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Topic: Close it up -1950's Gibson EH-620 8-string |
Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2009 9:32 am |
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Worked out a deal - two guys swapping wacky vintage stuff cross country!
Thanks for all the interest!!!
I've had this one for a while and it is simply not getting used - and it's sad because there is NOTHING like the tone of the P90 pickup Gibson installed around 1950.
It's a complete 4-pedal 8-string with original case. It has some repaired cabinet cracks that do not affect the playing at all. The original cables to the pedals from the changer have ben replaced by rods that work fine (I've seen this on several Gibsons - I think the original cables must have been a problem)
The changer and tuner plastic covers are intact (a couple small chips not noticeable unless you look very closely). It's a beautiful piece of furniture with the grain and plastic covers, even if you don't PLAY it!
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. As mentioned before, the tone is absolutely stunning - full, round, articulate and powerful.
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 only 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 to balance out the all-lower/raise some system depending on what copedent you settle on.
It really makes a great console steel, and for its intended purpose - a "chord changer" pedal steel - it works darned well. There's a light amount of parts-rub on one of the pedals that I'm sure is nothing major, and barely noticeable (I just don't want to leave any details out).
Shipping will be whatever the actual cost is plus $15 to cover a box and/or additional packing materials - I overpack everything I ship and may need to buy a new box or cardboard sheets to make one that I think will work properly. It's 67 pounds in the case and I'm shipping from 90254 - if you look at the UPS site and figure 75 pounds and about 42"x15"x10" you should be able to get a rough idea of the shipping cost. Local pickup is OK with no handling fees or anything like that.
Edited to add payment...or whatever...details (a pending instrument deal fell through) - asking $450 plus shipping and $15 to cover the cardboard (or to make a box) or box I'll need to buy to pack it REALLY well. Paypal or money order (or check if I know you well enough) is OK. trade-wise, I'm, looking for several things (with price/trade offset negotiable)
1. Epiphone MB 250 banjo
2. Fender Squier Thinline Tele
3. Unique/vintage effects
4. Small tube amps
5. 26" HDTV (You never know...)
6. Hipshot/Parsons Green bender kit (NOT the regular Hipshot)
7. Fender 400 or 800 - beaters OK, let me know what you have!
8. ??? Take a shot - I might need/want it!
Thanks - it's just not getting used and I'd like someone to get it who WILL use it, so I'm flexible on price/trade items within reason.
I have more pics available
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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
Last edited by Jim Sliff on 4 Aug 2009 5:19 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Al Terhune
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Newcastle, WA
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Posted 25 Jul 2009 2:34 pm
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Man, I agree, this would make an extraordinary console just laying off the pedals -- a really inexpensive, classic, 8-string Gibson "lap" steel. And it's so beautiful. And you've got the pedals to jazz it up if you're feeling frisky.
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2009 9:26 am
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-bump-
There HAS to be someone who *needs* that fat, round P90 tone!!!!
It really is a wonderful sounding instrument.
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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
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2009 4:42 pm
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-bump-
pricing/trade details changed!
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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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Scott Shipley
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The Ozark Mountains
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Thomas Colvin
From:
Austin,Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2009 4:48 pm
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| Jim, what's the tuning/copedent on this guitar? Interested in a Warmoth/Fender tele? |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2009 9:17 pm
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Thomas - right now I think I have it in a relatively normal C6, although it's really irrelevant - as mentioned you can change the copedent in minutes simply by moving the bolts on top of the changer - any string can be raised/lowered to just about anything you want, and each pedal can raise/lower one or EVERY string! Come to think of it, it might be in a B6 version right now - I don't remember as I could change it so easily I DID!
Keep in mind, though, that it IS basically a console steel - the pedals are meant to change chords, not "move" notes. Tremendous for swing and Hawaiian music, but it's not designed for typical country playing,which didn't exist when it was built.
PM sent re the Warmoth....
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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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Don Drummer
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2009 12:08 pm gibson EH
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| This guitar can easily be set up with the nasville tuning. I had one and tuned starting on the 8th string of a ten string to get the re-entrant strings. Thanks for explaining the lowering mechanism Jim. I never could figure it out. Russ Wever descibed it once and now I see what the deal was. Mine was just a loner> I tuned mine to D9th Don D. |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2009 5:17 am
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Button 'er up - deal made!!
Thanks for all the inquiries guys!
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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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