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Topic: Spread Your Legs |
Rick Collins
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Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2005 8:25 pm |
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| If you own a Fender Dual Pro. and/or an early Fender triple Stringmaster, I recommend changing the leg sockets to the newer 18 degree type. The guitar will be more stable (especially if it has three legs). And, it will look much better when you are playing from a standing position. |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Apr 2005 8:48 pm
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That's what I did to Rick Alexander's Pewter T–8 Custom. It seems to work very well, and a good bit sturdier!
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“Big John” Bechtel
’49-’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Eminence
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 19 Apr 2005 11:05 pm
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Would the leg sockets which you speak of fit on a Lyric Magnatone (D- ?
The three legs on the Magnatone makes it unstable. I would like to see a little more stability. Sometimes it can rock and roll.
However changing the legs sockets might affect the value, correct?
Just curious.
Don |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 19 Apr 2005 11:15 pm
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| Where do you get those sockets? That sounds like good advice. And how much wood do you have to remove to install them? |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Apr 2005 12:54 am
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| That's what I did to Rick Alexander's Pewter T–8 Custom. It seems to work very well, and a good bit sturdier! |
It's true - the customized pewter Custom is more stable than my blonde 51. Of course the higher the legs are extended, the more crucial the spread factor becomes. I'm a standup guy, and my guitars are about 39 - 40 inches from the floor. You just never know when some clumsy drunk will bump into your vintage Fender. So Rick C. raises a good point.
I don't recall where Big John got the leg sockets and legs for the pewter Custom.
I always turn to Don Burrows wingingit@adelphia.net for my leg and socket needs - he's a perfectionist.
Rick Alexander
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2005 8:43 am
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Bobbe, in Nashville, has the wide angle sockets; but you must change the 3/4" threaded plugs in the legs to 1/2" if you have Fender legs.
It's worth the effort. You will be much happier with a more stable and better looking instrument. |
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