How many play an older guitar?

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 15 Apr 2003 8:39 pm

1979 Emmons. Nuff said!

Frank Parish · Post by **Frank Parish** » 16 Apr 2003 2:03 am

71 Emmons p/p 9/8
66 Emmons p/p 8/8
72 Sho-Bud 8/5
62 Fender Stringmaster

75 and 76 Session 400's

69 Standel
The old stuff still sounds great and plays great.

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 16 Apr 2003 7:28 am

76 sho~bud fender

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 16 Apr 2003 3:25 pm

Frank,you are armed pretty darn good I would say...
your bud Damir

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Richard Shelley · Post by **Richard Shelley** » 16 Apr 2003 4:00 pm

I play an older BMI. Can anyone tell me how to ascertain what year it actually is?

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 16 Apr 2003 4:32 pm

I've got some older ones. They just seem
to have more character. Each one sort of
has it's own personality. The newer steels
are great, but they sound like.....
well...new steels!

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Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 16 Apr 2003 7:49 pm

I have a 1973 MSA Classic U12. See my link, below.

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D Schubert · Post by **D Schubert** » 16 Apr 2003 9:24 pm

1965 Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10
19?? Sho-Bud Maverick, metal keyhead, rollers
1950's Supro Grand Console 8-string
1950's Airline 6-string
1939 Dobro model 45 squareneck
1928 Dobro model 55 roundneck
1930's Oahu student model Hawaiian

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 18 Apr 2003 8:14 pm

Right now, I am playing a MSA "Universal" with 8/5 flame green wood lacquer, triple raise and lower. Weighs 39lbs out of the case. I like it.It is about 20 years old, just a youngster compared to me. LOL...al

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 19 Apr 2003 11:07 pm

'35 Dobro
'40s Rickenbacher
'49 Fender D8
'54 Stringmaster T8
'58 Fender 400
'58 Martin D-18
'60 Fender 400
'62 Fender 1000

Carl West · Post by **Carl West** » 20 Apr 2003 10:37 am

Fender 2000 altered with 9 and 3 knees. Lake Placid blue, all chrome pedals. Proto type. Chrome pedals thanks to Gene Fields.

Fender Twin with 2 12" JBL's. Also Fender Proto type.

Fender Showman enclosure with 2 15" JBL's, Horn driver with crossover. Proto type

Carl West
Emmons D-10

Robbie Daniels · Post by **Robbie Daniels** » 20 Apr 2003 12:56 pm

I play a 1974 MSA classic D12 9 & 5 built for me to my specifications and I wouldn't trade it presently for anything unless the new Melliniums have something better to offer. I love the sustains and ease of playing. It is a bit heavy, but you can't have everything. I use a 10k pot Goodrich volume pedal and two evans amps 1983 FE500 LV w/JBL E130 and 1999 E200 LV w/stock 15". My style is really not so much the new speedy style so maybe that makes a different also. I like the fatness of the older steels, especially on the C6th where my bottom is very low.

Kenny Foy · Post by **Kenny Foy** » 20 Apr 2003 5:44 pm

1975? SHO-BUD PRO11 CUSTOM DOUBLE 12 AND 1984 EMMONS PP

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 21 Apr 2003 6:33 am

2 Pair of Plaid Pegged Pants circa 1952
1 Pair Penny Loafers circa 1949 (needs heels)
3 skinny ties
1 lb hair glue "pomade"
These are NOT FOR SALE.
1 Arthur Godfrey Ukelele..

Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 21 Apr 2003 7:34 am

Endecott keyless, lefthanded,S-10 with pad, looks like an older MSA underneath with round cross-rods, so it's probably old, but I don't know how old

Rick Aiello · Post by **Rick Aiello** » 21 Apr 2003 7:49 am

My Oldies

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Matt Brydges · Post by **Matt Brydges** » 21 Apr 2003 8:47 am

I do.
67 Emmons D10
70 Fulawka S10
70s Session 400

Matt

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 21 Apr 2003 4:17 pm

Everything I have is old.

Skip Keane · Post by **Skip Keane** » 21 Apr 2003 5:07 pm

1972 Sho Bud Professional
1952 Oahu "Killer Bee" Lap Steel
1965 Ampeg Jet
1961 Leslie 122 amp/speaker
Love the old tube sound...love the craftmanship and real wood too.
Skip

Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 22 Apr 2003 5:47 am

My current main guitar is a 79 model, but it's a Franklin, so the mechanics are still state of the art for 'modern' guitars. I have a new Weissenborn style guitar, a new Asher lap steel, a middle aged dobro, but a '30s National, and a 50s Fender deluxe 8. I also have some older amps, including a 50s Fender Pro and a 60s Showman, but the amp I mostly use is a 2002 model THD tube head.

For me it's 99% tone. My newer guitars sound great, that's why I play them (in particular, the new Weissenborn sounds better than any prewar guitar I have ever played). If there was an older pedal steel that had a tone I absolutely loved, I would probably make the funky mechanics work for me. I'm lucky that I am crazy about the sound of my Franklins, because they also work so well. The only older guitar that I would think about owning would be a ZB, because of the unique killer sound of those axes. If I ever were to do such a thing, I would put a very simple copedent on the thing and never touch the mechanics.

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Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 22 Apr 2003 10:05 am

RICK
All I can say is "DYNAMITE"...really great.

Thanks for sharing.

Gary Slabaugh · Post by **Gary Slabaugh** » 24 Apr 2003 8:01 am

I only have one guitar older than me

It is a Rick Bakelite. I have one guitar my wife's age (National Double

and my "new one" is a 1959 Golden Hawaiian accoustic. If each of them were tuned in a different tuning..how old am I?

Morten Sand · Post by **Morten Sand** » 24 Apr 2003 1:46 pm

I play an old Franklin serial# 002,
and it's a great guitar

Look at the pictures on my web site.
www.morten-sand.com

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 26 Apr 2003 8:37 am

I play a 1977, S-11 RusLer. It still sounds great to my ears (huh!) Never had any major problems with it, even though it's got thousands of hours of playing. I have ordered, and hope to receive my new S-12 Zumsteel soon. I'm still keeping the RusLer, though.

Kenny Forbess · Post by **Kenny Forbess** » 26 Apr 2003 2:26 pm

66 Emmons # 1026-D, 8&8 bolt-on
Kenny

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