Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2013 11:17 am |
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I have been thinking about selling this guitar and replacing it with a new D-10 with split tuning on E9. The guitar is currently kept at my home in New Hampshire and is put in the case when I go to my place in Florida for 6 months. I’m leaving for Florida on Saturday 10/19. I thought I’d give it a try this week and see if anyone is interested.
I am the original owner of this guitar, having ordered it in the spring of 1985. I gigged with the guitar until about 1992, when I got involved with a successful R&B band and pretty much stopped playing steel for the next 19 years, The point being is that the guitar is in remarkable condition. When the guitar was kept set up, overnight in a bar that I was playing, I wrapped it in a sheet to protect the top and bottom. The guitar has not been on a stage for 20 years and is used as a stay at home guitar, mainly for C6 playing.
It is a blue lacquer guitar, as you can see from the pictures. The color of the top and rear apron has darkened as shown. The front apron has pretty much kept its original hue. There are very small, hard to see, dings between the necks. The guitar was sent to Mickey Adams in May of 2012 to be gone over and to be set up somewhat differently than it had been. It has aluminum necks. The tuners are Sperzels and have always been a little tight. This can be remedied but It’s not to the point that I feel it’s worth the effort. Pickups are Lawrence 705’s with chrome surrounds. The guitar stays in tune and sounds great to my ears. Changer is 3 &2. There is a 1†lift kit on the guitar (1†over normal height).
The guitar has 8 pedals and 6 knees. The E9 pedals are Emmons set up. The E9 levers are as follows:
LKL 4 &8 E-F, LKR 4&8 E-D#, LKV 5&10 B-A#, RKL 1 F#-G#, 2 D#-E, 6 G#-F#, RKR 2 D#-D-C# (w feel halfstop), 7 F# - G#.
The C6 copedent is as follows:
P4 4&8 A- B, P5 1 G-G#, 5 G-F#, 10 C-D, P6 2 E-F, 6 E-Eb, P7 3 C-D, 4 A-B, P8 7 C-C#, 9 F-E, 10 C-A. Middle LKR 4&8 A-Bb, RKL 2 E-D, 6 E-F, RKR 3 C-B.
The right knee levers are a little stiff due to multiple pulls on them. I find them to be comfortable and the guitar to be solid enough to make this work. If it’s not to your liking you can always remove a couple of pulls. There are flags on the levers that move to the right. I have put dowels in the rear legs to maintain proper height. Comes with original case with new handle. There is some tape on torn tolex. Case is clean and solid.
The price on the guitar is $3,100., and is non negotiable at this time (maybe a little next spring). If you don’t want the lift kit, subtract $50. I will pay insured shipping to the lower 48. Payment by pay pal – credit card, add 2.9% or whatever the charge is. Pay pal gift (from bank account) has no charges associated with it.
The fine print: If you want the guitar the transaction needs to be complete early in the day, Friday 10/18, in order that I can get the guitar shipped during the afternoon of 10/18. If it doesn’t sell, I have the winter to decide if I really want to do this. Thanks for looking.
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Justice Pro Lite (4-5), Justice D-10 (8-5)x2 , Quilter Steelaire, Hilton Pedal, BJ's bar.
Last edited by Howard Steinberg on 18 Oct 2013 3:37 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 16 Oct 2013 6:42 am
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FWIW: I would have kept this guitar in a heartbeat, had it been for sale at the time...She's a great sounding axe!...
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Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2013 3:22 am
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Deadline not met. The next deadline is May, 2014.
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Justice Pro Lite (4-5), Justice D-10 (8-5)x2 , Quilter Steelaire, Hilton Pedal, BJ's bar. |
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