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Topic: Blue rondo will do |
Richard Cooper
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Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 7:18 am |
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I joined the Rondo club. After a LP Junior bridge,
scorcher pickup and D'addario medium Chromes strings,
it is a nice lap. Sounds good thru my Super Champ XD amp.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 7:57 am
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So how much did the extra parts cost you all together (not the strings, but the pickup and bridge)?
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:05 am cost
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| $42.00 |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:13 am
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Does the headstock look like it could handle a proper re-do to convert to 8 strings?
Same for the bridge end, to change it to string thru the body? |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:14 am
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Last edited by Ron Whitfield on 7 Apr 2008 8:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:21 am 8 String ?
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I don't think I would try it unless
you add a plate under the headstock first.
You could string thru the body. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:27 am
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Richard, does the headstock not seem substantial enuf to handle the stress?
I've contemplated the need for a backing plate as well.
Do you think there is enuf room to fit most tuners at 4 on a side?
Thanx |
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 8:38 am room for 8
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Yes it is, 4.125 inches high inside
the head stock. 1.75 W. at top and
1.45 W. at bottom. |
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Jim Mitchell
From:
Phily,Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2008 1:50 pm THE BLUES BROTHERS
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If I ever get back to your neck of the woods we could do a set together
WE BE THE BLUES BROTHERS
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I am trying to play a Harlin Brothers 1956 Multi Kord 6 String 4 Pedal Steel Guitar
and a RONDO lap
Retired from Boeing Helicopters in Ridley Park Pa.
we build the CH47 |
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2008 10:44 am Hondo Reso
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Not bad for $159, the only thing they did wrong was the finish on the edges of
the f holes was sloppy, after new D'Addario EJ42 strings, sounds great for the price. SX RG1 FS Resonator SQUARE NECK no case, double boxed.
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