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Topic: please help identify this old Fender Steel |
Denny Turner
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Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 2:01 pm |
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I've never seen a Fender pedal steel like that before. It looks like someone was very creative with a Fender 400 and a Deluxe 8.
Fender never made a combination doubleneck guitar with only one neck having pedals as far as I know. It's a good job, but it's not a factory job.
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 2:45 pm
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| Probably built for a former Multi-Cord player. Be aware that it's pedals are off to the side, so to play it, you've got to sit a little bit sideways. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 10 Jan 2005 2:54 pm
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that's a Hybrid Combustion job
could it be a Rick D8 that got surrounded & surrendered ?
[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 10 January 2005 at 02:54 PM.] |
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Denny Turner
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Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2005 1:52 am
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From my LIMITED knowledge, what I see (and offer for anyones' corrections):
THE NON-PEDAL NECK: Fender tuner pan / nut with the end shaved, unknown longscale fretboard, 1 Stringmaster type pickup (no saw-tooth lense plate of the early pedal steels with similar pu's), A Fender Dual Pro bridge/string-root plate shortened (?) and turned upside down for a string-receiver and Dual Pro or Custom (?) bridge covered by a Stringmaster bridge cover, and a Stringmaster vol/tone plate.
THE PEDAL NECK: Tuner pan, fretboard and pickup matching the above, with unrecognizeable bridge plate that looks like a modified Dual Pro plate with Stringmaster bridge cover, and early Fender cable operated changer whose top mounting plate appears to be cut short. I cannot identify the cable pull mechanism nor the side mounted pedals which I surmise were made by or for someone who learned on and favored side mount pedals.
The above is mounted on a solid one-piece wood top (with some planer chatter marks) and placed in a wood encased metal angle-stock frame with flat stock under-side bridging braces ( the framing possibly from the same pedal steel other parts came from). The framing shows some signs of originally being a single neck that has been sectioned and expanded to receive the 2 necks' deck (?); See the cabinet-end in picture #2.
The work appears to be well done but the pictures' resolution doesn't allow close inspection. I would feel safe to say that the builder knew what he was doing and exercised care in making this Steel, although not extremely clinical. From what we can see in the pics it also looks quite well taken care of over it's years, affirmed by Bill's first hand report. And I'll bet it harbored allot of Mana / Love.
Now let's hope that someone with expert eyes can zero in better than I.
Aloha,
DT~
[This message was edited by Denny Turner on 11 January 2005 at 02:03 AM.] |
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Bill Taft
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Sturgeon Mo. USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Jan 2005 10:33 am
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Please Bump new lower price with case.
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2005 12:36 pm
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Please close this thread. Bill reports in his B/S/T forum ad that this Steel has been sold.
Aloha,
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