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Topic: Anybody able to identify this steel? |
Alex McCollough
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 9:11 am |
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A friend of mine came across it and can't figure out what it may be (other than homebuilt):
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Mark Perrodin
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Tucson Arizona, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 10:25 am first guess
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| Miller? |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 11:49 am
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| Measure from the nut to the bridge (top of the changer fingers) if it’s 23 inches or 23.5 most likely gonna be a Miller. It does look like a later one. Non Miller pedals though. |
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Rich Peterson
From:
Moorhead, MN
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 12:09 pm
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| I would buy it just for that inlay. |
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Alex McCollough
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 12:14 pm
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| Daniel McKee wrote: |
| Measure from the nut to the bridge (top of the changer fingers) if it’s 23 inches or 23.5 most likely gonna be a Miller. It does look like a later one. Non Miller pedals though. |
It's right at 24" |
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Bob Muller
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2022 11:58 pm
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My guess is not a Miller, I think it's Homemade. Not a Miller style changer or under carriage.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 1 Apr 2022 12:27 am
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Everything points to it being homemade and yes, the inlay is the best bit.
I wonder how it works/sounds.
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Mark Perrodin
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Tucson Arizona, USA
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 1 Apr 2022 4:42 am
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The bell cranks and other parts in the undercarriage are identical to a Miller I once had.
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Fred Justice
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Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 1 Apr 2022 6:05 am
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I'd guess a Marlin
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Dennis Detweiler
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Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 1 Apr 2022 6:24 am
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It's a Johnny Cash guitar, "I got it one piece at a time."
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Marty Broussard
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Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2022 6:05 pm
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I’m sure this has been discussed somewhere before, but I can’t locate it so I’m going to ask if the similarities to the Emmons PP have been noticed/discussed. I don’t intend for this to be malicious; I’m curious if this design is pre or post Emmons PP. I haven’t found a patent for the Miller yet….gosh, I really like seeing the evolvement of the instrument. Thanks for any feedback or direction.
The 2-piece finger assembly, the angle retainer for lowering finger tension, the row of tuning holes on the endplate:
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2022 6:37 pm
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Maybe a Cherokee Steel. A guy in Ada, Ok made some of these. I cannot think of his name now but used to have a show on TV out of Ada. Also had a music store and help a lot of guys back in the day. J.R.
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2022 6:41 pm
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Charlie Weaver maybe. If Larry Hamilton see this he can tells us. J.R.
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2022 8:06 pm
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The inlay looks a little different between the guitar and the one in the other forum section. It does not have the V sections where the Front Apron goes under the End Plates. From the parts under the guitar do not look hand made. May have been a earlier or later model.
I am wondering if the guitar was in a bad accident, Or maybe in a auto wreck and the cabinet severely damaged. Some one who was a good craftsman built a new cabinet and replaced the mechanics from the damaged guitar.
There once was a company in Chicago IL, That had many fancy inlays of veneer and border strips. When I was in high school the wood shop teacher had their catalog, Many students ordered fancy inlays to use making jewelry boxes with. |
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