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Topic: Melobar Rattler |
Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 2 Oct 2010 10:03 am |
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I have just bought a 8string Melobar Rattler, and would like to have some info on it,such as poss year,what picup was used,what brand of tuners etc.They don't have a web page anymore but there must be some info floating around somewhere???
Carl McLaughlin......HELP....THANKS IN ADVANCE 
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 4 Oct 2010 2:45 pm
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If you can't find someone who worked at Smith Family Instruments/Melobar then you'll probably not get much of a response. Melobar used Kent Armstrong pickups on their lap steels for the most part - it should say the name right on the pickup.
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A. J. Martinez
From:
Ca.
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Posted 4 Oct 2010 4:14 pm
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| Carl...Post a picture..,my Melobar had a Paul Barth pickup. You can also search "Melobar" in the "insturments for sale" section. You can get alot of info compairng your guitar to what has sold. A.J. |
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Carl McLaughlin
From:
St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 6 Oct 2010 4:06 pm Melobar
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Thanks guys,sorry i did'nt see this last post.I guess i have too many things on the go on the computer...Carl 
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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