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Topic: Tis' the season!! |
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James Nottage
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 3:10 am Should not be the season |
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Well, I would bet that someone has tried to do so, but it seems like more than a bit of folly to me. Since the 1930s to today the beauty, charm, sound, and nature of these instruments has kept them in the hands of players playing every kind of music. It is just my opinion, but I doubt seriously if you could improve the instrument. Save it for someone who appreciates the integrity of the original design.
James
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Ron Simpson
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 5:24 am
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| Number three is a steel guitar, not a round neck spanish guitar. |
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 7:19 am
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#3--that's right. I was thrown by the "spanish" in the name. That one's been around a couple of times already.
The neck comes right off! It would be pretty easy to put back on and stick in the closet for another 50 years if one wanted. --Why? investments? Art? both?
Maybe...I've collected a few, when I got around to selling, I've never made any money at it. That's just me though, not a good dealer.
To tell the truth, it's not that important to "preserve the past", I say PLAY the damn thing. (it won't vanish into thin air) Very few items are worth collecting --Just the way I see it, don't want to put too much emphasis on objects.
I think a playable neck with good frets would be a great improvement! |
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John Billings
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 7:43 am
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| Thought I read something just recently about the history of these guitars. I think Ricks that were sent in later for neck repairs/replacement, got wooden necks installed. Wish I could recall where I read that! Some sort of Rick history site,,,,,, |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 1 May 2011 5:45 am
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I used to own a spanish-necked one. It had remarkable tone and the sustain was amazing, so much so that you had to be really careful about letting things ring. It had a major bow to it though and the action was awful. I sold it long ago but I would have liked to have had a wood neck made for it.
A friend of mine has a tenor-necked version (talk about rare) that he made a wood neck for. It is pretty cool. |
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b0b
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Posted 1 May 2011 9:18 pm
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Just a reminder of Forum policy, Ron:
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| Use of the Classified Ads section to drive traffic to online auctions (e.g. EBay) is subject to a 2.5% finders fee if the auctioned item is bought by a Forum member. |
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b0b
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James Inkster
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Posted 3 May 2011 12:18 pm
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Just to follow up on the rather interesting (to me at least) idea of replacing the neck...
Why not look for an old squareneck and replace that neck, instead? Seems they're significantly cheaper...
Making a neck to fit might not be the easiest process, either.
Having never held a round-neck bakelite, I have to ask -- is it a short-scale like the squarenecks? |
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Posted 4 May 2011 11:02 pm
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Bob, I goofed up!
I meant to post the thread on steel w/o pedals...
They're not my guitars, just saw a few running together on the 'bay, and wanted to discuss them.. |
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I can't believe you're doing this, Ron.