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Topic: I'm putting my vintage instrument collection on the web |
Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 31 Jul 2013 6:07 am |
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I've made a hobby of collecting obscure and interesting old guitars and other instruments. I appreciate them both as playable noisemakers and as pieces of musical history, and I finally decided to show them for public viewing. I've created (well, started to create) a website called Old Frets where I show hi-res pics of my gear and provide a thorough description of each. There are notes about each piece's construction and interesting features, but the main thrust of each page is to give some historical context to their design and explain their importance in the evolution of the guitar/steel/mandolin/etc.
I have seventeen pieces up so far; there are only four steels, but I hope to have two more up by the weekend. There are no amps up at the moment, and I haven't decided if I'm going to put them up yet. If I do, it will be after I'm done with everything else. This will be a long-term, never-ending project since I will put up new instruments as I acquire them. I've gotten a lot of great info from this forum regarding vintage steels, and I welcome any additional info or corrections you might have.
In the meantime, I invite you to check out what's currently shown on Old Frets. Enjoy! |
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Darrell Birtcher
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Posted 31 Jul 2013 7:01 am
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| Big thumbs up!! Thanks for sharing your collection with the world in this "virtual museum." Your anecdotes about each piece are wonderful. |
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 31 Jul 2013 7:24 am
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| Amazing stuff, Noah! I was particularly taken with the black Vega guitar and amp from the 30's as well as the National Town & Country. Everything looks grand. |
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Wayne Drummond
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2013 5:07 pm
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| Thanks for sharing these wonderful instruments and for the interesting narrative. I have a picture of my uncle playing a National in 1958; it was nice to establish that his pre-Strat guitar was a National Town and Country. Your excellent site fills out a small bit of family history. |
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 31 Jul 2013 5:21 pm
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Glad, I could help, Wayne! There was also a similar but fancier model called the Glenwood, easily identified by different fret markers and a different tailpiece, but it's a lot less common than the Town and Country.
I added my '40s Epiphone Duo Console to the site this evening, and I hope to add my Supro Console Sixteen in the next few days. |
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