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Quad Stringmaster at shop in Utah
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 11:23 am
by Bill Quinn
While netsurfing I came across this Quad Stringmaster for sale for big bucks at a shop in Salt Lake City. Intermountain Guitar and Banjo. They list it as having Serial #247.
Just posting this for the curious and wealthy ..
http://www.guitarandbanjo.com/details/4959.html
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 11:43 am
by Stu Schulman
Bill nice guitar,I went to that shop a few years ago...shall I say nothing that charm school couldn't change,I couldn't wait to get out of there.
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 12:25 pm
by Eric Stumpf
$3500.00 is about what a nice post-'54 Stringmaster Quad goes for these days. This one is the more desireable long-scale model and is the rarer brown finish.
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 12:32 pm
by Bill Quinn
Would this one be a '55-'56 because of the pushbutton neck selectors, or did they have those on later Quad models as well?
Definately an instrument for those of strong mind and body!!
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 5:07 pm
by Eric Stumpf
The original Stringmasters...1953 and 1954...are very different guitars when compared to ones like this Quad. All Quads from 1955 to end of production used this style of neck selector switch. These tend to have a habit of malfunctioning but are extremely easy to clean and repair. It breaks my heart to see a Stringmaster that has a different replacement switch installed because someone changed out the original. What causes the problem is that the two contact points for each button develop oxidation on their surfaces and this degrades the signal transference. Close the contacts by pushing the button in and run a piece of fine emery cloth between the two pieces of metal and that takes care of the problem. A ten minute job.
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 6:59 pm
by Doug Beaumier
At first I thought this was my old guitar! I had one exactly like it a few years ago, and the pushbuttons were a real nuisance.
Posted: 8 Jan 2008 10:59 pm
by Bill Creller
Like Eric sez, a good cleaning is usually all they need. I think Bas rewired his with different switches to get as many necks on or off as he wanted.
A Compairison
Posted: 10 Jan 2008 9:37 am
by Sam Floyd
I am in a pretty good position for a comparison. Mine is a 1953. I have more pictures if required.
Sam
Posted: 10 Jan 2008 11:52 am
by Ron Whitfield
Sam, what is the serial # on your Dad's '53 quad?
It's not often we see an early one such as that, with the chromed PU covers and straight legs. Quite scarce.
Play that sucker til the cows come home!
See ya next month!
Posted: 10 Jan 2008 12:36 pm
by Sam Floyd
Ron
I love playing it. I am not very good, but I keep plugging away. The date inside the tuning pan cutaway is 6-4-53 but I never found the SN.
Sam
