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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Greg Booth
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Anchorage, AK, USA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Don Crowl
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Medford, Oregon, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2015 7:05 pm |
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I really enjoy what you do with that instrument & tuning. Didn't you quite a while back you do Sleepy Lagoon with that guitar & tuning? I was super impressed by that version & tried to learn it. I think I didn't learn the full version for lack of sheet music. Now I'm going to see if I can relearn that number, at least the part I learned.
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Joe Elk
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2015 7:18 pm
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Nice Doug
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 23 Dec 2015 7:19 pm
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Thanks, Don and Joe. Yes, I did "Sleepy Lagoon" and "Old Cape Cod" on the Epiphone Eharp (a different one, actually). I foolishly sold that one a couple of years ago and later regretted it. So I searched for a year and I finally found another nice, clean one... this one. These guitars have a mellow sound that works well for slow, dreamy songs.
Regarding Sleepy Lagoon, as I remember, the first 30 notes of the song are all on the same fret with this 10-string E13 tuning! You don't even have to move the bar, just pick the right strings. I discovered that when I first tried the tuning... I was "hunting and pecking" around the strings, and suddenly the melody of Sleepy Lagoon was right there on one fret!
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Ed Baker
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Connecticut, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2015 2:17 am 10 string question
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Nice stuff from a big fan.
Just curious about the instrument. What's the scale length?
Maybe it's just the width of the neck, but it looks fairly short. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 24 Dec 2015 3:21 am
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Thank you Doug for playing this evergreen!
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Myers
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Washington, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2015 8:17 am
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Really nice Doug, I love your style. That's as good as Ricky Nelson's version.
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Len Amaral
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Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 24 Dec 2015 10:01 am
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| Doug, very nice. I can visualize Ricky Nelson on Father Knows Best singing that song. Those were the days...👠|
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Wilmoth
From:
California, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2015 11:18 am
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| Impressive as always Doug. Also impressive you were able to find another Epiphone eHarp in such great shape! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jeff Spencer
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 25 Dec 2015 2:49 pm
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| Never disappoints listening you Doug |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 25 Dec 2015 4:53 pm
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| Love it! |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2015 8:56 pm
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| Len Amaral wrote: |
| Doug, very nice. I can visualize Ricky Nelson on Father Knows Best singing that song. Those were the days...👠|
Uh, Ozzie & Harriet maybe? 
Nice playing. Not a lot of bar movement as you pointed out. But the melody is right there. What years were those 10 string Epi's made? |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 25 Dec 2015 9:41 pm
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Thanks all!
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| What years were those 10 string Epi's made? |
I think the Epiphone Eharps were introduced in 1939 and were made until about 1950. In the 1950s Eddie Alkire switched over to Valco Co., probably to save on costs. Valco built at least three versions of the Eharp until the mid-60s when the company went out of business. Some of the Valco ones have legs, some are MOTS covered, some have natural wood finishes. The Epiphone ones are the most desirable today because of their stunning looks, ornate tuners, huge rosewood fretboard, etc. The later ones are less ornate, and look to be made of cheaper materials.
Here are some pictures of my other Epi Eharp, the one I sold a couple of years ago.
Below is a picture of a music store band, circa 1950s/60s that was posted here by forum member Joe Miraglia a few years ago. I see two early (Epiphone) models, bottom row, far left, and top row, second from the right. The bottom row, second and third are early 1950s Valco versions. The last two, bottom row, are late 50s, early 60s Valco Eharps. Most of those have legs. Joe is in the bottom row, center. I envy him! I wish I had played in a steel guitar band when I was a youngster.
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Paul Honeycutt
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2015 8:47 am
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| Thanks for the history lesson. Quite an instrument. Keep the videos coming. |
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Terrific.