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Topic: Melobar 7 String Lap Steel |
Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Feb 2002 2:16 am |
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Ted at Melobar has a used 7 string lap steel on their website. It was returned by the customer, because it sounded too much like a Fender Stringmaster.???
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Ted Smith
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Idaho - shot of Jeff Peterson, Ted and Smith Curry "Nothing but the taillights tour"
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Posted 11 Feb 2002 7:34 am
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That's a smile Howard,
Anybody wants to try the guitar it's a money back guarantee, all you'd be out is shipping. Bill Leff is the guy that bought the guitar, it has a Kent Armstrong Jazz pickup and that is a quote from Bill that it sounded too much like a Fender Stringmaster. That is a flavor that is bright and "bighty", I played the guitar when it came back and did adjust my amp with bass and reverb, and I changed to a heavier gauge string set from what Bill wanted on it, the string gauge and tuning I do believe had a lot to do with the tone. Normally if someone wants a different tone we'll change pickups for free, but there are few 7-string pickups available.
and as Paul Harvey says...and that's the rest of the story.
[This message was edited by Ted Smith on 11 February 2002 at 07:35 AM.] |
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Jody Carver
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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 11 Feb 2002 5:03 pm
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Ted
Im still waiting for the FIREBALL MAIL on MP3
get it on there for all of these people to hear,,,but dont sing,,,you dont sound like
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Ted Smith
From:
Idaho - shot of Jeff Peterson, Ted and Smith Curry "Nothing but the taillights tour"
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Posted 15 Feb 2002 6:56 pm
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Well I got ta tell ya Jody! My Bluegrass voice is a coming along - just takes age - stress - and lots of wood dust.
[This message was edited by Ted Smith on 15 February 2002 at 07:03 PM.] |
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Lincoln Goertzen
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Taylor, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 16 Feb 2002 2:08 pm
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Ted, just wondering, wouldn't fiberglass dust be better than wood dust?
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Ted Smith
From:
Idaho - shot of Jeff Peterson, Ted and Smith Curry "Nothing but the taillights tour"
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Posted 16 Feb 2002 5:15 pm
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| Ya, the fiberglass fibers go more into the lungs and give that raspy Stanley brothers sound. |
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