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Topic: How many play an older guitar? |
Reggie Duncan
From: Mississippi
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Posted 15 Apr 2003 8:39 pm
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1979 Emmons. Nuff said! |
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Frank Parish
From: Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 2:03 am
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71 Emmons p/p 9/8
66 Emmons p/p 8/8
72 Sho-Bud 8/5
62 Fender Stringmaster
75 and 76 Session 400's
69 Standel
The old stuff still sounds great and plays great. |
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Johan Jansen
From: Europe
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 7:28 am
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76 sho~bud fender |
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Damir Besic
From: Nashville,TN.
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 3:25 pm
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Frank,you are armed pretty darn good I would say...
your bud Damir
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Richard Shelley
From: Denver, CO, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 4:00 pm
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I play an older BMI. Can anyone tell me how to ascertain what year it actually is? |
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Jay Ganz
From: Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 4:32 pm
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I've got some older ones. They just seem
to have more character. Each one sort of
has it's own personality. The newer steels
are great, but they sound like.....
well...new steels!
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Steelin' Video * * * Bolt-on* * * * Wraparound* * * *Fingertip |
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Bill Llewellyn
From: San Jose, CA
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D Schubert
From: Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2003 9:24 pm
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1965 Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10
19?? Sho-Bud Maverick, metal keyhead, rollers
1950's Supro Grand Console 8-string
1950's Airline 6-string
1939 Dobro model 45 squareneck
1928 Dobro model 55 roundneck
1930's Oahu student model Hawaiian |
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Al Marcus
From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Apr 2003 8:14 pm
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Right now, I am playing a MSA "Universal" with 8/5 flame green wood lacquer, triple raise and lower. Weighs 39lbs out of the case. I like it.It is about 20 years old, just a youngster compared to me. LOL...al |
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Alvin Blaine
From: Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2003 11:07 pm
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'35 Dobro
'40s Rickenbacher
'49 Fender D8
'54 Stringmaster T8
'58 Fender 400
'58 Martin D-18
'60 Fender 400
'62 Fender 1000 |
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Carl West
From: La Habra, CA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Apr 2003 10:37 am
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Fender 2000 altered with 9 and 3 knees. Lake Placid blue, all chrome pedals. Proto type. Chrome pedals thanks to Gene Fields.
Fender Twin with 2 12" JBL's. Also Fender Proto type.
Fender Showman enclosure with 2 15" JBL's, Horn driver with crossover. Proto type
Carl West
Emmons D-10
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Robbie Daniels
From: Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2003 12:56 pm
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I play a 1974 MSA classic D12 9 & 5 built for me to my specifications and I wouldn't trade it presently for anything unless the new Melliniums have something better to offer. I love the sustains and ease of playing. It is a bit heavy, but you can't have everything. I use a 10k pot Goodrich volume pedal and two evans amps 1983 FE500 LV w/JBL E130 and 1999 E200 LV w/stock 15". My style is really not so much the new speedy style so maybe that makes a different also. I like the fatness of the older steels, especially on the C6th where my bottom is very low. |
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Kenny Foy
From: Lynnville, KY, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2003 5:44 pm
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1975? SHO-BUD PRO11 CUSTOM DOUBLE 12 AND 1984 EMMONS PP |
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Jody Carver
From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 6:33 am
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2 Pair of Plaid Pegged Pants circa 1952
1 Pair Penny Loafers circa 1949 (needs heels)
3 skinny ties
1 lb hair glue "pomade"
These are NOT FOR SALE.
1 Arthur Godfrey Ukelele..
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Keith DeLong
From: Dartmouth NS Canada
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 7:34 am
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Endecott keyless, lefthanded,S-10 with pad, looks like an older MSA underneath with round cross-rods, so it's probably old, but I don't know how old |
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Rick Aiello
From: Berryville, VA USA
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Matt Brydges
From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 8:47 am
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I do.
67 Emmons D10
70 Fulawka S10
70s Session 400
Matt |
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Jody Carver
From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 4:17 pm
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Everything I have is old. |
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Skip Keane
From: Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2003 5:07 pm
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1972 Sho Bud Professional
1952 Oahu "Killer Bee" Lap Steel
1965 Ampeg Jet
1961 Leslie 122 amp/speaker
Love the old tube sound...love the craftmanship and real wood too.
Skip |
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Dan Tyack
From: Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2003 5:47 am
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My current main guitar is a 79 model, but it's a Franklin, so the mechanics are still state of the art for 'modern' guitars. I have a new Weissenborn style guitar, a new Asher lap steel, a middle aged dobro, but a '30s National, and a 50s Fender deluxe 8. I also have some older amps, including a 50s Fender Pro and a 60s Showman, but the amp I mostly use is a 2002 model THD tube head.
For me it's 99% tone. My newer guitars sound great, that's why I play them (in particular, the new Weissenborn sounds better than any prewar guitar I have ever played). If there was an older pedal steel that had a tone I absolutely loved, I would probably make the funky mechanics work for me. I'm lucky that I am crazy about the sound of my Franklins, because they also work so well. The only older guitar that I would think about owning would be a ZB, because of the unique killer sound of those axes. If I ever were to do such a thing, I would put a very simple copedent on the thing and never touch the mechanics.
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www.tyack.com
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Jody Carver
From: KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 22 Apr 2003 10:05 am
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RICK
All I can say is "DYNAMITE"...really great.
Thanks for sharing. |
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Gary Slabaugh
From: Scottsdale, AZ
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Posted 24 Apr 2003 8:01 am
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I only have one guitar older than me
It is a Rick Bakelite. I have one guitar my wife's age (National Double and my "new one" is a 1959 Golden Hawaiian accoustic. If each of them were tuned in a different tuning..how old am I? |
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Morten Sand
From: Brumunddal, Norway
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Posted 24 Apr 2003 1:46 pm
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I play an old Franklin serial# 002,
and it's a great guitar
Look at the pictures on my web site.
www.morten-sand.com
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John De Maille
From: On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 26 Apr 2003 8:37 am
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I play a 1977, S-11 RusLer. It still sounds great to my ears (huh!) Never had any major problems with it, even though it's got thousands of hours of playing. I have ordered, and hope to receive my new S-12 Zumsteel soon. I'm still keeping the RusLer, though. |
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Kenny Forbess
From: peckerwood point, w. tn.
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Posted 26 Apr 2003 2:26 pm
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66 Emmons # 1026-D, 8&8 bolt-on
Kenny
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66 Emmons D-10 bolt-on
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