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Definitely a ‘53. The serial number is stamped between the rows of tuners: 3 11xx—just like a Les Paul, etc.

Google “Christiaan Oyens”. He sent me a CD called “Adeus Paraiso” ~20 years ago.

I’ve found that Weissenborn instrumentals are performed by multi-instrumentalists (e.g. Ed Gerhard, ”H ...

(This post is by way of empathy if not directly helpful information specific to a Fender 400. But you have Dr. Palenscar on the case, so that's promising.)

I noted with interest (but didn't act in ...

“How many ZBs must a man restore/Before they call him a man?…”

(—Also Bob Dylan)

I could tell you, but you’d have to kill me.

This just in from the SWSGA:

We are excited to announce the upcoming 2024 SWSGA Show in January 2024!

It will be held at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Mesa, AZ.
So mark your calendars for Frid ...

Set of 4, age/originality not important as long as they fit and work. This is for a late-1953 26" doubleneck if that makes any difference.

The ones that got away:

1968 Gibson ES-335 #916155

1971 (ca.) ZB S-10 #0248

1860s (ca.) Martin 2-1/2-17(?)

(Then, Weissenborn Style 4, Weissenborn Style 2, 1974 Martin D-41.) Dozens more g ...

I’d say a grand or so. Tuners look to be upgraded. (Nut-slot spacing looks a little haphazard.) This is 1990, a time of, let’s say, variable quality and consistency just ahead of the Gibson acquis ...

I bought a Ric NS steel from him at an agreeable (and presently impossible) price. Very sorry to hear this.

I’m starting over at almost age 70. I’ve had two reconstruction surgeries on my left ankle that have left it fused and supinated (tilted outward). I just found a converted GFI D-10->SD-10 that ...

I think some Sho-Buds were longer than most psgs, meaning not a lot of other types of cases would fit. Save it, sell it, pass it on.

Before I order from GFI, does anyone have a set they don’t need? (4 legs and 3 rods.)

Barring (to use the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” vernacular) unforeseen ob-stack-les, of which there have been myriad the last three years, I’ll be there.

This looks like a Chicago-era Model 37, 1936 or 37?, very similar to The famous two 37s that Mike Auldridge played for many years. If memory serves, his two had serial numbers in the 200s.

PM sent

Elvis and Col. Tom demanded 33% to record it, according to Hoyt Axton who was a teenager and present as his mother and Tommy Durden were writing the song. (My interview with H.A. for the New Times Wee ...

Terrible news. RIP Hank.

Email sent.

S G was the answer to a Jeopardy! question tonight…”as played by Jimmy Day and Greg Leisz.” Sa-lute!

Fred Stuart, Riverside CA, and formerly of the Fender Custom Shop, has made some faithful custom reproductions of Bigsby standard guitars--particularly as to correct design of the pickups. He may cons ...

My Dual Professional (#D46x) has boxcars, blue bottom flocking and no sockets or legs. I vote aftermarket on yours.

207: soldered-strips grille.

There is a company in the US that makes a Stringmaster/Deluxe S8 kit. I think the company is called Hudson

Jimmie Hudson recently posted that he's selling the business.

This was the post, but i ...

I'm bummed-squared-cubed to have to cancel my reservation for this year's show. My reasons, while medical, are orthopedic rather than immunilogical. I'll make a donation to SWSGA in lieu of a three-da ...

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Topic: Sold off forum, please close
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 814	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 4 Aug 2024 8:46 pm Subject: Sold off forum, please close
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 814	Definitely a ‘53. The serial number is stamped between the rows of tuners: 3 11xx—just like a Les Paul, etc.
Topic: Weissenborn instrumental albums?
Ben Elder Replies: 7 Views: 1844	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Feb 2024 6:09 pm Subject: Weissenborn instrumental albums?
Ben Elder Replies: 7 Views: 1844	Google “Christiaan Oyens”. He sent me a CD called “Adeus Paraiso” ~20 years ago. I’ve found that Weissenborn instrumentals are performed by multi-instrumentalists (e.g. Ed Gerhard, ”H ...
Topic: amputation question
Ben Elder Replies: 19 Views: 11145	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 4 Oct 2023 9:17 pm Subject: amputation question
Ben Elder Replies: 19 Views: 11145	(This post is by way of empathy if not directly helpful information specific to a Fender 400. But you have Dr. Palenscar on the case, so that's promising.) I noted with interest (but didn't act in ...
Topic: ZB Custom for restoration project
Ben Elder Replies: 8 Views: 1289	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 4 Sep 2023 1:40 pm Subject: ZBisyphus
Ben Elder Replies: 8 Views: 1289	“How many ZBs must a man restore/Before they call him a man?…” (—Also Bob Dylan)
Topic: How many guitars do you own that are older than you are?
Ben Elder Replies: 23 Views: 30174	Forum Section: Music Posted: 28 Aug 2023 6:17 pm Subject: How many guitars do you own that are older than you are?
Ben Elder Replies: 23 Views: 30174	I could tell you, but you’d have to kill me.
Topic: SWSGA Show 2024
Ben Elder Replies: 47 Views: 37073	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 26 May 2023 7:15 pm Subject: SWSGA Show 2024
Ben Elder Replies: 47 Views: 37073	This just in from the SWSGA: We are excited to announce the upcoming 2024 SWSGA Show in January 2024! It will be held at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Mesa, AZ. So mark your calendars for Frid ...
Topic: Stringmaster legs
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 643	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 10 May 2023 12:24 am Subject: Stringmaster legs
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 643	Set of 4, age/originality not important as long as they fit and work. This is for a late-1953 26" doubleneck if that makes any difference.
Topic: If a genie popped out of a bottle and granted you 3 guitars
Ben Elder Replies: 29 Views: 19295	Forum Section: Music Posted: 6 May 2023 3:45 pm Subject: If a genie popped out of a bottle and granted you 3 guitars
Ben Elder Replies: 29 Views: 19295	The ones that got away: 1968 Gibson ES-335 #916155 1971 (ca.) ZB S-10 #0248 1860s (ca.) Martin 2-1/2-17(?) (Then, Weissenborn Style 4, Weissenborn Style 2, 1974 Martin D-41.) Dozens more g ...
Topic: Whats this worth?
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 970	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 May 2023 8:40 pm Subject: Whats this worth?
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 970	I’d say a grand or so. Tuners look to be upgraded. (Nut-slot spacing looks a little haphazard.) This is 1990, a time of, let’s say, variable quality and consistency just ahead of the Gibson acquis ...
Topic: Bruce Wandmayer
Ben Elder Replies: 10 Views: 5269	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 1 May 2023 8:18 pm Subject: Bruce Wandmayer
Ben Elder Replies: 10 Views: 5269	I bought a Ric NS steel from him at an agreeable (and presently impossible) price. Very sorry to hear this.
Topic: My fears starting Pedals at age 68
Ben Elder Replies: 23 Views: 3941	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Mar 2023 12:26 am Subject: My fears starting Pedals at age 68
Ben Elder Replies: 23 Views: 3941	I’m starting over at almost age 70. I’ve had two reconstruction surgeries on my left ankle that have left it fused and supinated (tilted outward). I just found a converted GFI D-10->SD-10 that ...
Topic: Is there any value in an old case?
Ben Elder Replies: 10 Views: 1758	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Feb 2023 9:45 am Subject: Is there any value in an old case?
Ben Elder Replies: 10 Views: 1758	I think some Sho-Buds were longer than most psgs, meaning not a lot of other types of cases would fit. Save it, sell it, pass it on.
Topic: GFI Ultra S-10 +2” legs and rods
Ben Elder Replies: 0 Views: 393	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 11 Feb 2023 7:57 pm Subject: GFI Ultra S-10 +2” legs and rods
Ben Elder Replies: 0 Views: 393	Before I order from GFI, does anyone have a set they don’t need? (4 legs and 3 rods.)
Topic: Los Angeles Pedal Steel Meetup - Jan 15th Sun. - please RSVP
Ben Elder Replies: 13 Views: 4041	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 31 Dec 2022 8:31 pm Subject: Los Angeles Pedal Steel Meetup - Jan 15th Sun. - please RSVP
Ben Elder Replies: 13 Views: 4041	Barring (to use the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” vernacular) unforeseen ob-stack-les, of which there have been myriad the last three years, I’ll be there.
Topic: Dobro Model 37 info request
Ben Elder Replies: 3 Views: 1218	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Oct 2022 1:22 pm Subject: Dobro Model 37 info request
Ben Elder Replies: 3 Views: 1218	This looks like a Chicago-era Model 37, 1936 or 37?, very similar to The famous two 37s that Mike Auldridge played for many years. If memory serves, his two had serial numbers in the 200s.
Topic: Hip Shot B String Bender
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 675	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 15 Aug 2022 10:16 pm Subject: Hip Shot B String Bender
Ben Elder Replies: 1 Views: 675	PM sent
Topic: Tommy Durden
Ben Elder Replies: 3 Views: 1105	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 10 Jul 2022 10:54 pm Subject: Jeremiah was a bullfrog; Hoyt calls bulls#1+
Ben Elder Replies: 3 Views: 1105	Elvis and Col. Tom demanded 33% to record it, according to Hoyt Axton who was a teenager and present as his mother and Tommy Durden were writing the song. (My interview with H.A. for the New Times Wee ...
Topic: Hank Mann passed away in March
Ben Elder Replies: 5 Views: 2713	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 22 May 2022 11:29 am Subject: Hank Mann passed away in March
Ben Elder Replies: 5 Views: 2713	Terrible news. RIP Hank.
Topic: SOLD 1947 National New Yorker
Ben Elder Replies: 5 Views: 1978	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 16 May 2022 7:57 pm Subject: SOLD 1947 National New Yorker
Ben Elder Replies: 5 Views: 1978	Email sent.
Topic: Steel Guitar on Jeopardy
Ben Elder Replies: 16 Views: 3262	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 28 Mar 2022 6:20 pm Subject: Steel Guitar on Jeopardy
Ben Elder Replies: 16 Views: 3262	S G was the answer to a Jeopardy! question tonight…”as played by Jimmy Day and Greg Leisz.” Sa-lute!
Topic: Bigsby pickup repro?
Ben Elder Replies: 53 Views: 21447	Forum Section: Builders' Corner Posted: 8 Mar 2022 9:50 pm Subject: Bigsby pickup repro?
Ben Elder Replies: 53 Views: 21447	Fred Stuart, Riverside CA, and formerly of the Fender Custom Shop, has made some faithful custom reproductions of Bigsby standard guitars--particularly as to correct design of the pickups. He may cons ...
Topic: 3 legs needed - '47/48 Fender Dual 8 Professional
Ben Elder Replies: 8 Views: 1289	Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 3 Mar 2022 7:15 pm Subject: 3 legs needed - '47/48 Fender Dual 8 Professional
Ben Elder Replies: 8 Views: 1289	My Dual Professional (#D46x) has boxcars, blue bottom flocking and no sockets or legs. I vote aftermarket on yours.
Topic: 1927 National Style 1 Tricone
Ben Elder Replies: 4 Views: 3704	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 18 Jan 2022 2:37 pm Subject: 1927 National Style 1 Tricone
Ben Elder Replies: 4 Views: 3704	207: soldered-strips grille.
Topic: G&L - do they still have the ability to make Stringmasters?
Ben Elder Replies: 16 Views: 6061	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jan 2022 8:08 pm Subject: G&L - do they still have the ability to make Stringmasters?
Ben Elder Replies: 16 Views: 6061	There is a company in the US that makes a Stringmaster/Deluxe S8 kit. I think the company is called Hudson Jimmie Hudson recently posted that he's selling the business. This was the post, but i ...
Topic: 2022 SWSGA Show Jan 13th. 14th. 15th. in Mesa, AZ
Ben Elder Replies: 37 Views: 28471	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 7 Jan 2022 2:57 pm Subject: Miss The Mesa Steel Show and You
Ben Elder Replies: 37 Views: 28471	I'm bummed-squared-cubed to have to cancel my reservation for this year's show. My reasons, while medical, are orthopedic rather than immunilogical. I'll make a donation to SWSGA in lieu of a three-da ...