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Topic: info on roberts steel guitar |
Larry Tracy
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Nevada City, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2008 6:34 pm |
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Got this steel about a year ago as something to tear apart and play aruond with. Never heard of a Roberts before. I am probabley going to sell, but wanted to find out some history before I do. So anybody out there that has any info, I would be grateful for it. People talk about Bill Lawrence pickups and GeorgeLs. Well just check out the pickup on this baby. Thanks, looking forward to some history on it, Larry
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2008 5:08 am
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| I love it! But I'm sick! Beautiful Rosewood. Too bad the C6th parts are gone. How 'bout some pics of the underside. Rotomatics? They may not be original. Betcha can get that pup rewound and spruced up a bit. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 27 Aug 2008 8:09 am
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roberts steels were made many years ago somewhere here in northern california. i saw several of them. they were a little clunky looking..this one looks nicer, if it's the same guy.
tiny moore had a 5 string mando (a copy of his famous bigsby) made by roberts. it was really nice..tiny played it regularly. olen dillingham has one also. |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 27 Aug 2008 1:32 pm
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WOW!!! I would love to have that...pretty damn slick looking. Any shots of the undercarriage??? Does it have the basic 3X2 E9 setup on + some extra stuff or what???
Casey
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Larry Tracy
From:
Nevada City, CA, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2008 1:47 pm roberts
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Thanks for the info Chris, Sorry to break it to you John it is mica, not really rosewood. Here are some pictures of the underside, Thanks Larry
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Bill Ridgeway
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2008 3:14 pm
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| Know what you're going through Larry, Information can be frustrating to get hold of. I'm doing a complete rebuild on a so called B.D.Custom. Are those screws that look like extra "dots" on the fret board? Good luck in your project. |
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Larry Tracy
From:
Nevada City, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2008 11:57 pm roberts
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| Yes those are screws |
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