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Topic: Oahu Steel Guitar with Rick pickups? |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 2:46 pm |
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| A pretty little guitar now on eBay has a set of Rick appearing pickups in place. Does anyone know? Are they real or merely look alikes? If real, it could be a real honey of a lil' guitar. |
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Max Laine
From:
Pori, Finland
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 3:16 pm
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| Ebay # 7364606782 [This message was edited by Max Laine on 08 November 2005 at 03:20 PM.] |
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Roger Smith
From:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 3:16 pm
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Hi Ray-
I own the exact same guitar and also have the matching 'radio face' amp (8 watts, radio tubes, Oahu written in wood script across the front)it came with. I've been trying to find out what model guitar this is for a while.
Overall a very cool sounding guitar, with 'vibe' for days. |
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Ron Bednar
From:
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 3:59 pm
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Roger,
Off hand I'd say it's a Diana, but I never knew Oahu used a horseshoe pickup...yours has one too? If so that's pretty interesting.
Cheers, Ron |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 4:41 pm
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I had one exactly like that, except for the horseshoe. Never seen them with a horseshoe before.....
Steinar
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 4:55 pm
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I thought about bidding but I prefer the short scale. I bet it sounds nice with that PU.
Ron |
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Roger Smith
From:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 6:52 pm
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Hi Guy's - I looked at the eBay guitar closer and it has 4 screw holes (2 on either side of the P/U) which mine doesn't have. I'm not sure why.
The pickup on mine has a piece of wood(?) sandwiching the top and bottom of the pickup. The P/U itself has black wire wrapped around it, so I'm not sure exactly what kind of P/U these are. If you look close the vol and tone pots are old AM radio knobs.
Diana's have Diana actually on the guitar.
Andy Volk's book has an old ad for Oahu's and this guitar and the amp are in it. |
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