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Topic: Black Diamond String |
Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 7:29 pm |
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Here is a vintage Black Diamond Hawaiian Guitar String on Ebay. It is a No. 904 A or 5th string. I believe it is a wound string. I have the paper envelope from a vintage Black Diamond Hawaiian Guitar Sting No. 902 A or 3rd string. This one was a plain steel string.
Could any of you "old timers" tell me the difference between these two strings and maybe the tuning?
Lee, from South Texas |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 8:39 pm
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Lee;
Since I'll be 68 next Feb. I guess I qualify as an ‘Old Timer’! I used to have to use a Black Diamond Tenor-Guitar A-1st for a .012p high G#/A back in the late ’40's, early ’50's. (they were in Red-Envelopes w/Black-Printing) Anyway, with an A–5th. I would say that the Hawai'ian Tuning being used was (A) w/Low-Bass: (6-E–(5-A–(4-E–(3-A–(2-C#–(1-E. Just a ‘stab-in-the-dark’¡
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“Big John” Bechtel
’49/’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-issue Fender Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2004 9:29 pm
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I seldom throw away old strings. I have a box full of them for some reason, I guess I'm a packrat. In this box I also have a pile of NEW Black Diamond strings which have never been opened! Maybe I should hang on to them for another 50 years ?  |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 12:24 am
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Keoki;
Why don't you try to use some of them? They might hold a secret to the illusive Authentic-Hawai'ian sound! (Although from listening to your playing, I don't think you really need any help along those lines!) That's meant as a compliment to your playing! [As authentic as it gets!] IMHO!
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“Big John” Bechtel
’49/’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-issue Fender Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 9:17 am
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| Mahalo John...very kind of you. Have a great Christmas, my friend ! |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 9:33 am
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Early in my career, I always asked for and bought "Black Diamond" strings, because I had been advised that they were the best. I still don't know if that was true!
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