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Topic: Maple Topped Bender Belle |
Tom Pettingill
From: California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 11:02 am
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Here is another fun one I thought I'd share, a real nice maple topped Belle with a Dusenberg multibender bridge.
Some basic specs
24" scale
Quarter sawn African mahogany body
Select flame maple top and head cap
Rosewood fretboard with bone inlay
BG-Pups Custom Blues neck and BG A3 Rockwind bridge pickups
4 way rotary switching
Dusenberg Multibender bridge
Premium Tru Oil finish
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![](http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/quarterbend/SB-002/sb-002-30s.jpg) _________________ Some misc pics of my hand crafted steels
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Stephen Abruzzo
From: Philly, PA
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 11:25 am
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Sweet!!! With those pups I suspect an E tuning? Wow, that'll rock out big-time. |
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Carl McLaughlin
From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 2:30 pm birdseye beauti
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Looks great,Getting excited about mine...Carl ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ 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.Just bought back my old SX lap steel that i modified, in open G |
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Ron Whitfield
From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 3:09 pm
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Looks like you're making another camper very happy, Tom! |
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Tom Pettingill
From: California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 5:29 pm
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Thanks guys!
Steve ... its in an E7, high to low E B G# E D B. Lever 1 goes down 1/2 step, lever 2 up one whole step, and lever 3 up 1/2 step.
Carl .. I'm excited too! For those that might be curious, below is a rough pic of the ribbon striped sapele body for Carl's Belle ... its a beautiful hunk of wood.
Ron ... I certainly do try
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![](http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/quarterbend/SB-004/sb-004-06ss.jpg) _________________ Some misc pics of my hand crafted steels
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Mike Neer
From: NJ
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Posted 12 Feb 2012 5:41 pm
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Looks killer, Tom. _________________ Links to streaming music, websites, YouTube: Links |
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Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2012 11:49 am
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I love the way you "etched" that tree silhouette into the back of that steel ...
You do beautiful work indeed !!! |
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Tom Pettingill
From: California, USA (deceased)
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Carl McLaughlin
From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 16 Feb 2012 4:55 pm Progress??
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Hi Tom,,Progress report??? Carl _________________ 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.Just bought back my old SX lap steel that i modified, in open G |
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