Jody Carver's Fender Stringmaster Club

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 17 Jan 2005 5:26 am

Sorry, I just noticed the double post.

It won't happen again,,,,, today.

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Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 17 Jan 2005 11:52 am

Howard..get serious your question regarding Ralph Hanzel was tempting so I was pulling your leg.

Ralph was a partner in a firm that was producing accordians. His accordian was called the Lesman Accordio Organ. It was as close as sounding to a Hammond as you could get. Fender sales had distributed the Lesman for a few years, but problems with manufacturing changes caused Fender to abandon the idea.Ralph Studemann was Hanzels partner in the Lesmann company. Al Marcus may have some additional information on this as Lesmann was located in Michigan during those early days. If Al sees this he may have a comment regarding this.

Fender early on had distributed the Hayes Band Instruments as well. Sax Trumpet Clarinet etc. That too was dropped when Fender made its mark in the guitar and amp market.

The name Hayes was taken from a Fender rep of the pioneers of Fender as he was a fine Trumpet player. Charlie was killed in an auto accident not far from the orginal Fender plant in Fullerton Calif.

AS for Al Kelly? I never really knew much about him only that he was popular on the East Coast playing steel with a few groups of names I cant recall.He I beleive was from out of Ohio somewhere.

edited for spelling[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 17 January 2005 at 12:09 PM.]

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 17 Jan 2005 4:38 pm

Jody, at first I thought that you might be serious about "Hanzel & Gretel", but then when I saw "Kelly's Bar" I knew that I was getting the routine. About Meyers.....I would have come up with Oscar Meyer and his tube steak amp.

But then what do I know?

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 17 Jan 2005 4:57 pm

But then what do I know

How to stay single.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 17 Jan 2005 5:30 pm

What name for the web site..
jody-carver.com ?
tweed-knight.com ?
jcfsg.com ?
Jody Carter Fender Stringmaster Guitar)

are available

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 17 Jan 2005 5:44 pm

How about "Fenderstringmasterclub"?
or "JCfenderstringmasterclub?
or JCFSC for short?

Ben Rubright · Post by **Ben Rubright** » 17 Jan 2005 7:20 pm

Add me to the membership roles.

Ben Rubright
Port Charlotte, FL

'50s Fender Dual Professional

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 18 Jan 2005 12:22 am

Ron, Basil - jcfsg.com is a good choice, because it could be "Jody Carver Fender Steel Guitar Club" That way the beloved Custom and Dual Pro Steels would be included . .

but, whatever you want to call it is ok with me.

[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 18 January 2005 at 02:43 AM.]

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 18 Jan 2005 8:00 am

Hi all
My dad asked me to inform you that he will be off line for awhile. His monitor seems to have gone dead and he is waiting for someone to help him determine what the problem is.

Thank you
Lorrie Carver

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 18 Jan 2005 8:05 am

He probably knocked the plug out of the back again when he was using that white-out on the screen to fix his spelling mistakes..

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 19 Jan 2005 6:06 am

I Have almost 10 GIGABYTES of on-line space at my web server, and can post any amount of pics and sound clips
Let Garry Boylet be "The Boss" and I'll be the "Donkey" .. no problemmo !!
(Who said that?)
Baz

Max. disk space 10000 MB
Space used by website 603.82 MB
Space used by database 0 MB
Space used by logfile (FREE) 2.51 MB
Total disk space used (incl FREE logfiles) 606.33 MB (6%)
Max. data transfer per month 50000 MB
Data transferred this month 436 MB (0.43 GB) (0.87 %)

Ron Brennan · Post by **Ron Brennan** » 19 Jan 2005 2:18 pm

Basil,

Just visited your web site & wanted to let you know...... it's really nice, cool

photos of your group and the history. Your steel sound byte is super!!

Made my day, it's snowing in NJ as I send this out

......TX
rgds,
Ron

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"55" Stringmaster D8,"59" Stringmaster D6
"67" Telecaster,
"60"Fender Concert Amp 4-10's

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 20 Jan 2005 8:08 pm

Baz that sounds like plenty of room. We should have some fun with that much space.

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I have been out of town.
The JCFSGC that Rick talked about sounds fine too. It's all good

We are now up to 26 members throughout the world!!!

Rick, better get some more chairs!!!

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JCFSC member since 2005
D-8 Stringmaster
fender Dual Pro

Chris Scruggs · Post by **Chris Scruggs** » 20 Jan 2005 8:21 pm

Here are my pre-'65 Fenders:

1948 Fender Dual Professional
1950 Fender Deluxe 8
1950 Fender Pro Amp
1951 Fender Custom
1953 Fender Dual Professional
1954 Fender Dual Professional
1955 Fender Stringmaster (D-8, 24.5")
1955 Fender Stringmaster (D-8, 22.5")
1958 Fender 400
1962 Fender Super Amp
1962 Fender Musicmaster
1963 Fenber Volume/Tone pedal
1965 Fender Jaguar
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Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 20 Jan 2005 8:51 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>We are now up to 26 members throughout the world!!!

Rick, better get some more chairs!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It's already SRO! (Steelin' Room Only)

.

Chris, those are some impressive qualifications . .

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Rick Alexander
57 Fender Stringmaster T8, 49 Fender Custom, 69 Strat, Rickenbacker BD6, National New Yorker
Music Man, Fender & Peavey Amps

Ron Brennan · Post by **Ron Brennan** » 20 Jan 2005 9:45 pm

Nice start-up enrollment!!

Let's see, Chris has 13 Fabulus Fender's. They must be locked up in Ft. Knox...that's a lot of "oldies but goldies".

Just for fun, how many Fender's do we have altogether, in the enrollment group? I hope Chris is enrolled!!!

Fender, take note, we're coming at ya...Soooooon

TX
rgds,
Ron

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"55" Stringmaster D8,"59" Stringmaster D6
"67" Telecaster,
"60"Fender Concert Amp 4-10's

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 20 Jan 2005 10:42 pm

I have three Fenders:

1952 Fender Dual Eight Professional
blonde
1954 Fender Triple Stringmaster 26" scale, blonde
1957 Fender 1000 nine pedals, polished frame, blonde, double eight
(I think this is a 1957, could be later)

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Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 20 Jan 2005 11:48 pm

Let's see . .
57 Stringmaster T8 22.5"
60 Stringmaster T8 24.5"
63 Stringmaster D8 22.5"
48 Dual Pro
49 Custom
51 Custom
47 Champion (hey, I play it and it's a Fender)
57 Champ (see above)

Plus this One-Of-A-Kind TwoTone 5 Neck Stringmaster that was custom made for the one and only S t r e t c h Armstrong!

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basilh · Post by **basilh** » 23 Jan 2005 10:23 am

What about if we had a dedicated web site..AND.. published a quarterly mag on-line, like this:-
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http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/waikiki_islanders/Page-02.gif
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/waikiki_islanders/Page-03.gif
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/waikiki_islanders/Page-14.jpg

etc
Baz

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 23 Jan 2005 10:49 am

Nice guitar Rick.. AMAZINGLY similar to this..

He He He..

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 23 Jan 2005 12:02 pm

Why, yes indeed Basil - there are some remarkable similarities. Is it just coincidence? Or perhaps something infinitely more sinister . . .

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 23 Jan 2005 12:25 pm

Stringmasters

1950's Quad 24 1/2
1960's Quad 24 1/2
1963 T8 22 1/2
1950's D8 26
1960's D8 22 1/2
late 1970's D8 24 1/2 ebony
1960's D6 24 1/2
1970's D6 24 1/2
1970's or late 60's S8 22 1/2

Pedals

1000
Student S10 3&1
Artist S10 3$4
PS 210 5&4

1960 Mandocaster
1970's Mandocaster

I have what I think is a Champ - tuner pan w white tuning knobs, white pick up cover, rectangular fret markers, chrome knobs, walnut finish, 3 legs, Fender in script and pat. pending on the tuner pan.

I have T8 Custom that I picked up off ebay some years back. The body is cracked in a couple of places.

One other, but that's another story for another time.

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 23 Jan 2005 1:46 pm

The body is cracked in a couple of places.

I'll take that. I'm cracked in many places as well.

Chris Scruggs · Post by **Chris Scruggs** » 23 Jan 2005 2:35 pm

Howard,

A Champ with legs is a Studio Deluxe. Other than that it's the exact same guitar.

Chris S.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 23 Jan 2005 4:47 pm

Thanks Chris.

Gruhn's guide threw me off because they describe the Studio Deluxe as having dot & diamond fret markers, and mine has rectangles.