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Topic: Fender Players Unite! |
Larry Blom
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Eugene, OR, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2008 11:49 am |
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From recent conversations with Bob Carlucci it occurs to me that there may just be more cable-action FenderFreaks out there than just me. I've had lots of different steels but have always seemed to return to my old (albeit heavilly modified)
sunburst 400. Am I some kind of nut, or are there others out there with the same affliction? I haven't found anything else that even comes close to the snappy, transient-laden sound I can get with the Fender. Rock 'n roll? Blues? No problem!
What about you? Been "dissed" unmercifully by your over-mechanized peers, have you? Here's the place to speak out! How did you do your knee levers? Have you tried a second pickup? Figured out how to mimic a double-changer? I'll tell you my secrets if you'll tell me yours! Leo Lives! |
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Jay Yuskaitis
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2008 12:06 pm
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Craig Stenseth
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Naperville, Illinois, USA
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 21 Jan 2008 8:10 pm
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I've been a Sho-Bud lover for years, but I'm currently in the process of restoring two Fender "cablies" for my own use, so ask me again in a few months.... 
...maybe then I'll change my avatar..  |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 1:59 pm
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| What Craig said |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 2:43 pm
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| maybe then I'll change my avatar |
did you used to be in Only Fools and Horses ? |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 7:18 pm
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| John Roche wrote: |
| ..did you used to be in Only Fools and Horses ? |
Sorry, that one went right over my head. Could you be a bit more explicit...  |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 8:17 pm
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There are a bunch of Fender players here, in a few different groups:
Players using a version of E9 (or tuning down to D9) and playing traditional stuff.
Hawaiian-style players
Country-rockers using different versions of Sneaky Pete's B6
We've found parts sources are working of fabricating things that can't be found, and generally having a great time. They are fine guitars that, when set up well, play very smoothly and accurately.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 9:21 pm
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Alan, to clarify John Roche's remark :-
Click Here
And here are some classic ones from the series.
Click Here |
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Larry Blom
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Eugene, OR, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 9:23 pm
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Yeah, there's definitely something about the utter simplicity of the things---and eight strings is plenty, ya know? All those extra low notes only invade the bass player's sonic territory so they're wasted IMHO. BTW I tune my 400 a whole-tone low so I'm kind of a nine-string.
So the RodBoys can diss us all they want. We got da sound! |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 24 Jan 2008 8:14 pm
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Alan, to clarify John Roche's remark :-
Click Here
And here are some classic ones from the series.
Click Here |
I guess I've been gone from England for too long. I'd never heard of the series. I did recognise some of the actors from other series, though. One always imagines one can go home at some stage, but "home" disappears after one leaves.  The England I knew no longer exists....  |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 25 Jan 2008 3:22 am
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How true that is Alan, Enoch Powell saw to that !!But we still cherish the memories of it in a small corner of our hearts.. and to make our hearts a little heavier, the Hawaii all us Brits dreamed about is also long gone. (If it ever did exist) |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 25 Jan 2008 4:09 am
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 25 Jan 2008 8:58 pm
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I go back to the U.K. to see old friends, and to play with Basil. 
What with the lack of a National Health system over here I may have to eventually return for the medical benefits....  |
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