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Topic: Another ebay oddity |
Jesse Harris
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Ventura, California, USA
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Jul 2003 1:37 pm |
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| No mistake---that is a Stringmaster. Not to imply that I've seen a lot of stuff but..... while hacking a SM or a Dual Pro to install a pedal or two was not at all uncommon, this is the most ambitious and elaborate job I've seen. Still looks like a hack job though. |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2003 3:04 pm
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| The plexiglass should really improve the tone. Remember how great those Dan Armstrong guitars sounded. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 29 Jul 2003 3:21 pm
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what some folks will do to avoid slanting!  |
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Greg Vincent
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Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2003 7:17 am
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Seems like an awful lot of trouble to go to to alter a perfectly good instrument.
But I dig that color! Was that ever a stock Fender color? -GV |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Jul 2003 9:55 am
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I dunno' guys, the guitar resembles one I built from an old stringmaster cabinet and tuners in late '68, but I'm certain it is not the same one....I used 3/8" square aluminum crosshafts, with machined bell cranks, similiar to those found on the Carson Wells instruments... The changer fingers were machined aluminum, push-pull with 4 pull rod holes in each. The bell-crank to changer fingers pull rods were 3/32" brass welding rods--threaded on the changer ends and a self locking nut applied...The back of the guitar was cut square for the screw adjustments....It had 7 pedals and 4 knees on the two necks---standard e6 on the front neck and Bb6 on the inside. The color of the guitar was the same as this one's dark blue...The plastic you see is similiar to what I used---3/8" Lucite with the cross shaft holes having nylon inserts in them (similiar to the old Marlen push-pulls. As I said this is not that guitar but I feel whoever made this one had seen mine. It appears this guy has hacked this one up pretty good, using what appears to be screen door turnbuckles for the floor pedal to crosshaft rods. Mine looked much neater on the underside, had an excellent tone, and was the best guitar I've ever owned to stay in tune...The guitar was sold to a gent from Medford, Oregon, my old home town. I don't know where it is now.
FRED
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The spirit be with you!
If it aint got a steel, it aint real
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2003 7:29 pm
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I imagine a Stringmaster with pedals would be just killer for that Bakersfield sound!
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Jul 2003 8:55 pm
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b0b, it worked well for me, coupled thru a Fender Twin. I used that guitar commercially for 4 years and then went to an Emmons PP after I could afford it. 
FRED
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If it aint got a steel, it aint real
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Wayne Cox
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Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Aug 2003 1:59 pm
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That metallic blue color was offered as an option,if custom ordered from the factory,however,it was not a standard color for showroom purposes. I don't know if this exact steel was repainted or not.
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