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Topic: Looking for Gibson / Epiphone or ? for lap style playing |
Mitch Crane
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1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 15 Apr 2010 9:28 am |
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Hi guys,
I'm looking for an acoustic guitar with a wide nut suitable for setting up for lap style playing. Gibson FJN (Kelly Joe Phelps), Epiphone Troubador FT-98 come to mind ... any others to recommend... vintage or new ?
Thanks !
BTW, if you have the FJN or FT-98 you want to sell, please let me know.
Last edited by Mitch Crane on 23 Jul 2010 6:32 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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John Allison
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2010 2:06 pm
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I have a FJN in my shop right waiting for a bridge replacement. It belongs to the local vintage shop for whom I do a lot of repairs and restorations. I can find out what he'll be wanting for it when I finish it - which should be fairly soon.
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John Allison
Allison Stringed Instruments
Austin, Texas
www.allisonguitars.com |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 15 Apr 2010 2:12 pm
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| Thanks John ! Sent you an email. |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 9:16 am
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| Still looking... |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 10:10 am Slide or steel?
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| John, will you be using it primarily in bottleneck slide fashion on your lap, or as a steel guitar? |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 6:38 pm
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John, I don't remember emailing you...is the FJN available ?
Ron, I will be playing it lap style. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 6:53 pm
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| Mitch Crane wrote: |
| Ron, I will be playing it lap style. |
Yes, but with a steel bar for steel guitar, or a 'tube' on a finger for slide? I've seen tubers (slide players) play guitars on their lap, maybe that's what you plan? Or do you plan on playing straight steel guitar?
Slide vs steel, two different animals, and all too often mislabeled/confused, thus taking away from either genre. |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 6:57 pm
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uh, ok.. so if I answer correctly, do you have one for sale ?  - A nut extender on an acoustic guitar is not what I'm looking to do. Will have a raised bone nut installed.
A steel. Shubb SP2, Tipton RT1, Scheerhorn chrome. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 7:21 pm Hooray, a steel player!
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| No, I don't have one, that ain't my thing, but will keep my ears open for one suitable. |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 22 Jul 2010 7:46 pm
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| Thanks Ron...the more ears the better ! The reason for the FJN specifically is the 1 7/8" nut width. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 8:00 am
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| Thanks Mike ! I'm in negotiations now. Yes, the FJN alter-ego guitar. Same specs, but a laminate version. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Darrell Urbien
From:
Echo Park, California
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 7:14 pm
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| Just out of curiosity, if you're going to install a new raised nut anyway, why does the original nut width matter (within reason, of course)? There are historical examples of nuts for steel playing that extended past the fingerboard edge. |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 7:16 pm
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| The neck is already set up for an exact (but taller) nut. Other factors of the FJN / FT-98 for lap style conversion are, 1)non-compensated saddle 2) flat (non-radiused) fretboard. |
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Darrell Urbien
From:
Echo Park, California
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Posted 23 Jul 2010 7:38 pm
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| Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. |
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