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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 1:20 am |
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| Tom Bradshaw has got a super clean Fender for sale on his web site. I've seen it. Truly amazing. I didn't think it was a SM cuz it's got the lollipop tuners but Tom checked with Bobbe S. and he swears that it is. What do you think a guitar like this would bring these days? |
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Gary Boyett
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Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 6:25 am
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Here is the link:
THE QUAD
Lokks nice- refinished, but nice. |
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Bill Quinn
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 6:33 am
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| Wow that is quite an ironing board! Are those the original style controls and bridge covers? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 6:53 am
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The lollipop tuners are original. I have a few very early Stringmasters and they all have these tuners. These Stringmasters have different pickups on them also, there is no blend control.
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 7:48 am
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Billy, I bought this T-8 a little over a year ago and paid around $2000 for it then. After Jason Lollar rewound a bad pickup for me it works great and sounds awesome. Since then the prices for these wonderful guitars have gone up.
Erv, on mine the tone control works kind of like a blender control. The bridge pick up is always on so when you turn the tone control it just adds more of the neck pickup for the selected neck.[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 18 March 2006 at 07:50 AM.] [This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 09 April 2006 at 04:47 PM.] |
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Whit Snell
From:
San Antonio, TX
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 7:53 am
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That looks very much like mine but mine is a 1953 Serial number 0068. I bought it from the orignal owner and it was pretty much unplayed for 53 years. I wonder if Tom's is perhaps older than a 56'. Also wonder when they made the change to the newer tuner and pickup pot control. It has huge bass strings on the 4th neck and I recently bought a nut to convert it to smaller strings. I have been told that the bass string setup really didnt get much use. Can't say I ever heard a recording that used it.
Whit
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 8:08 am
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| Noel Boggs used the bass neck frequently. Listen to Magic Steel Guitar. |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 10:23 am
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I would bet that the finish on Tom Bradshaw's quad is not original.
...looks like a good candidate for gloss black lacquer to me. 
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 10:30 am
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| * [This message was edited by Gene Jones on 18 March 2006 at 11:20 AM.] |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 10:37 am
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| Is it a long scale? [This message was edited by HowardR on 18 March 2006 at 10:38 AM.] |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 11:05 am
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Yes--26". 33 frets.
Nobody has commented yet on the apparent lack of vol/tone controls on the Bradshaw quad. What's up with that?[This message was edited by Jon Light on 18 March 2006 at 11:07 AM.] |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Mar 2006 8:08 pm
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I guess they knew that some day I'd be building Volume/Tone~Control Boxes that clip on the leg of the guitar!
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“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
’05 D–10 Derby
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15”
Current Equipment
[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 19 March 2006 at 08:40 AM.] [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 22 April 2006 at 11:20 PM.] |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2006 8:33 am
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Does anybody what to make a ballpark figure on what a quad in average condition goes for?
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"Drinking up the future, and living down the past"--unknown singer in Phoenix |
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Jon Zimmerman
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2006 4:17 pm
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| Fender S-masters may be on the rise, value wise--but take a look at Ebay #7404648202--talk about getting 'out of reach', and it's only a Single 6! Whew! |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Apr 2006 7:09 pm
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I HAVE A 50's QUAD EIGHT FENDER, WALNUT IN COLOR, THAT I BAUGHT FROM THE HANK WILLIAMS MUSEUM, IN ALABAMA... I AM WORKING ON RESTORING IT.. GOT A LONG WAY TO GO..ARE THERE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE MECHANICS, TUNINGS, STRING GAGES, FINISH, PICK UP WINDINGS, .....
ANY AND ALL INFO WILL BE APPRECIATED...
OH YES , IT IS A 26 " SCALE....
JENNINGS UPK;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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EMMONS D10 10-10 profex 2 deltafex ne1000 pv1000, pv 31 bd eq, +
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2006 8:15 pm
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Jennings,
I wish I had some knowlege in this area. I hope you keep us up-to-date on your progress. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2006 8:18 pm
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Whit,
Give me your address, and tell me when you won't be home. |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Apr 2006 11:17 am
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DARRYL : I WOULD SEND YOU MY ADDRESS, BUT SINCE I MOVED , I DONT LIVE OR GO THERE ANY MORE...YOU CAN GO SEE MY "X" IF YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH....BUT SERIOUSLY,,, THIS RESTORATION WILL BE A LABOR OF LOVE....AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A GOOD USED CASE, TWEED, SCRATCHES, DIUNGS, USE AND ABUSE, WILL BE O.K.
HAVENT STARTED WORK YET, GATHERING PARTS, NEED
A LOT OF RE CHROMING WORK DONE, ECT....
JENNINGS,,,,,U PK;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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EMMONS D10 10-10 profex 2 deltafex ne1000 pv1000, pv 31 bd eq, +
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2006 11:56 am
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The serial number on my Quad is: (are you ready for this?) 0002. 
Erv |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Apr 2006 6:26 pm
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ERV, WAT U JEST SAD IM A SCINN...
JW U PK;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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EMMONS D10 10-10 profex 2 deltafex ne1000 pv1000, pv 31 bd eq, +
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2006 9:04 pm
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Jennings,
Is it hard to find an original case for one? |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2006 1:55 pm
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DARYL, I DON'T KNOW, HAVENT TRIED BEFORE NOW..
I WOULD SETTLE FOR A BEAT UP ONE....OR USED AMD ABUSED, HERRINGBORN...
JENNINGS,,,U PK,,, AGAIN;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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EMMONS D10 10-10 profex 2 deltafex ne1000 pv1000, pv 31 bd eq, +
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 7:07 am
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REMOVED
Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 28 Feb 2011 3:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 9:08 pm
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| welcome back, Jennings. Happy to see to return to that restoration. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 11:13 pm
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| What tunings are usually used on a quad? |
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