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Topic: Leg Attachment Method For Console Grande |
George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 17 Apr 2011 12:24 pm |
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I've come across this Console Grande. It has a leg mounting arrangement which I have never seen before. The two left legs screw into the threaded sockets as the 4 legs on my own CG do.
The other two (right) legs are not threaded and are inserted into the holes you see on the right half photo and you turn the lever in the centre. This locks both legs into place.
The height adjustent is different also. The outside is the same, but each leg has a metal collar and a tapered metal (collar???) which locks against the bottom half.
Can anybody comment on this arrangement please.
The black rubber feet I put on as the old white ones were rotten.
Geo
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 17 Apr 2011 2:40 pm
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| The legs without threads are the standard factory issue. The threaded leg sockets have been added to the guitar. You can see that the cam lever post is still there, although it is no longer functional. The stock legs are notoriously shaky, and that is why someone added the threaded leg sockets. Too bad they didn't add them on the other end also. |
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 17 Apr 2011 4:13 pm
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Thanks for the info Rich. Much appreciated. My personal CG came with the screw-in legs back in the early 50's, there was nothing else on the bottom. Did they switch the standard factory issue of plain-end legs to threaded end legs at some point in time. I guess what I'm asking is, "is this guitar of an earlier manufacture????
Geo
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 6:36 am
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The early edition Console Grande came with only three legs.
On that model, you stuck the legs in the hole and gave them a 1/4 turn to lock them in place.
This was the real shaky model and the one that Don Helms played.
He had the legs replaced with a flange on the body and screw in legs. |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 8:58 am Console Grande
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| Hi George.. I have the identical guitar. Mine had the shakey orignal legs like mentioned above. I purchased 3 legs and mounts from Bobbe Seymore's shop in Nashville. I had to plug the old holes and drilled and mounted the new base's. Still 3 legs but made all the difference in the world. It looks like someone did a butcher job in the past. Super great instrument. Lots of luck Lee |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 11:59 am
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You guys wanna see a strange leg set up on a Grande Console? My D-7 has TWO legs! They are long, for standup playing, and have weird aluminum feet! The guitar is obviously a very custom-ordered guitar. Black, huge pearl blocks on the necks. I fastened the aluminum feet to a piece of carpeted plywood. Quite stable now.
The leg socket at the keyhead end is the same as this one. Off center, slightly to the front of the guitar.
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 12:21 pm Console Grande
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| Boy John.... Never seen one like that before..Like you said...must be a custom order job. Sure is different...Lee |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 12:42 pm
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Looks like a franken-steel to me!  |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 12:48 pm
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| Nope Erv! It's factory. Michael Lee Allen sent me a pic of another just about like it, but a D-8. The knobs are new Tele knobs, as the originals were missing when I got it. Notice that it's in a perfectly fitting factory Gibson case. I replaced the missing tuner, and installed the "keyheads" correctly. I'd say, custom-ordered during the transitional period between the Charlie Christian pickups, and the more "P-90ish" pickups that followed. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2011 7:35 am
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Erv,
At one time, the guitar had some sort of primitive pull/pedal device on the inside neck. But that had been removed by the time I got the guitar. Only thing left are the holes! |
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Bruce Terrell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 6:55 am
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| John Billings wrote: |
Erv,
At one time, the guitar had some sort of primitive pull/pedal device on the inside neck. But that had been removed by the time I got the guitar. Only thing left are the holes! |
That must have been pretty common in the early pre-pedal steel days. I've had two 50s era steels w/holes drilled in them for string pulling improv. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 6:58 am
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| I think Shot Jackson would do that to Stringmasters. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2011 7:11 am
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Here's a pic that shows the mounting holes for whatever that pulling mechanism was. Also note the "not Charlie Christian" pickups, and the added Boo Wah lever, which is hooked to a 1 meg pot, and works great.
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