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Topic: Guitorgan |
Ben Jack
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Fayettevillle, Ar. * R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Mar 2009 11:15 am |
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| Does anyone know how to work on the electronics of a GUITORGAN? I have ones thats sick. |
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 8:21 am
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| Ben, you should be out crappie fishing! Those things are pretty rare and I doubt very few modern day electronic people have worked on them. Most of the time electronic problems are really simple things, and easy fixed. The real trouble is just finding them. The real danger is someone doing more damage than good in their repair efforts. If you were closer I would look it over for you, it can't be that complicated. Your friend Keith |
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Ben Jack
From:
Fayettevillle, Ar. * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 9:09 am guitorgan
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Keith, I rather be chasing crappie. This was traded in at my store sometime ago and nobody seems to know anything about a guitorgan. I would be glad to box it up and send it to you if you would take a look at it.
Thanks, Ben |
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 3:33 pm
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| Ben,it has been many years since I saw someone using one of those. If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't some of the sensors built into the neck of a guitar. Let me think on it for a while before I let you know about looking at it. By the way, I am still playing with Donnie Tummons in a band. |
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 7:48 pm
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| Ben, talked to some people who buy and sell guitars. Probably the best word to say at this point is: "Obsolete". It has gone the way of the Fender Leslie and Eco Plex of old. Electronic technology has made these great products obsolete. They might have value in a collector's market, but I am not schooled in that area. It might appeal to someone to buy it just to fix it and see how it worked. Wish I could help you, but I better pass. Your friend. |
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Henry Nagle
From:
Santa Rosa, California
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 8:55 pm
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I had one that had been gutted, but I remember that the frets were segmented to become individual contacts for each string at each fret. To trigger the organ sound, I believe.
It was actually a pretty neat guitar. Being 12 or 13 years old I, of course, destroyed it (for scientific reasons). Sure enough, every fret had it's own wire going through the neck. Like a nervous system.
I'd love to try out a functional example. I've never seen another. |
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Ben Jack
From:
Fayettevillle, Ar. * R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Mar 2009 9:08 am Guitorgan
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Keith, thanks for the reply, I really dont know what I'm going to do with the guitar, I'll probably just put it away until I come up with a better idea. Maybe someone will come up with some knowledge of it.
Ben |
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John Fabian
From:
Mesquite, Texas USA * R.I.P.
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 20 Mar 2009 10:34 pm
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| I had one years ago, it was a frankenstein invention. The guitar played ok but sounded cheap, the organ sounded like a Farfisa. The frets were in segments so you couldn't bend a string. It got sold to someone in Philly. |
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Ben Jack
From:
Fayettevillle, Ar. * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 11:07 am John Fabian
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John, thanks for the advice. I have contacted them and have a schematic coming.
Thanks again and hello to Bud.
Ben Jack |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 23 Mar 2009 11:23 am
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| Get a hold of Teisco Del Ray in Austin, he plays one and did a heck of a job year ago at Deke's Guitar Geek Fest. |
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