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Topic: Sierra 1992 crown model scale question 24.5" or 25 &qu |
steve takacs
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beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 8 May 2013 8:46 am |
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I am trying to sell my Sierra Crown model D-10 with serial number S.896.92 which I believe makes it a 1992.
A prospective buyer from Sweden wants to know the scale and I can't tell him as the steel is in Florida while I am in China. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 8 May 2013 11:49 am
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Measure from where the string contacts the nut, to where it contacts the finger, and you will have your answer.
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 8 May 2013 12:47 pm
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A better way is to measure from the 5th fret to the 12th and multiply by 4.
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 May 2013 2:00 pm
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Scott, Ron: Reread his second sentence.
Then formulate a procedure to implement your suggestion.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 8 May 2013 3:17 pm
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Look at the fretboard in your photos. 12th fret. Doesn't it have a crown and the numbers 25 there? That makes it a 25" scale. That's what it looks like as near as I can tell from your post. Sierra Crown 25. Like this one.
The Crown 25 was out around 1987 with the new brass gearless tuner design. As I recall, the shorter scale had a solid line marker with the 2 points at either end on the 12th fret, like the one at the 24th fret. |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 8 May 2013 5:51 pm
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oops.... 
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Amateur Radio Operator NA4IT (Extra)
http://www.qsl.net/na4it
I may, in fact, be nuts. However, I am screwed onto the right bolt... Jesus! |
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Whip Lashaway
From:
Monterey, Tenn, USA
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Posted 8 May 2013 6:15 pm
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Jerry is correct. I have 2 of them and both have the crown with the 25 in it.
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Whip Lashaway
Sierra E9/B6 12 string
Sierra E9/B6 14 string
Excel S12 8x9 blue
Excel S12 8x9 black |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 8 May 2013 6:47 pm
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scott's answer was better than ron's...unless you only have a ruler.
and...steve...haven't you been using this 'i'm in china' exuse for years now? |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 10 May 2013 8:15 am Thanks, guys
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| I want to thank all of you guys who came in with helpful information except for Chris Ivey who has blown my cover. I actually have been living in a small, but comfortable cave, in the hills just outside of Pittsburgh these past 17 years. Jerry, I believe you are exactly right about that Crown on mine at the 12th fret as I went back and viewed the photos. stevet |
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