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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 18 Aug 2019 1:50 am |
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| How many quad string masters were built ? |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 8:50 am
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| Any idea at all ? |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 9:02 am
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| Production totals for any Fender instrument are something of a mystery. Totally different than Gibson or Martin. |
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 10:02 am
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When this came up a few years ago, Jody Carver who worked as a sales manager at Fender came up with a figure of only 68 for the long scale model.
Unfortunately, he didn't chip in with any information about the later medium and short scale versions other than that "the shorter scales were more popular". All Fender's records relating to steel guitar production were lost somewhere along the line, so we will probably never know.
https://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/004439.html
I wonder how many are still around? I know of 4 in Europe (including mine), two of which are long scale. |
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Brad Davis
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Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 11:13 am
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I own one of the early ones from 54.
I don't know if Jody really meant 68 for one calendar year or through the entire run of long scale production, but it was less than 2 years total anyway.
I suspect most were made through the late 50s or early 60s and then rarely thereafter. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 11:43 am
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| I don't know if Jody really meant 68 for one calendar year or through the entire run of long scale production, but it was less than 2 years |
He does say "during those years" which indicates more than one year and, in context, I took it to mean the years of long scale production. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 11:47 am
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I have an early one:
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Brad Davis
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 12:05 pm
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| Jeff Mead wrote: |
| Brad Davis wrote: |
| I don't know if Jody really meant 68 for one calendar year or through the entire run of long scale production, but it was less than 2 years |
He does say "during those years" which indicates more than one year and, in context, I took it to mean the years of long scale production. |
I'm probably remembering something else. It was in that ballpark regardless. |
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C. E. Jackson
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Aug 2019 2:09 pm
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| Duke Ching has one. I carried it for him once...just once !! |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 22 Aug 2019 9:00 am
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| A big thank you for all the answers. As usual with Fender the water is still pretty cloudy. |
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