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Topic: Fender Freaks - An unusual transitional 1000 |
Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 12:28 pm |
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Just stumbled on this one on eBay. It's one of a few we've seen over the last few years with the short-scale top end and chrome pedals. According to my Fender contacts, the best they can tell is that these were made in late '63/early '64; the changer had been redesigned to handle more modern tunings (i.e. less string breakage) and is also a little more precise in "feel"; but they had tons of chrome pedals in stock, and Leo hated wasting anythng - so they used them up on the first ones and then phased in the black pedals.
I'm going to ask the seller to measure the scale length just out of curiosity. I've never verified that these transitional models were actually short-scale (although that looks to be the case.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-1000-pedal-steel-guitar-dual-8-necks_W0QQitemZ220174780341QQihZ012QQcategoryZ33039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
PS - I'm not bidding...but this looks like I nice one. hope someone gets it who will put it to good use!
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 8:32 pm
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I received a reply from the seller, and it is indeed short scale, but with chrome pedals. I may have to revisit a project of adapting chrome pedals to short-scale guitars; it seems a lot of players have bought short scale instruments only to find pedals in woefully short supply, while chrome ones are plentiful.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 23 Nov 2007 5:58 am
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| Fender seemed to have a policy in place of getting rid of all the parts they had of an old model when changing the design of that model. Seems they would just adapt the old tolex colors on the new cabinet models till it ran out and then just use the new tolex color. Same with knobs and as in the case of this steel guitar the old chrome pedals. When they were gone, the new cast pedal became the standard. I like the transition Fender products. Some are really interesting looking. |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 26 Nov 2007 12:55 pm Huh?
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Man, with a starting bid of 900.00, I doubt if it will sell. You can get these rigs in the 550.00-600.00 range all day, what with all the work they require.
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Joel Meredith
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Portland,Oregon, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2007 6:24 pm
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| $550-$600? Where are you seeing these prices? I look on ebay for these all the time and they're always going for at least $900 |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 5:21 am
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| You can get these rigs in the 550.00-600.00 range all day, what with all the work they require. |
What Joel said. A bone-stock 1000 of any type in decent condition is $1000 nowadays - sheesh, There are adozen of us around here that'd buy every one we could for $600!
And what "work"? They are very easy to maintain, and the easiest steel to set up short of a MultiKord (which really falls into a different category).[/quote]
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 3:28 pm
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There are only two defining forces that have offered to die for you; Jesus Christ and the American GI!!
Think about it!!
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basilh
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 3:32 am
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gone
Last edited by basilh on 29 Nov 2007 3:03 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 7:26 am
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Fred - actually, when you ship it in two boxes (one for each case) across country, it's a little over $100 (having recently done it and shopping for rates). If you have to buy boxes and bubble wrap that's going to be at least another $30 or so - $20 for handling is not excessive IMO. I've shipped probably a thousand packages of various types over the last 5 years, and $150 for a Fender 1000 isn't out of line at all.
When you're on one coast or another and use a flat rate, the usual method is to price shipping at coast-to-coast prices, then be willing to flex a bit if the actual rate is much lower (like in-state). I've used the same method for years with one complaint from someone with a feedback rating of "3"....
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 7:48 am
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There are only two defining forces that have offered to die for you; Jesus Christ and the American GI!!
Think about it!!
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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basilh
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 2:17 pm
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 2:52 pm
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gone too
Last edited by Fred Shannon on 29 Nov 2007 6:16 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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basilh
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 2:57 pm
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| Phred, no one said it WAS you ? |
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