New Web Page

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 21 Dec 1999 8:49 pm

I installed a webpage at http://www.iwaynet.net/~steelgtr . I would appreciate your comments on how I can improve the page in both looks and content.

Mahalo nui loa,
Thanks,

John

Jason Lollar · Post by **Jason Lollar** » 21 Dec 1999 10:33 pm

Nice site John, and I am really happy you are making your own stringmaster pickups as I am! I may get some bobbins laser cut soon so check in with me once in a while if you dont already have them. It really cuts down on production time.

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 22 Dec 1999 7:50 am

John Tipka has come through again (as always). This time with an easy to navigate, fact filled, fun to read website.

Keep it coming John.

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 22 Dec 1999 8:23 am

Hi Gerald,
We'll try to keep it coming! I got rid of the frames - didn't like it - I think what I have now is better and it should work on most browsers. I put your "mug" on the About Me page.

Regards,

John

Doc Isaac · Post by **Doc Isaac** » 22 Dec 1999 8:37 am

Aloha John, beautiful website! Again, you never fail to amaze. Great pictures of the steel guitar conventions also. Much success to you. The quality of your work is reflected in this well produced site. Ahui hou, Isaac.

MELOBAR GUITARS INC · Post by **MELOBAR GUITARS INC** » 23 Dec 1999 1:39 pm

Really, Really nice John! And, Really needed, I'm sending a bunch of enthusiast your way. I don't know how to say it, but I think that site is one of the most important attributes to continuing Leo's history, around a guitar few people knew he made, and really put his heart into. Great Job Sir!!

Ted

Bob Kagy · Post by **Bob Kagy** » 24 Dec 1999 2:16 pm

Nice job John. Thank you very much.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 24 Dec 1999 4:10 pm

John! Very nice page! Beautiful photo's.
Obviously,you're a man of many talents.
It's now on my favorites list. Ray

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 25 Dec 1999 6:32 am

Happy Holidays to All,

Thanks for the comments and suggestions here and via e-mail. I have implemented almost all of them and will continue to feature the non-pedal steel guitar.

Ted, after a couple of years of searching I could not find a website treating the Fender Stringmaster. It was time. They are back in vogue now. We may even see a return of the non-pedal guitar to "country" music if Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Rimes, and Don Walser get what they want bumping heads with "Nashville". When that happens, folks will be looking for them and we might even see a one-time re-issue. The tooling exists at Fender Japan. Fender Japan made the "re-issue Stringmaster" for a while, a bit pricey but, otherwise, very nice. I saw and heard a blond re-issue D-8 in Honolulu this past May.

Again, thanks. Let me know what you want to see!

Regards,

John

Fred Layman · Post by **Fred Layman** » 28 Dec 1999 1:34 pm

Great site, John, both for the musician and builder. Do you do any 8-string arrangements? Have you done "Drowsy Waters?"

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 30 Dec 1999 6:31 am

Fred,
I do some. A couple are over on Brad Bechtel's webpage.

I use Jerry Byrd's arrangement of "Drowsy Waters". I gave me goose bumps when I heard it being played on "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes" radio station WJR in Detroit Michigan during the mid-1940's. Jerry was brilliant in the arrangement of "Drowsy Waters" and is so in all of his music arrangements.

John

http://www.iwaynet.net/~steelgtr

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 1 Jan 2000 6:35 pm

John,

Nice site!

I'm still kicking myself not buying my friends Stringmaster D8 for $500!

Drew Howard

Mark Davis · Post by **Mark Davis** » 2 Jan 2000 2:21 pm

Great page John!!

The stringmaster info was especially nice!!!

Only critical thing I can say is one of the pages background color and red link color made the text sorta hard to read but otherwise perfecto!!

Keep up the good work and thanks for the link to your page.