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Benjamin Wolfram

 

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Victoria, Australia
Post  Posted 31 Aug 2010 12:00 pm    
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Just found this guyatone on Aussie ebay and was wondering more than anything what their story was. Good? Bad? Simple student models? The person who listed it has not provided too much information.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Original-Guyatone-Pedal-Steel-Guitar-/270628841756?pt=AU_Musical_Instruments_Instruments

This is not my auction so I'm not just trying to plug it but if putting up the link is a problem just say so and I'll remove it...I'm just curious about it.
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Bent Romnes


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London,Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 31 Aug 2010 12:18 pm    
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Benjamin,
I have never heard about the Guyatone pedal steel until now. I used to own a Guyatone Amplifier way back in the 70's.
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Bob Lawrence


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Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada
Post  Posted 31 Aug 2010 1:47 pm    
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Made in Japan.
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Bob Lawrence


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Post  Posted 31 Aug 2010 1:57 pm    
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I only see 8 strings.

The retail price is there in the picture if someone can convert it to $US
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Ryan Barwin


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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 1 Sep 2010 7:13 pm    
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Never seen one before...looks like a Fender 400 knock-off.
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Allan Munro


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Post  Posted 1 Sep 2010 7:35 pm    
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Bob Lawrence wrote:
...The retail price is there in the picture if someone can convert it to $US...

No idea how old the info in the pic is but at todays exchange rate it comes out to $ 1283.88.
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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 2 Sep 2010 6:45 am    
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I don't believe Guyatone ever imported pedal steels into the USA, so you'll probably not find a lot of information about them around here. The Guyatone lap steels I've seen and played have been from the era when "Made in Japan" was a synonym for cheap, shoddy and poorly constructed.

I would look elsewhere for a pedal steel.
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