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Bob Carlucci

 

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Candor, New York, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2009 3:20 pm    
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHGpPr2xXG4&feature=player_embedded... nice!... enjoy!
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2009 4:56 pm    
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Great clip! It's been posted here a couple of times in recent months, but it still sounds good! It's an excellent example of the sizzling, cutting tone of a Stringmaster. In my opinion, Buddy Merrill sounded way better on this Stringmaster than he did on his later pedal steels.
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Vince Luke

 

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Iowa, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2009 6:34 pm    
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"Buddy--swing out!" Gotta love that.

Oh, to have the ability to swing out on cue!

Nice clip.

Vince
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Andy Sandoval


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Bakersfield, California, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jun 2009 10:49 pm    
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Anybody care to guess what tunings he had on the three necks he switched back and forth on?
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Eric Stumpf


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Newbury, NH 03255
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 2:58 am    
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He starts the tune on the A6th neck, jumps down to get some Speedy West licks on a neck tuned to either E6th or Speedy's tuning then goes to the outer neck which is the Leon McAuliffe bass tuning which I believe is A6th tuned an octave lower than standard A6th. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Most Stringmaster Quads have a different nut on the outer neck with wider grooves to accomodate the heavier guage strings needed for that tuning. Many modern players have swapped out those nuts with the conventional one to avoid string buzzing. The bass tuning was something of a failed experiment; difficult to play with good intonation. Noel Boggs took it off his early Quad and substituted his E13th tuning. I'd be interested in knowing if the pickups are wound a bit differently on that outer neck. My 1960 Quad's outer neck is by far the richest sounding neck on my guitar.
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Jay Fagerlie


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Lotus, California, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 5:17 am    
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At 0:41 the camera pans around and you can see how fat them strings on the far neck are.
Way cool
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2009 6:27 am    
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I had an early '60s Fender Quad a few years ago with the bass tuning on the outer neck, but I could never get comfortable with those big thick strings, so I seldom played that neck.

Notice that the Fender logo on the front of Buddy's guitar is covered for the TV show.
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