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Topic: Saw this on evilbay... WHAT THE HECK IS IT? |
Phil Ajjarapu
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Portland, via Austin, TX via Chicago
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Phil Ajjarapu
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Posted 19 Jun 2010 1:40 pm |
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| I kind of want to bid on it just because of that treble clef inlay at the 12th fret, but 8 strings, 4 pedals, no knee levers... It might be a cute curiousity and nothing more, in terms of a player. |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 19 Jun 2010 2:12 pm
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| Howard student steel. |
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Phil Ajjarapu
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Posted 19 Jun 2010 2:14 pm
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Sweet, thanks for the answer.
I figured it wasn't any of the things that they had tagged in the listing. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Posted 20 Jun 2010 7:35 am
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Jim Sliff
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Posted 20 Jun 2010 10:51 am
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Looks like a decent platform for modding. The only hitch is the changer looks like an all-raise system.
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Chris Lang
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Posted 24 Jun 2010 5:07 am
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Jim says:
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How do you figure that?
Good chops/technique create the tone!
You can't have good tone without good technique.
Maybe you meant: "Great chops and great tone".
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2010 11:57 am
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I almost went for it, but when I asked about string spacing he said .3", which is really tight. If it had 3/8" spacing, I would have bid on it. I'd have a hard time playing a guitar with .3" string spacing.
The pull mechanism is really primitive. It would have to be retrofitted with real crossbars and bell cranks to be playable. A Maverick-style yoke system would work too. But what you have there is, well, pretty stupid mechanically, IMHO.
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