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Topic: New Steel Guitar kit with case for $198.00 check it out |
Bill Dobkins
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Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 4 May 2009 10:54 am |
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I found this in an old song hits magazine from 1970.
Thought it would be an interesting thread.
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JERRY THURMOND
From:
sullivan mo u.s.a.
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Posted 4 May 2009 11:28 am
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Bill I actually have one of them , I gave it to my son many years ago, I think it cost $75 used, its no wonder he never did learn to play it, they wasn't much of a guitar but it did play some what. Thank god I had a better one then that to start out on.
Jerry
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 4 May 2009 1:28 pm
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| I built several of those in the late 70's for customers of a music store I worked for. Similar in ways to a ShoBud maverick, cheaper construction. I think they at least got a couple of people started on steel. |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 5 May 2009 6:45 am
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Hey, the Mark I was my first pedal steel and I purchased it from an ad in Guitar Player magazine. I finished the body myself and I think I paid $149.00. Many years ago  |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 6 May 2009 11:43 am
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Back then that was a down payment on a Cadillac.  |
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Ron !
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Posted 6 May 2009 12:36 pm
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You had to have safety glasses on to play one of those.Some say they even had a D10 model.I never seen one of those D10's though.
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 6 May 2009 1:24 pm
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| Yepper!!! That was my first PSG..I did a nice job on the bod but if I hadn't had some mechanical experience it never would have gotten off the ground.I finaly gave it away.Never did stay in tune... |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 May 2009 3:58 pm
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Market Rite made at least 3 different models, but all of them were pretty poor...compared to a Fender 400 or 1000, either of which could be bought (used) for about the same price back then!  |
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Michael Strauss
From:
Delray Beach,Florida
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Posted 7 May 2009 4:44 pm
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I got mine in 1978 for $149.00. I still have it and it stays in tune and dosen't break strings. I loved it, still have it and since I don't get rid of anything, I always will. My only problem is the plastic holders for the legs, two are broken. If I could replace or have new ones made, I would take it with me when I travel, it is light!
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 7 May 2009 8:26 pm
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Here's a similar ad from an old Guitar Player magazine. I got the opportunity to take apart a Mark 1 a few weeks ago. Very basic, like you would expect. Raise only changer. The knee lever E to Eb is accomplished by pre-raising the E with a strong spring and then you slacken it down to Eb with the knee lever.
Actually when we got that part of it set up right, it worked surprisingly well. I never did figure out a nice way to set up pedal c. I just couldn't do the multiple linkage cantilever flexible thingamajob. But pedals A and B set up ok. It was a little bit weird to get the turnbuckles just right, because some of that stuff had to turn in increments of 1/2 turn.
The pickup was a little low on windings on the one I messed with, but the tone was nice. It was light as a feather.
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 8 May 2009 5:32 am
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The title of this thread is kind of misleading.
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