Carl McLaughlin
From:
St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 20 Mar 2011 2:22 pm |
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I have finally finished my upgrade to my Melobar Rattler,I installed schaller tuners,rebuilt the nut,made a new bridge from 1/4"brass,increased the string spacing,inlaid 1/4 brass plate in the back of the body for better sustain,installed a Vintage Vibe custom pickup built just for this application.Sustain,volume and tone incredible.Pete does a great job on the pu..
Carl
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning.Just bought back my old SX lap steel that i modified, in open G |
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 20 Mar 2011 5:46 pm
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Carl,
I had a Melobar Rattler 8 awhile back and did the much the same thing. Installed Grovers,new bridge, nut, and pup. It made a big difference. I also increased the string spacing to 3/8" as the strings were too close together for my taste. I ended up selling it on Craigslist last summer. Wish now that I had kept it. It was lightweight and a good guitar to take to gigs.
Gary |
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