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Gary Rue

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2017 12:02 pm    
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I'm going to try to run this down. I bet someone took real walnut and made a dual pro body. It must wiegh a ton!
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2017 12:26 pm    
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I think Jody Carver said here that some of the early Dual Pros were real Walnut. That would be the 1940s ones w/boxcar pickups. I had one years ago, and it was very heavy and had no legs. I don't know what kind of wood it was, but it could have been real Walnut because it was about as heavy as a piece of oak! I do remember that it had no legs. Some came from the factory like that. Heavy as h@ll and no legs! What were they thinking? Shocked
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John Dahms

 

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Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2017 1:25 pm    
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The ash one I showed pictures of is heavy enough to cut the blood flow off if you played it on your lap. It is a table steel because it came without legs. My other one is a later walnut stained ash one and is plenty heavy as well.


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Kelvin Monaghan

 

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Victoria, Australia
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2017 2:40 pm    
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Here is a shot of mine I restored a couple of years ago,its bolted together,and the top pieces are glued on.
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John Dahms

 

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Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 1 Apr 2017 5:34 am    
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Kevin, that picture speaks volumes about the construction of these guitars. I noticed that the thick neck is sandwiched in 2 layers. On my 55 it is also but on my 47 it is 1 full thickness piece of ash.
That must have been some project to restore.
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