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Topic: Odd Keyless Steel On Ebay |
b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 13 Feb 2008 10:27 pm |
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It looks like an Anapeg, only better  |
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2008 10:36 pm
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| Obviously you have never seen an Anapeg- there is nothing that- upon close insection- can come close. |
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Jerry Gleason
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Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2008 11:31 pm
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| Never seen anything like it. If it's home made, it was made by a skilled machinist. Pretty impressive, really. The folding legs are cool. I wonder how stable it is? |
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Ron !
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 12:50 am
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Very cool changer unit.Less string breakage for sure.I have been fondling with a changer like that for a long time.
15 hole bellcranks..cool.
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| It weighs just 21 lbs.out of the case. |
hmmmmm....ain't that a little light?
Further then that this looks like a well build steel.
Ron |
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Ernie Pollock
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Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 5:46 am Hum?
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Those fingers remind me of the GFI Economy models new type fingers, & your right, I have never broken a string on the new GFI Economy. I know this guitar is not however a GFI.
Ernie Pollock 
http://www.hereintown.net/~shobud75/stock.htm |
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Chris Bauer
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Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 6:03 am
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| This is the least home made looking, home made steel I've ever seen. I'd sure like to know more about it. Looks like it's got some extremely interesting ideas happening. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 7:14 am
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There's some amazing workmanship on that thing - tapered, channeled knee levers and a front panel that lets you move cross shafts without pulling the apron? 'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy....*
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John Roche
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England
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 7:22 am
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It's got a lot of Sierra in it.
Last edited by John Roche on 14 Feb 2008 3:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Len Amaral
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Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 9:35 am
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This steel looks like a labor of love and you have to take your hat off to anyone that has the ability, talent and desire to make his own pedal steel.
Manny Escobar from Portsmouth, RI is one of these talented individuals that made his own 12 string universal guitars. Manny uses this guitar as his main instrument and plays out regularly. A unique item on this steel is the fret board as it has a radius. Bravo! |
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 9:40 am
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Looks like whomever built it, copied features from lots of different guitars. The fingers are kind of like Williams 400 series, which are patented BTW. I can also see the Sierra resemblance, but it looks good in the pictures.
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MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 10:33 am
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| I hope we find out who built it and get to know more about it. Somebody around here must know something. These photos make it look very sweet. |
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Bill Fisher
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 10:57 am
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| Lamar ? |
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 11:40 am
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| I'm guessing Lamar also. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 1:29 pm
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Doesn't look like Lamar Colvin's changer design nor his work to me....but what do I know  Otherwise, I don't have a clue. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 2:42 pm
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It looks as if the pick-up is mounted on a track.....interchangable?
oops....just checked a rear view pic......pick-up does not appear to be interchangable! |
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 3:00 pm
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| This looks like the Carmen Breech model made in the late 60,s in Rubyville Ohio,Carmen was way ahead of his time at that time. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 3:22 pm
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It looks like it had a name and model right on the front apron! D__F(L?)F_ -something?
Nice looking, but that's an awful lot of aluminum in that changer! 
Heavy and rugged, definitely. Made by a 1st class machinist. Couldn't guess about the tone and sustain, though. |
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James Collett
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San Dimas, CA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 3:35 pm
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Sierra meets williams meets harlin bros.?
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John Roche
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England
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 3:36 pm
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| Also it don't have roller's at the nut just a brass rod. |
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David Langdon
From:
West Bridgford, Nottingham Notts, United Kingdom
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 4:03 pm
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Meets... Ernie Ball. No roller nut, but keyless guitars don't really need one. My new build is starting without a roller nut but with a design that accomodates for string gauging.
It will be interesting to find out who is the builder. |
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 6:54 pm
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There lots of one-off steels that have been made, not to hijack this thread, but here's one I own.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 6:54 pm
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| I wonder what the scale is. It looks like the fretboard ends at about the 22nd fret and then it's a long ride up to the changer. |
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David Higginbotham
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Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 7:19 pm
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| Also it don't have roller's at the nut just a brass rod. |
This is about the only negative I have noticed as well. There is a great deal of Sierra similarity.
I asked the guy the scale length and he replied that it is 24.5 inch scale.
Very good design and certainly from a master craftsman!
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2008 8:46 pm
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There lots of one-off steels that have been made, not to hijack this thread, but here's one I own.
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I love the look of those tapered legs, Darvin. Do they fold up for transport, or do they screw in to sockets at the end plates?
It looks like a really well made instrument.
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