| What's Your favorite vintage non-pedal Steel Guitar? ...Tone, Playability, Looks, etc. |
| Fender Stringmaster |
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28% |
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| Fender Dual Pro, Custom (trapazoid pickup) |
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9% |
[ 10 ] |
| Rickenbacher Bakelite |
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14% |
[ 16 ] |
| Rickenbacher Fry Pan |
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5% |
[ 6 ] |
| Gibson EH series |
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5% |
[ 6 ] |
| Other Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker (not specifed above) |
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9% |
[ 10 ] |
| Valco-Oahu-Supro-Airline-National-Sivertone, etc |
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19% |
[ 21 ] |
| OTHER |
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8% |
[ 9 ] |
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Topic: What's Your favorite vintage non-pedal Steel Guitar? |
Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Jan 2007 11:57 pm |
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Nothing beats a good National Dynamic! 
Steinar
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 2:37 am
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| i've always had a soft spot fer them Gibson EH series |
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Jay Yuskaitis
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 5:48 am
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"Sho Bud"
Jay Y. |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 6:55 am
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| Bakelite Ric. The tone is like no other and the string spacing is right. |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 7:28 am National all the way
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I voted for National, as it's the only brand I've ever owned - and I've only owned one of those.
I played a frypan once, which was very cool, and had "that tone," but the National is the only one I've had any significant experience with. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dave Zielinski
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 9:15 am
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| Rickenbachers, no doubt. horseshoe pickups, string spacing and scale length. has it all. |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 9:50 am
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| Bigsby |
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 10:11 am
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 10:29 am
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| English Electronics long scale Valco! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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John Dahms
From:
Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 11:00 am
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| Bakelite Ric. There is something "right" about them. |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 11:55 am
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| I guess I will go with my National Dynamic...but here lately I have been playing my Stringmaster D6 more & more...Terry V |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 1:07 pm
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I had a tough time between the Fender trap and Rick B6.
Polls are fun, but unless you've actually owned all these guitars, you can't really make an informed vote. Valco and Stringmaster will probably win because more folks own them. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 2:18 pm
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| I love Stringmasters, but I voted for Ricky bakelite mainly for the reasons that Dave mentioned - pickups, scale length and string spacing. My 35 moans and growls like nothing else. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 6:18 pm
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 I love my Stringmaster,but I have 2 old Nationals that are hard to beat.Depends on what kind of music I'm trying to play.
"Why Should I Have To Choose,
Walk Around and Sing The Blues". Willy.
PJ  |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 2 Jan 2007 10:46 pm
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Because we are limited to the list, I cast my vote for the Rickenbacker Frypan, but a lot of my heart leans to the Magnatone Lyric.
Aloha, 
Don |
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Kevin Brown
From:
England
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 1:06 am
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| Have now voted, my Dynamic and supro 8 get me every time ! |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 3:45 am
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| Rick Frypan. Lots of other great steels but I guess it's the voice I've chosen. I like it for its sustain (or lack thereof)...the way the notes decay. I like the simple look... plug the slab of metal into an amp and just play away. Also, slotted headstocks have always looked neat to me. And Billy Hew Len played one... He's king in my book. |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 4:46 am
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 3 Jan 2007 5:32 am Rick Frypan for me...
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I LOVE my Stringmasters, and I dig the tone/vibe of my '38 Epiphone, but the frypan has it for what I like most. There's an harmonic complexity and old-fashioned tone that hooks me everytime.
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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