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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2010 10:25 am    
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i have seen several gibson lap steels with ten strings but i have only seen century ten gibsons is there any eh 150 gibson lap steels with ten strings.
or any other gibson models.
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Laurence Pangaro


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Brooklyn, NY
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2010 10:42 am    
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Here's a 10 string EH-185.

http://www.telapex.com/~cejjrpe/geh185cc-10.htm

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CrowBear Schmitt


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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2010 11:28 am    
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http://www.guitaracquisitionsyndrome.com/The_Gibson_Family_1_.php













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Keith Hamm

 

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Three Rivers, California, USA
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2010 12:06 pm    
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WOW There can't be many of these around! That is an impressive collection.
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 6 Feb 2010 1:56 pm    
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does anyone know of one of these gibsons with ten strings or more for sale.
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CrowBear Schmitt


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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 2:26 am    
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they're purty darn rare Daniel
the 8 string EH150 does'nt come round often either
some 7 string EH150s do tho'
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 10:38 am    
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in the last couple of months ive seen several century ten gibson lap steel but i like the older ones better these were made around 1960
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CrowBear Schmitt


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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 11:54 am    
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 12:33 pm    
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in one of the above pictures there is an eleven string gibson are there many of those also what is the last year gibson offered the eh150
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Iain

 

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Edinburgh, Scotland
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 2:53 pm    
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The steel on both the black and white and laminate flooring (in Crowbear's pics) was mine. Bought froma Music Go Round, when I lived in Chicago.
I sold it last year, to a dealer in Paris. A lovely instrument but I gigged it too rarely (and then in rough bars etc) so I felt it was better to sell it.
I hope somebody, somewhere is going out and playing it. Maybe someday I'll be in a club in Paris and see it being played...actually, I've just remembered that I played a gig in Paris using said steel. Small world, etc.
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Brad Bechtel


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San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2010 5:42 pm    
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Daniel McKee wrote:
does anyone know of one of these gibsons with ten strings or more for sale.


There's a ten string Gibson Century steel guitar on eBay currently with a Buy It Now price of $1100 USD.
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chas smith R.I.P.


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Encino, CA, USA
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:53 am    
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I have this one, as well as the one above with the 185 amp. It's not the best sounding guitar that I own, but it's one of 90 that were made and I have a matching 6 string to go with it. The fact that there were only 90 of them gives it an exclusivity.
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2010 2:38 pm    
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which one did you mean did not sounfd the best the century or the other one
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chas smith R.I.P.


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Encino, CA, USA
Post  Posted 9 Feb 2010 10:42 am    
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I think the prewar guitar sounds better. Which doesn't mean that the Century 10 sounds bad. The C10 has a good bite.

If your looking for something that sounds fabulous, get a Clinesmith. It's my current favorite lap guitar.
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Daniel McKee

 

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Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 9 Feb 2010 3:30 pm    
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did gibson ever make a 13 string model i think i may have heard of one.
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Ron Simpson

 

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Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 10 Feb 2010 10:29 am    
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Gibson did make such an intrument. From the photograph that was published, it appeared to be set up as a six string tuning and a seven string tuning on the same neck/fretboard. This was not a double neck guitar.
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