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Topic: Harmolin on Ebay with ? |
Jason Hull
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J. Wilson
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Manitoba, Canada
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 20 Jun 2010 7:42 am |
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Jason Hull
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Posted 20 Jun 2010 8:32 am
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| Oops! Yes, that's the link. I'll fix my original posting. Thanks for the info! |
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Ron
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Hermiston, Oregon
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Posted 24 Jun 2010 9:31 pm
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This critter was made by mr Smith of the Melobar guitars.
I have one of the old ones and not electric. I dont have the string bender part.
I called the Melobar people and got a hold of the son and he told me that I called 2 weeks to late as his dad ,the builder, had just passed away.
He said that he still has the pat on it and that the first ones were made in the Dobro factry in california. He was good frends with mr Dopra and on the weekends he could use the factory to build these guitars.
I bought my guitar at a yard sale and paid $50.00 just to hang on the wall
Ron Frazier.
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2010 12:03 am
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New poster here; long time player and occasional collector...
I bid on this and dropped out around the $450 mark. It ended up selling for $835 or so. Guess someone is more interested in 'Volu-Tone Junk' than I am!
No offense to Mr. Allen... I have four Volu-tone laps right now, two of them still have the four-prong plug, the other two sound very good through an amp, although the pickups might be considered a little weak. From what I understand, they were not 'permanent' magnets and were designed to be 'charged' before use each time, and I guess the two I have with the 1/4" jacks haven't been charged in years. I like 'em though, just not as much as the Mighty Slingerland.
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Nicholai Steindler
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New York, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2010 3:04 am
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| I should probably use the search button, but aren't those the pickups that can kill people? |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 1 Jul 2010 8:58 am
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"Wisdom does not always come with age. Many times age arrives alone."
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2010 2:01 pm
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Thank you Mr. Allen for your learned and valuable input. To be sure, the guitar in the auction is a dinosaur, a rather clunky one at that. Yet it is fascinating in its own primitive way (not enough to inspire me to spend eight hundred dollars on one of the damn things).
I wonder if there are any confirmed reports of anybody actually getting electrocuted while playing one of these instruments? 
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Nicholai Steindler
From:
New York, USA
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2010 4:56 pm
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Where was the confirmation? I missed it 
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Nicholai Steindler
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2010 5:03 pm
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In my post? That was a joke. Well, as much as you can joke about death.
Once you start poking into what goes into these old amps, healthy amount of respect is beyond necessary. New amps too. |
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Peter Huggins
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Van Nuys, California, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2010 2:04 pm
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I was aware of the electrocution deaths of both Lee Harvey of stone the crows (didn't know he was Alex Harvey's brother though) and Keith Relf of the Yardbirds (and later, Armageddon). These both occured with conventional electric guitars. Everyone needs to have a healthy respect for all things electrical!
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