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Topic: Al Sydnor's Fender 1000 - Restore or Play as Lap Steel? |
Tommy Martin Young
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Posted 24 Dec 2018 10:25 am |
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I just bought myself a christmas project and it turns out it belonged to a forum member Alvin Sydnor who I PM'd to see if there's a back story- If it's the white one he talked about painting in a 2007 post it's probably gone thru a world of hurt as it made its way to El Cajon, CA and now to Sacramento.
I think I may be running the steel version of an animal sanctuary - I also have a Gibson Grande Console that had been cut up to ADD pedals. Not. Pretty. Thoughts on letting it live out its life as really cool lap steel?
Merry X-Mas from the Island of Misfit Toys!
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Last edited by Tommy Martin Young on 26 Dec 2018 4:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Larry Carlson
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Posted 24 Dec 2018 1:20 pm
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The only reason I am saying this is because I play lap steel.
I would clean it up, get it working and have one heck of a double neck lap steel.
But.......that's just me.... 
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Tommy Martin Young
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Sacramento-California, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2018 2:04 pm
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Ya, that's where I am heading with it.One of my favorite songs is called "Thousand Dollar Car" (which would've been a luxury when I was 16) and I always remember this line:
A thousand dollar car ain't gonna roll
'Til you throw at least another thousand in the hole
Sink your money in it, and there you are
The owner of a two thousand dollar thousand dollar car
Perhaps it's a "Bound Stringmaster"?
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The One & Lonely Tommy Young
"Now is the time for drinking;
now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot."
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 24 Dec 2018 3:23 pm
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| This model does not have the roller nut. I'd leave it alone and make (keep) it as non-Pedal. |
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Tommy Martin Young
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Sacramento-California, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2018 4:50 pm
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| Jack Stoner wrote: |
| This model does not have the roller nut. I'd leave it alone and make (keep) it as non-Pedal. |
Thank you, Jack. That's exactly what I was looking for - a reason to just play it/enjoy it as-is. But me being me means I'll eventually give in to my compulsion to strip it & dip it, design a boo-wah switch and hide my own secret note under the tuners for someone to find in 2059 - when it's 100 and I'm either dead or comfortably numb.
Cheers!
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The One & Lonely Tommy Young
"Now is the time for drinking;
now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot."
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.) |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 3:09 am
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Refinishing it won't hurt it. It actually looks like it needs it.
Put it back to the original blond finish. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 5:21 am
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Do you have the cables and pedals? If not, you could at least make two or three knee levers. That would be easy to do and very cool.
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Tommy Martin Young
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Sacramento-California, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 8:59 am
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| K Maul wrote: |
| Do you have the cables and pedals? If not, you could at least make two or three knee levers. That would be easy to do and very cool. |
Unfortunately no pedals..appears to have been purposely re-purposed. Will definitely refinish it - I believe it was white/blonde. I'll take the alum/mag down to a buffed metal finish and add a cross piece across the front legs because I like that look...good ad space!
Here's a pic of the Gibson Grande that was operated on..ouch!
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The One & Lonely Tommy Young
"Now is the time for drinking;
now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot."
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.) |
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John Haspert
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 9:01 pm Gibson Console grande
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The poor Console Grande looks like it is in pain from the "modifications" So sad to see that....
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John Haspert
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 9:03 pm Gibson Console grande
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The poor Console Grande looks like it is in pain from the "modifications" So sad to see that....
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Donny Hinson
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Posted 26 Dec 2018 8:01 am
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| Just like a old car, at some point, a pedal guitar's just not worth fixing. It's too big, too heavy, and too bulky to be anything but a pedal steel, and there are plenty of multi-neck steels already out there for $200-$500. Therefore, I'd see that Fender 1000 only as about $600-$750 worth of parts. IMHO, there's no way it's worth all the effort to make a console out of it, one that might wind up being worth less than the value of the parts that are in it. |
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Tommy Martin Young
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Sacramento-California, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2018 4:36 pm
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| Donny Hinson wrote: |
| Just like a old car, at some point, a pedal guitar's just not worth fixing. It's too big, too heavy, and too bulky to be anything but a pedal steel, and there are plenty of multi-neck steels already out there for $200-$500. Therefore, I'd see that Fender 1000 only as about $600-$750 worth of parts. IMHO, there's no way it's worth all the effort to make a console out of it, one that might wind up being worth less than the value of the parts that are in it. |
I'm kind of thinking of it like those funky fiberglass dune buggies; totally impractical, some people hate em but often half the fun is customizing them (if that's your thing)! Thanks for the input!
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The One & Lonely Tommy Young
"Now is the time for drinking;
now the time to beat the earth with unfettered foot."
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 B.C.) |
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