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- Doug Beaumier
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- Doug Beaumier
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Thanks, Scott. I bought this quad two years ago. It was in mint condition when I got it. It has a few scratches and dings now, but that's fine with me. Instruments were made to be played and a little bit of wear is a good sign, in my opinion. When I got this Stringmaster there was a lot of beginner instructional material in the case... real simple stuff. The guitar never left the home of the original owner and it had been stored for years. I always wondered why a beginner/student would buy a 4-neck professional steel guitar? There was something wrong with that picture... all that easy lesson material, some hand written, inside a Quad case!
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Doug, great playing as always ! And I agree, I really like standards played on the steel...is the top neck a baritone tuning ? I have to admit, my first steel was a used Fender quad...I was working in a music studio as a guitar teacher in the mid 60s and my instructor (on both guitar and steel) Bill Pruitt had his quad in the back closet and sold it to me for $150 when I got an interest in steel (which came out of him teaching a student Steelin the Blues..that knocked me out and made me want to play steel...I was in such a hurry to learn pedal steel that I traded it back into him in a couple of years for a Fender 400....gosh how I wish I still had that quad ! Anyway, thanks for posting that video...nice work, as always !
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- Doug Beaumier
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The 'front' neck is the one closest to the audience. The 'back' neck is the one touching your belly.Joe Elk wrote:Nice Doug! I alway though the rear neck with the one with the strings pitched lower.
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- Doug Beaumier
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Yep, that's it. The front neck is at the front of the guitar and rear neck is at the rear of the guitar (where the player is) Lately I've met a couple of players who think the front neck is the one closest to the player and the rear neck is the furthest away. I can't understand that concept.
By the way, I've noticed that two or three necks can be activated at the same time by pressing down the buttons together. But when that's done, the output and the tone of each neck is diminished (no pun) quite a bit. I'd rather activate just one neck at a time to get the maximum output from each neck.
By the way, I've noticed that two or three necks can be activated at the same time by pressing down the buttons together. But when that's done, the output and the tone of each neck is diminished (no pun) quite a bit. I'd rather activate just one neck at a time to get the maximum output from each neck.
The easiest way to explain/remember it is that the Fender logo goes on the front of the guitar.Doug Beaumier wrote:Lately I've met a couple of players who think the front neck is the one closest to the player and the rear neck is the furthest away. I can't understand that concept.
I must admit though - I always get confused when people talk about the front/rear pickups on a Tele or whatever - on my guitars, all the pickups are on the front! I always say neck/bridge.
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