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Arne Skage
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 1:47 am |
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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
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Gary Boyett
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 3:57 am
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Did you try The Melobar Website? I did hear they are getting back up and running soon.
Nice steels! |
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Arne Skage
From:
Norway
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 7:01 pm
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| 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. |
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Arne Skage
From:
Norway
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 10:58 pm
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| 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?
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Keith Cordell
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San Diego
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 11:52 am
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| 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. |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 5:15 pm
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| 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 |
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Arne Skage
From:
Norway
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 2:15 am
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| 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/271_mosritemeloclose2_1.jpg
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Alan Brookes
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Posted 13 Dec 2007 6:25 pm
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| 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. |
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