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Re: string master rebuild

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Oh LAWD !
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Keep em' commin' Gary !
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Looking good! :D
1958 D8 Stringmaster, 1958 T8 Stringmaster, 1955 Q8 Stringmaster (in basket), 1949 Gibson BR9, 1953 Silvertone, 1957 Harmony H4 (yeah the cool black pearloid one), 1947 National Princess, 1969 Shobud S10 3X1
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Is this a pedal steel? What are all the rods and linkage underneath for? I'm not familiar with a Stringmaster.
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Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually

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John Booth wrote:Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually

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Oh, Thanks John
I hope to get my hands on one someday.
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one neck to go.

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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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These FENDER guitars were made of Swamp Ash wood.
Not sure if the wood has any bearing on the sound of the guitar.??

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Great job, Gary!
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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!
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Do you have all the hardware? Was is butchered too?
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Looking good Gary! You have bitten off quite a project for sure :)
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Image 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.
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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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i kind of liked it the way it was!
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would be cool

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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. :whoa:
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Nice start on that project ! I wonder how a Stringmaster would sound in mahogany (?) Maybe not as trebly as ash, and a bit more mellow...(?) I guess you will find out !
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