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Topic: Legs and Sockets for a '48 - '51 Console Grande |
Jacob Hacker
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Tucson, Arizona
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Posted 17 Jan 2015 8:05 pm |
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| Alrighty, I've seen some threaded legs on ebay, and threaded sockets that fit in some lap steels. I'm wondering, do those sockets fit the bolt pattern/bolt circle on an old Gibson console? that way i can get threaded legs and get it to sit a bit higher and a little sturdier. Does anyone know where I can find sockets? Call me lazy, but i really don't feel like making them myself, |
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 10:10 am
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Gibson consoles have a 'pocket' that doesn't allow for a retrofit... the legs just slide into holes, the main defect for these guitars. The holes are at the extreme corners of the guitar so you can't put plates in there.
Here's a thought... aluminum rods, same size/depth as the holes... tapped out for pedal steel legs. Epoxy them in there and never look back.
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Jacob Hacker
From:
Tucson, Arizona
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 4:20 pm
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| Thank you Mr. Cowell, i'll just make an adapter. i can't get over how incredibly helpful this community is! |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 6:17 am
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Another option would be a Deluxe34 stand from fellow Forumite Mark Roeder. Mark will make up custom-sized brackets to fit nearly any instrument.
http://www.deluxe34.com/
I have two of them. Not cheap, but worth every penny. |
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Fred Layman
From:
Springfield, Missouri USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 11:16 am Legs and Sockets
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| Go to the GHS steel guitar site. They liist both legs and sockets for sale. |
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Adam Nero
From:
Wisconsin
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 5:03 pm
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| Jacob Hacker wrote: |
| Thank you Mr. Cowell, i'll just make an adapter. i can't get over how incredibly helpful this community is! |
I was lucky enough to buy my (granted, newer model C-520) console grande from a man who already found adapter bolts. Legs screw into bolts, bolts screw into guitar.
I've never owned a console grande like yours... does it really not have threaded "twist-in" sockets? Mine does, but the standard PSG telescoping leg thread count is different than the one in the bottom of my guitar. Hm.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 8:38 am
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| The early, three legged Console Grandes had sockets where you inserted the leg and then gave it a quarter turn to lock in place. These were the wobbly ones. Don Helms had one of these and changed it to the screw in type legs. |
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Adam Nero
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Wisconsin
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 9:33 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
| The early, three legged Console Grandes had sockets where you inserted the leg and then gave it a quarter turn to lock in place. These were the wobbly ones. Don Helms had one of these and changed it to the screw in type legs. |
Interesting, thanks Erv.
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