 string body for a guy and had just enough of this sweet walnut left to build a short scale 6 stringer. I figured I might as well use it up while it was fresh in my head.
Rick, I'm a total woodsheder, but I'll try and get a little something posted up.
Chris, this is the 4th in this style I've done now. 2 - 6 strings and 2 - 8 strings. I've been discussing a possible 10 string version with a guy, we'll see if it pans out.
Thanks Fred, I like the bridge covers too. They are a bit of a pain, but worth the effort. I keep the profile low and tolerances tight so that they are not in the way.
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Charles Dempsey
From:
Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 3:04 pm
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Outstanding!
I particularly like that you use the arrow headstock shape. That is a straight string pull if I've ever seen one!
Charlie |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 4:09 pm
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Yeah, besides their fine looks, Tom uses some smarts in his construction and designs.
With him, Todd, and Rick making new versions of old styles, the steel world has lot's to be happy about.
Can't wait to see the 10 string critter Tom has been considering! |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 6:02 pm And Jason!...
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...and all the others I can't remember, or havn't found out about!
Or afford 
Thank God I have the one I love and need most. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 6:59 pm
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beautiful..that wood is good for the soul....and of course we realize that organic items are the only things that can move interdimensionally!
the only thing i would do differently would be to make 7 strings the smallest i would deal with...being a frustrated 6 stringer. |
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Jim Konrad
From:
The Great Black Swamp USA
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 7:31 pm Who needs pretty paper and a bow?
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Somebody will be one happy playin' son-O-gun come Christmas morn! If not sooner...
If that was an 8er I'd be quite cranky right now. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 13 Dec 2008 8:03 pm
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Yes, indeed, it is the season for walnut!
Tom, great work, really clean looking instrument you built there with some real panache.
Of course, being the season for walnut and all, I'm giving a sneak peak at a guitar that will be arriving here hopefully next week. It is a take on the original Rickenbacher Frying Pan prototype in walnut with an 25" scale and a gorgeous pickup made by Rick Aiello. Rick was so kind to take extensive measurements of his A-25 and submit them to the builder. The mysterious craftsman of this guitar: Arizona's own Mike Dotson, aka Mike D, also the builder of the really purty Weissonator.
'tis the season for walnut, indeed.
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Paul Smith
From:
Ma
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Posted 14 Dec 2008 7:11 am
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Hello Tom,
Another gorgeous lapsteel I see.....
If anyone needs a recomendation on the build
quality of these instruments and how they sound, you
can give me a shout. I am a proud owner of a
Pettengil lapsteel... and they do sound as good
as they look...
you can go here
www.myspace.com/milagrosaints and click on
the song "A million times"
to hear a pettingil in action
Looks like you hit another one out of the park
Tom!
take care,
smitty |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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George Piburn
From:
The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 14 Dec 2008 5:51 pm edit
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Last edited by George Piburn on 20 Jun 2012 5:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2008 6:04 pm Speaking of recess...
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| Tom, are the V/T knobs set into the wood a bit, or are they just real close to the surface? |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 14 Dec 2008 8:24 pm
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Thanks George ... walnut is a beautiful wood, just a pain in the ass to fill when you are going for that mirror finish. And you never know, the next one just may have a recessed jack 
Good eye Ron, the knobs are set into the cover a bit.
You can see the recess in this pic
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