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Topic: Question regarding Magnum fretboard |
Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2008 8:00 am |
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| I didn't want to muddy up the seller's listing regarding this. The magnum for sale in the forum looks like it has a Carter Fret Board. Does carter make this guitar? Or did someone replace the original fretboard? |
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Michael Pierce
From:
Madison, CT
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Posted 7 Jul 2008 8:46 am
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Brian, Magnum is Carter's brand of pedal steel that's offered through retailers (as opposed to the traditional Carter brand which I believe is only available through the factory).
That blue Magnum SD-10 is the deal of the week on the Forum! |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2008 11:15 am
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| Thanks for the reply. I have seen both Carter's Starter and the Magnum for sale on Guitar Center. Now it makes sense that they are one in the same! |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 10:40 am
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Brian, the Magnum is a very fine Pro guitar and the Carter Starter is a fine "starter" or student guitar. Both are built by Carter and sold thru a dealer network such as myself and many other dealers.
Jerry |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 12:50 pm
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Thanks Jerry> I recognized the fret board as being a Carter fretboard, but did not realize they were both made by the same manufacturer.
I have seen old emmons on here with an MSA fret board, ect. So I wasn't sure. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 1:19 pm
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Emmons is a 24.25" scale, MSA is 24" scale, if you saw these brands mixed, you saw a guitar that won't be played in tune!
The info you recd. from Jerry Roller and the other guys here is totally correct. I like the Magnum better, (but then, I'm a dealer!  )
Best wishes, you are in the world of steel guitar now, (hang on and enjoy the ride) 
Bobbe |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 2:00 pm
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Ok, maybe it wasn't emmons/msa.
It was a brand of guitar but it definitely had a different brand's fretboard on it.
Thanks for the correction and the explanation Bobbe.
Which guitar has the large oblong shapes on it? that was the fretboard, but it was on a different guitar. I could have swore it was an emmons with a fretboard that had oblong thingys on it. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 5:44 pm
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It probably was, this fretboard you describe with the oblongs is possibly one I designed for the Emmons guitar, and was later used by "the Bethel Guitar", . My old friend Dick Miller asked if he could use these boards on his guitar, I said yes.
However, this fret board was also a 24.25" scale,
The Sho-Bud Fretboards work perfectly on the MSA, and several other guitars.
Brian, as a matter of fact, my Emmons has the oblong fretboards on it, and has for many years, was it my old P-P Emmons you saw?
Your buddy,
Bobbe |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 6:14 pm
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It may have been Bobbe. Considering I have never seen a steel guitar before a few months agao, My brain has been soaking up all this knowledge contained in here. It soaks it like a sponge. Sometimes I think I am taking it all in too fast and getting this mixed with that.
The most logical explanation would be that what I saw would be your design on an emmons. That would make sense.
Thanks for clarification on it.
I love looking at the fret board designs. It is one of my favorite things about the pedal steel. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 7:18 pm
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Well, this proves you are hooked!
Your life will never be the same, ever!
Bobbe |
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Bob Bowden
From:
Vancouver, BC, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jul 2008 7:53 pm
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Well, this proves you are hooked!
Your life will never be the same, ever!
Bobbe |
Is that a good thing or a bad thing???  |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2008 5:02 am
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I know I am hooked Bobbe. I have a Fessenden SD10 at Dana's shop with my name on it and I can't wait to pick it up.
Bob: It's probrobly a good thing for me, and a bad thing for my marriage! |
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