string master rebuild
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- John Booth
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Re: string master rebuild
Oh LAWD !
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Oh YEAH !
Keep em' commin' Gary !
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Oh YEAH !
Keep em' commin' Gary !
Jb in Ohio
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one neck to go.
Had a nice block of aged mahogany but not enough for both necks. I'll enjoyed playing the other neck until I find more wood. I love the sound of these steels.
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- Doug Beaumier
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Thanks Doug. I was aware of the swamp ash but could not resist using a 40 year old peace of mahogany. It's a great tone wood as is swamp ash. I guess this could be a fender, Les Paul steel!
- Russ Cudney
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- Tom Pettingill
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hardware
This one was cut out part way, the other bridge plate was cut out all the way across. I'm going to try squaring the slots and fitting stainless. I'll put stainless wire in my mig and see if it can be welded on the back side. I'll also make some new ones out of stainless.
Tom's steels
Wow! Beautiful work. I'm inspired. I was thinking of building a EH 150 8 string with a longer scale. I have a 1939 and it's my favorite. Thanks to a forum member I found plans at JAG. Tom's work is motivating.
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would be cool
Knee levers on a string master could be cool. A practice block might make a safer start!
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I've always thought a Stringmaster with pedals would be an excellent idea. Although nowadays Stringmasters are rare, expensive and collectible, at the time they were often used by people experimenting with pedals, and many of them had holes drilled in them to take makeshift mechanisms worked by coathangers.
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