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Topic: Guys, can you help a friend of mine? |
Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 10:17 pm |
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Guys and gals, a buddy of mine works at a local pawn shop, and he got this homemade steel in. It's a real mishmosh of parts, it's left handed... he has no clue what to ask for it. I can say this much; it does tune. I got it that far. Can you guys and gals look at the pics, and tell me what parts are involved? I can tell the Emmons fretboard, and the MSA floor pedals; the rest I'm at a loss for. He stuck a price tag of $399 on it; I'm really not sure it's worth that, even. Any help and advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Here's the link for the album:
http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o54/Steelharp/strange%20steel/
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http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o54/Steelharp/ |
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Murnel Babineaux
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Mermentau, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 10:38 pm
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The keyhead is either an MCI or MSA. It looks that way to me.
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 10:42 pm
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| Lots of MSA stuff- esp undercarriage(bellcranks, pedals, pedal brackets, crosshafts, stops), ~ as well as keyhead and alum. end of neck mounting changer. |
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Ron !
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 1:40 am
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looks like a Sho-Bud changer to me.
Ron |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 4:46 am
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Well, the undercarriage, changer, roller nuts, and keyhead look to be very early MSA parts. The body looks homemade.
Both my children are left handed and I know the lengths they will go to when they need something "changed" to work lefty. This looks like a lefty's attempt at a conversion.
It would be quite a project for someone to build a new cabinet, but probably not worth the effort....maybe someone would want it for spare parts, though.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 5:04 am IMHO
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| Yes, playability aside, there seems to be at least a couple of hundred dollar's worth of parts there. If it comes with a decent case, it's probably worth $399. |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 6:08 am
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Can't identify the pickup, but I can tell that it's the wrong one for that steel's string spacing. That PU was made for wider string spacing.
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Mike |
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Mike Sweeney
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Nashville,TN,USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 10:33 am
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That guitar use to belong to Jeb Baldwin who moved back to North Carolina. I know he had a lot of tuning issues with the guitar. The parts are probably worth something though.
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 7:38 am
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ooops!
Last edited by David Mullis on 26 Jan 2007 7:40 am; edited 1 time in total |
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 7:39 am
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| Judging from the mount and the spacing. I know Emmons spacing is wider than MSA (owned both). I'm thinking that may be an early Emmons pickup because, the early ones had solid black top plates, not the black/white/black that came later. The only reason I'm not 100% sure is, because it's hard to tell if those are 3/16 magnets or 1/4". |
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I'll ask him...