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Topic: 1962 Fender 2000 |
Robert Bowers
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Posted 31 Oct 2022 5:54 am |
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Hi Folks
Just bought a 1962 Fender 2000 and I having trouble trying to find out what each pedal is supposed to do. As I have never played a pedal steel before this is a problem.
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Michael Sawyer
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2022 1:32 pm
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You can easily change the set up.
My advice is to join the Fender pedal steel facebook page,and there you can search the archives and gain a ton of knowledge. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 31 Oct 2022 1:53 pm
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I believe Robert is a member of that page and has obtained info from myself, Jim Sliff and others. I’m sure he’s trying any avenue he can find for help. Maybe Basil H lives close enough to him to get together with him and provide assistance. Robert, there are some folks here that know about Fenders but the most help will probably come from the FB page.
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2022 7:24 pm
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Might want to recheck the year of the guitar.. the 2000 wasn't listed in the Fender catalog until the 1964/ 1965 edition in summer of 1964.. Never heard of 2000 that early. {1962]...
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Robert Bowers
From:
England, UK
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 12:26 am Fender 2000
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Thanks guys
Thanks for your help. Who is Basil H? I thought the guitar was 1962 because of the serial number 00088. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 5:02 am
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Basil Henriques. He is a British steel man who specializes in Fenders. He is prominent here and on FB. He makes the Ezzee Slide bars. Serial numbers on Fender steels mean almost nothing.
http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/html/ezzee~slide%20bar.html
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Robert Bowers
From:
England, UK
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 9:12 am 196? Fender 2000
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Thank you Kevin.
Last edited by Robert Bowers on 8 Nov 2022 4:53 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 7:15 pm
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If my memory serves me correctly, I still have the original "Fender Facts" bulletin from April 1964 where they announced that the new 10-string pedal steels, the Model 800 and Model 2000, would debut at the next Chicago N.A.M.M. Show, which was in June of that year.
So, no 10-string Fender pedal steels in 1962, though the 00088 serial number would certainly indicate it was made in the first production run, which went on sale in '64. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 2 Nov 2022 2:05 am
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My first pedal steel was a 69 Fender 2000. Only steel that I never broke a string.
The originator of the split cases. One for guitar and another for pedal bar, rods and legs. |
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Robert Bowers
From:
England, UK
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Posted 2 Nov 2022 2:18 am 1964 Fender 2000
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| Thanks for your info guys. Most interesting. I think my main problem right now is knowing the pedal setup. The guy I bought my Fender from used weird tunings, and I am sure he mucked about with the pedals, changing them from the original setup. One thing that can't be right is the E9 neck (Top). There are only 2 pedals that work on this neck, affecting just 2 strings. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Nov 2022 1:13 pm
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There is no right or wrong, it's whatever the player wants. My setups are rather unique, and it's quite likely nobody has some of the changes I have. I have little desire now to change them now just to sound like someone else, even though I'm missing some of the more popular moves.
Pick a setup, any setup, and master it!  |
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