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Topic: Double 6 string non pedal |
Larry Moore
From:
Hampton, Ga. USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2020 2:04 pm |
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I have this D-6 non pedal that the pick up plate has broken.
I think I can make another one. Now I have the pick up off I was checking it but I cannot get a reading off the pick up.
It was not working before the plate broke.
I got some pictures of the plate and the pick up. It is the type that the strings go through the pick up.
It looks like it would work on a 8 string cause the plate has 8 holes for the strings. But the tuning keys have 6 tuners.
Can someone help me with this, I thing I will have to have the pick up rewound if possible.
The Steel appears to be similar to a Fender but has no name logo.
Larry
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 20 Mar 2020 10:16 am
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Looks like a modified Fender dual 8, or maybe something put together with parts. I’m not that familiar with multineck lap steels, having never owned one, played one, or even shopped for one!
Maybe if you can be a bit more specific with the kind of help you’re looking for, someone more knowledgeable than me will jump in here?
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 4:36 am
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Those are Fender parts all right, that is a trapezoid pickup, there are guys that rewind them and I'm sure one will be along soon. Looks like a custom made body.
The bridge plate may be hard to find so you may want to fix that one. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 6:55 am
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| Yes, mostly Fender parts on a custom body. I'm pretty sure Tom Brantley does rewinds on the trapezoid pickups. At first I thought that it might just be a customized Fender body but I believe there are too many differences in routing for that to be the case. Your biggest issue with this guitar is libel to be that Multi Harp Triplex tuning changer that someone made room for on the back neck. Looks like they tossed the original control plate with the string-end receivers and made their own, using the Multi Harp as the receiver. It also looks like they pushed the pickup/bridge assembly forward, perhaps not realizing that that it changed the scale length. The fretboard looks the same as the front neck to me. Do you get a true octave at the 12th fret on the inside neck? If not, I have a couple of suggestions. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 9:29 am
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| body looks like walnut. thats a great sounding instrument wood for solid guitars. |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 12:03 pm
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| The plus side is those are fine sounding pickups, some of the best. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 12:56 pm
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When they're working. 
Erv |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2020 12:05 pm
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| Is that a whammy bar on the back neck. Kida redundant I'd say. |
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