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can anyone tell me anything about this melobar?


someone has modified the bridge and nut an set 6 strings on it, Is there somewhere i can get original parts for this guitar?

thanx A

Did you try The Melobar Website? I did hear they are getting back up and running soon.

Nice steels!

Yes... Ive contacted Mister Frost on this forum

thanx

Arne

Arne: You have just joined the club of dozens of Melobar Skreemr owners who don't have any idea what to do with the instrument. The split 6+4 stringing makes no sense, and every Melobar Skreemr has lost the fingerboard rod it came with. Mine is in storage.

Alan F. Brookes wrote:Arne: You have just joined the club of dozens of Melobar Skreemr owners who don't have any idea what to do with the instrument. The split 6+4 stringing makes no sense, and every Melobar Skreemr has lost the fingerboard rod it came with. Mine is in storage.

well its already converted into a 6 string... It comes with a "instruction-manual" im thinking about converting it back to 10 but maybe with a different tuning than the major/minor one. any idea what year this model came out?

It looks like mine did and in my opinion they are best used as 8 stringers. That weird 10 string setup kind of scuttled sales for these, just too weird for most players. They have a great layout for 8 string though.

actually not a skreemer but, a rocsac model. As I understand it there ate three models the V body skreemer, the one featured here and the gibson voyager inspired sxl

Keith Cordell wrote:It looks like mine did and in my opinion they are best used as 8 stringers. They have a great layout for 8 string though.

thanks for the info all of you ... the 8 string route may be perfect, stringspacing- wise, The nut and bridge has been filed to shreds on my guitar, but ive seen pictures in this forum of a guitar with a brass (?) lay-over bridge, does anyone know if these are custom made or spareparts that someone sell?

check picture here. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix/ ... ose2_1.jpg

I would recommend that you change the nut and bridge spacing, and tune to a regular C6. But it all depends what sort of music you are playing. If you play blues, maybe you should tune to open E.