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Topic: Show us your On-Trak steel |
Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 1:49 am
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Who was lucky enough to get a OnTrack Steel by Paul Redmond
Last edited by Johnie King on 6 May 2018 3:49 am; edited 3 times in total |
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Ross Shafer
From: Petaluma, California
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 5:41 am
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Redmond |
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Jim Palenscar
From: Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 6:15 am
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I've got one at the shop here. Truly amazing guitars!!! |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 7:17 am
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Hi Jim would you consider selling Ontrac |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 7:56 am
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Picture? |
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Billy McCombs
From: Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 9:01 am
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Not mine Jims at Orange County.
 _________________ 78 Emmons PP,Great tone.82 Emmons SKH #56 |
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Russ Tkac
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 6:33 pm
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That not a steel guitar it’s swiss watch. Paul knows what hes doing after u guys let the secret out it’s probably sold.
Last edited by Johnie King on 1 May 2018 3:11 am; edited 1 time in total |
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J R Rose
From: Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 8:55 pm
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Is that a Pull/Release changer? J.R. _________________ NOTHING..Sold it all. J.R. Rose |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 2:51 am
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JR Apparently yes it Is. |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 3:15 am
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I thought Paul used a changer on each end. Similar to a BMI push pull. |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 5:11 am Double changer
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Thanks
Last edited by Johnie King on 1 May 2018 6:23 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 5:14 am
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String stretcher is mounted too changer finger. |
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Johnie King
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 5:19 am
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Thanks
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Jim Palenscar
From: Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 5:47 am
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Yes it is for sale. Forum rules prohibit me from posting the price as it is a new guitar but it is on my web site- www.steelguitars.me under the inventory tab. |
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Sam Weisenberg
From: Philadelphia
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Posted 1 May 2018 7:10 pm
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Paul has done double-changers; Ed Bierly has an S-10 prototype like that. The later-model S-12 that I have has a single changer at the bridge. It is a pull-release that is capable of double lowers. |
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Paul Redmond
From: Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 May 2018 11:24 am
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Ed's guitar is not a double changer. It merely has the changer on the left end of the guitar. I built three prototypes....Ed's is #2. I still have #1, and Carl Tucker has #3 which not only has the changer on the left end, but also has a cast aluminum neck/deck insert in place of wood. The double changer guitars some of you might be thinking of were Whitney guitars. Pull on the right to raise; tune and lower on the left.
Yes, this is a pull/release guitar. This guitar can be changed to a "leftie" with no extra parts required and nothing left over. The only thing that would need to be changed would be the fretboard as I offset my dots to the front. Aside from that, the guitar is designed totally symmetrical.
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Paul Redmond
From: Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 May 2018 11:43 am
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All of these pictures are of my proto #1. Its frame was fabricated from off-the-shelf aluminum angle. The production models such as the one Jim has at his shop all have custom extruded frame rails and there are no "notches" in the rails where the legs attach. I also use four small screws now to hold the solid gaged nut in place on 10's, and five screws on 12's. These have a 24.50" scale like the old Fender's, but the body is only 27.50" long. They are only 7.00" wide. The guitar Jim has at his shop is 29-1/2 pounds in the case. That guitar also has a "new" L705 pickup in it and the guitar sounds great.
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Paul Redmond
From: Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 May 2018 11:46 am
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The very first picture posted by Billy is a production model.
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 12 May 2018 9:49 am OnTrak S12 Uni. Posting for Paul.
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This is S-12 E9/B6 Uni I built for myself a couple years ago. This has 7FP and 8KL plus a Sacred Steel lock
setup.
PRR

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Russ Tkac
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Posted 12 May 2018 9:55 am Ed Bierly's S-10 Posting for Paul
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Ed Bierly's S-10 This is prototype #2.
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 12 May 2018 9:58 am Byron Towle's S-10 Posting for Paul
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Byron Towle's S-10
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 12 May 2018 10:02 am Carl Tucker's S-10 Posting for Paul
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This was prototype #3 and has a cast aluminum, fully-machinedneck/deck insert. Changer is also on left end like Ed's.
PRR
Overcrowding at the left end of the guitar is what made me decide to abandon the left-end changer idea. VKL is similar to one I installed on one of Sonny Jenkins' guitars a long time ago.
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Sam Weisenberg
From: Philadelphia
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Posted 13 May 2018 1:38 pm
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Paul,
Thanks for correcting me there on the fact that you have not made double-ended On-Trak changers; I was thinking of the Whitney, which I also saw at Ed's house. |
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Ross Shafer
From: Petaluma, California
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Posted 14 May 2018 4:46 am
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Beautiful Steels!!!! |
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