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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 11:08 am |
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Bought this one on eBay yesterday, and I'm a little curious about the story of these beautiful steels. I believe this one is a late '40s/early '50s model, and from the other photos in the add it looked as if it had the same string-through pickup as the Supros and Nationals.
I owned a '30s Oahu Tonemaster a while back, and it had a very smooth warm tone that I've missed ever since.
Steinar
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[This message was edited by Steinar Gregertsen on 23 March 2004 at 11:10 AM.] |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 2:09 pm
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| Beautiful guitar!! Hope you have many years of shear enjoyment playing this little gem. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 2:16 pm
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Thanks Ray,- do you (or anybody else) know some interesting 'gossip' about these guitars? Don't know much about the Oahus myself, but from what I've understood the Diana model was their top-of-the-line guitar?
Steinar
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 2:56 pm
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| I can't quite make out the second digit in the serial number (photo on eBay), but it is either from 1952 and 1953. Great looking guitar, Steinar! |
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Karl Oberlander
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2004 3:51 pm
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Steinar,
I have one just like that but a little different color. They were made by Valco and the serial number should be listed on the web. Check mine out on my web site below.
Nice looking instrument and they have remarkable tone!
Kobe
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Gibson D-8 Console Grande - Stringmaster T-8 - Alkire EHarp D-10
Fender Super Reverb
kobe@austin.rr.com
http://home.austin.rr.com/kobeco
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Jason Lollar
From:
Seattle area
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Posted 24 Mar 2004 12:11 pm
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| That would have the same pickup in it that your tonemaster had or a slight variation on it- so your in the ball park. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Mar 2004 1:04 pm
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Jason,- this one seems to have a string-through ála Supro, while the old Tonemaster, which I believe was from the early 30s, had a pickup that looked like something right out of a Flinstone episode...... 
But it sure sounded sweet.
Steinar
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Jason Lollar
From:
Seattle area
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Posted 29 Mar 2004 9:44 am
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| Well you caught me on that one! Never seen a diana like that. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Apr 2004 8:01 am
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The Diana arrived today, and it's definitely a string-through pickup, exactly like the ones used by Supro and some Nationals.
So in a way there's a bit of a conflict between the way it looks and sounds,- the looks are 'warm' but the sound is quite aggressive with lots of trebly bite. Don't know what to think of that yet......
Steinar
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