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Topic: The Benoit S12 Quadcone |
HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 7:31 am |
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Another first in the world of resophonic guitars....a true 12 string.......
This is the second part of a crazy idea that Carroll & I had been brainstorming for several years.....and finally, this has become a reality.....for the past 8 years our journey has taken us through some amazing concepts to finished products.....
I don't want to say that this is the end of our journey as we've tackled all of our ideas up to the present.....at this point, I'll say that we've reached a rest stop on the highway of innovation as we have no other ideas with regard to themed resophonic guitars......but we'll be taking a detour from the Acoustic Thruway and onto the Electric Expressway......and I think that this electric endeavor will be.........shocking.... 
Here's the 12 string......
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 8:02 am
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I played this guitar at IBMA...Mind boggling.
It was REAL tough to keep it on my lap though  .
I was darned nervous.
Congrats Howard. It is awesome!
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ps..Now I'm having a brain fart. I think I actually played the double neck 6/8. Still Awesome and the Benoits are fun to hang with!!!
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Howard Parker
03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 9:14 am
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| You played the double neck.....the twelve string was just finished about three days ago.......yes, they're quite wide to play on the lap.....Mark Roeder is making stands for the guitars...... |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 9:24 am
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Well c'mon now Howard, we gotta hear it.
Jay |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 4:01 pm
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| I don't have it yet......I'm waiting for the cases to be made which will take several weeks.....I do hope to post sound clips or a youtube..... |
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Eric Ebner
From:
Texas Republic
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 4:50 pm
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On a technical note;-) A three legged stool will always balance on an uneven floor and a tri-cone takes advantage of this with the T bar configuration. Was there an attempt to somehow solve/overcome a 4 cone configuration or was it not really an issue? Nice guitar!
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Billy Gilbert
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 6:17 pm 12 string reso
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| As Ole Justin Wilson might have said, "That is the most beautimous ting I never saw before again." But then everything Carrol does is fantastic. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 22 Oct 2011 7:42 pm
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| Yes, the bridge for the four cones had to be custom made.......originally we were going to weld two bridges together but then we decided to have it cast from a wood model that Carroll made.....while we were attempting to find a foundry to cast it (a couple of attempts fell through).....a friend & neighbor of Carroll's was at his shop and Carroll was showing him the guitar and explaining the process to him.....as it turned out, his neighbor (who had experience in metal) looked at the bridge model and told Carroll that he could make it.....so he machined one out of aluminum.....it sounded great(in the double neck quadcone) and so Carroll had him made a second one for the 12 string...... |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2011 5:38 am
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Another Masterpiece ...  |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Oct 2011 7:51 am
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Thanks Rick.....
The tuning is Reese's 12 string C6 tuning transposed to G.....
1.......A
2.......F#
3.......D
4.......B
5.......G
6.......E
7.......D
8.......B
9.......G
10......E
11......C
12......A |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 6:57 am
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Wow Premod, that's a big baby & a work of art !...  |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 7:23 am
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Holy shiznit!
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 2:52 pm
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The string spacing is 3/8 at the bridge with a slight taper at the nut....so this is a wide neck......I'm really looking forward to receiving this one and sitting down with this tuning......I'm more "attuned" to G based tunings so this is easier (for me) to look at than other tunings.....
Right off the bat, I see (with a smattering of theory) on the open strings.....(without slants, combinations of open/closed strings, inversions, substitutions and partial chords).....
Am7...C6...C...Em...G...G6...D...Bm7...CM7...GM7
Looks like fun...... |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 25 Oct 2011 5:40 pm
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| plus......Am...Am9...Em9...CM9...GM9 |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 26 Oct 2011 9:01 am
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Another beautiful collaboration between Howard and Carroll. I assume we'll be seeing this in Dallas next year? 
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 26 Oct 2011 3:20 pm
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| I sure would love to......I wouldn't be comfortable flying with it.....and other than that, I'd have to ship it to the hotel.....next day air to be safe.....if I could drive, I'd bring a few one off guitars to display.....we'll see as we get closer to the show...... |
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Chris Battis
From:
Reno, Nevada, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2011 4:53 pm
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That's almost weird enough to come out of the brain of Larry Pogreba. The last time I visited him in Montana there was an aluminum bodied, two-resonator cello up in his workshop.
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Gregg McKenna
From:
South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 27 Oct 2011 8:53 pm
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| So cool it makes me giggle! |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 2:02 pm
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A few more photos of both.....
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 3:05 pm
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