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Steve Hamill

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2008 3:42 pm    
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Well I'm getting close to having it finished, and it's turning out better than I could have hoped.
Fender 400 (gutted by others)
Ryan Rukavina built the fretboard, bridge, and nut
Rick Aiello Fountain of Sound pick-up WOW!!!!!!
Tiger Flame Maple cover by me
27" scale




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Bill Hatcher

 

From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2008 3:54 pm    
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You have done a great job using a gutted Fender frame and body to create a nice looking instrument.
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Tom Pettingill


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California, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2008 7:09 pm    
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Nice job Steve Smile
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Kevin Greenberg


From:
Lakewood, CA
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2008 8:58 pm     fender 400 console
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That's a real nice revival of a near-death steel. Its a good thing you got ahold of it before it became firewood! Shocked How about gracing us with a little sound sample of this baby with the new Fountain O'Sound pickup?
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Steve Hamill

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2008 8:13 pm    
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I've never recorded myself playing steel, but I'll give it a whirl. The tone is very piano like. The notes sustain for a nearly a minute when just strumming an open string. The overtones are very present. I have a set of Scotty's C6 non-pedals on it tuned to E7. This is one huge hunk of swamp ash.
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Stephan Miller

 

From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2008 8:32 pm    
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Whoa! Between the loong scale, the Aiello Fountain p/up, and the swamp ash, the tone must be amazing. Congrats on a great job!
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Bill Creller

 

From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2008 6:34 am    
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There was one of those for sale a few years back at the local music store, on consignment. It was originally a pedal steel wasn't it? The one I saw was.
Identical finish on it.
You made a nice console out of it! Very Happy
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