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Topic: My latest creation |
Jimmy Gibson
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Cornwall, England
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 1:52 am |
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This is my latest home built steel,plays and sounds great,
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 7:49 am
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Looks good too!  |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 11:43 am
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Great job. Love the headstock. Reminiscent of the old ZB's. Any info/pics of the undercarriage?
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Dave Hepworth
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West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 3:34 am
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Nice looking guitar Jimmy.The headstock must surely be from a cliff white steel .Those pedals ,changer assembly and pickup look Cliff White too as is the wide string spacing
I had 2 of his guitars in the late 70s early 80 s.Cliff was based in Driffield North Yorkshire.He was a great guy and have very fond memories of going to Cliffs .He mainly played C6 and played this tuning really well.His last guitar I believe was a Universal he made for himself.Regards Dave |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 5:51 am
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| Nice steel build Jimmy would you say it’s a lot of work? |
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Jimmy Gibson
From:
Cornwall, England
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 7:30 am
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| Dave Hepworth wrote: |
Nice looking guitar Jimmy.The headstock must surely be from a cliff white steel .Those pedals ,changer assembly and pickup look Cliff White too as is the wide string spacing
I had 2 of his guitars in the late 70s early 80 s.Cliff was based in Driffield North Yorkshire.He was a great guy and have very fond memories of going to Cliffs .He mainly played C6 and played this tuning really well.His last guitar I believe was a Universal he made for himself.Regards Dave |
Yes Dave,the changer pedals and headstock are from one of Cliffs steels,the undercarriage has a more modern system,bellcranks are quick release Emmons Type,and it plays very well and sounds absolutely great.Also to add I used to own the personal Universal steel Cliff made for himself,it had two pickups,I wish I still had it, |
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Jimmy Gibson
From:
Cornwall, England
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 7:36 am Undercarriage
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Jimmy Gibson
From:
Cornwall, England
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 7:45 am Just too add
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| Just to add the body is made from hardwood dieboard,the steel now I know plays and sounds good is going to be taken apart and will then be finished with a beeswax rubbing in compound,then clear lacquer ,should look awesome. |
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 7:53 pm My latest creation
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Fine looking guitar.
Don't want to rain on your parade, But check your finish on a piece of scrap wood first. I tried to put lacquer over a gun stock finish, (Turpentine/ Linseed oil/ Bees Wax), The lacquer would not bond, It just wanted to peal off when rubbed.
Good Luck and Happy Steelin. |
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