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Topic: Gibson EH-620 8-string pedal steel- REVISED - trade for???? |
Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 10 May 2008 8:53 am |
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No final deals as a "for sale" item, so I'd like to trade for something since I'm just not using it.
The changer and tuner plastic covers are intact (a couple small chips not noticeable unless you look very closely). The cabinet has some cracks that have been repaired and resprayed - noticeable but sturdy.
It looks great and plays really well. The P-90 style pickup is very strong, and it’s great for western swing, Hawaiian music or screaming, distorted David Lindley-style lapsteel playing. The changer is one of the more rare and unusual changer ever made by Gibson – or anyone. It allows you to raise or lower any string (or any combination of strings) with any pedal simply by adding and adjusting bolts/nuts on the top of the changer. It takes minutes to change a copedent.
But the unusual part is that to lower a string Gibson’s mechanism lowers ALL the strings – and then raises the ones you DON’T want lowered. It works, but not like a modern steel and could use some TLC. IT really makes a great console steel, and with all-raises actually works pretty darned will.
Shipping & handling is a flat $100 - it's 67 pounds in the case and will require me to make a box to fit inside certain dimensions (otherwise shipping alone would be around $150 to anywhere!). Local pickup is OK, and I may negotiate shipping if it's going a short distance.
I have more pics to follow.
I'm looking for unusual/boutique effects, Tube guitar amps, A Fender Tele Thinline (single-coil or humbuckers) or other Fender - US, Mexico or Japan built; A Gretsch import reissue of the 6120 or other big-body guitar; Stringbender Tele (except Timara, palm pedal or original Hipshot), an iPod Touch or Archos 605 wifi...or what do you have?
Thanks! I just hate to waste an instument I'm not using!
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 13 May 2008 9:27 pm
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 18 May 2008 9:03 pm
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 23 May 2008 3:20 pm
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 25 May 2008 3:40 pm
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 28 May 2008 9:34 am
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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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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2008 8:32 am
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-bump-
I'm still short of my $$ goal, but now I'm simply looking for a reasonable trade. I just don't have room for a guitar that will remain in its case - I'm sure a console or lapsteeler would love this guitar - the tone is amazing! I'm just keeping the 3 steels I use often.
Check the first post and see what you have. Oh - and a decent budget laptop (not too old) for my daughter for school is another possible trade item.
It's a fun guitar - give it a shot!
Thanks -
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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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