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Topic: Wow, I never saw anything like this |
Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2008 6:14 pm |
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Link to auction on eBay.
How would a design like this affect the sound? First time I've ever seen anything like this.
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Russ Cudney
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Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2008 8:08 pm
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| with the pickup that far away from the bridge, it will be boomy. i see no place to rest my palm to do some pickin'..... |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 3:13 am
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| Many moons ago I had an Epiphone steel on a cabinet with the amp in the cabinet, the speaker in front and Epiphone scrolled on the speaker cover. The rig cabinet was on wheels. Good sound but I was happy that for the two yrs I had it I had a sit down gig at a hotel in Columbus Ohio. cc |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 4:45 am Well,,,
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But at least it IS handcrafted.
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 6:53 pm Hey........wait a minute!
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Aren't we all looking at this cabinet model steel guitar from the wrong side? At least, that's how it appears to me.
If you put your feet under the cabinet, the pick up is where it should be, is it not?
The tuning pegs are on opposite ends of courst, but the pickup is correctly positioned, is it not? |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 7:30 pm
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| It looks like there's no tone or volume control as well. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 2 Apr 2008 1:50 am
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Having the tuners on the "wrong" end has been done many times over the years. The Harlin MultiKords, for instance, were all made that way. Many regular guitars with no machine head on the neck are nowadays made with the tuners (albeit of a different design) are at the picking end. I can't see that it makes much difference to the tone, if any. The regular guitars made that way have a completely different physical balance with less weight on the neck. On a console or lap steel you wouldn't notice that.
What would make a big difference is the distance from the bridge to the pick-up, which is much longer than most players would want. To me this looks like a very amateurish construction.
As has been said, on this particular instrument there's nowhere to rest your right hand. |
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