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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 1 Oct 2013 11:22 pm    
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Attention Steampunk fans: Spotted on eBay:






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Bill Creller

 

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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 12:53 am    
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I would make a comment about that, but I would be banned for life.....
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Ron Whitfield

 

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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 12:29 pm    
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The guy may have messed it all up by replacing the pickup.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 2:51 pm    
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Your right, Ron. That non-original pickup really messes up the guitar.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 4:05 pm    
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This is probably what Andres Segovia was picturing in his head whenever he heard an electric guitar.
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Ron Whitfield

 

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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 4:38 pm    
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If he'd really been thinking he would have fasioned it as a low level console and added an old foot pump comode.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2013 4:42 pm    
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I found the perfect guitar to go with this lap steel:


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Andy Sandoval


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 10:32 am    
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At least they didn't ruin it by tryin to add pedals! Razz
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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 11:28 am    
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Are you ready Hezzie?
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Al Terhune


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Newcastle, WA
Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 11:57 am    
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I actually really like it, Doug. 😊 I already can hear contrary answers to this question, but what kind of world would this be without unique and unlimited imagination?
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 12:12 pm    
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Al, I like it too, in kind of a strange way! Cool It's so weird, so funky, so loaded with interesting and unnecessary vintage hardware! A very Victorian, industrial look.
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Al Terhune


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 1:19 pm    
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Yeah, I really dig the lights - but I'm a sucker for the gaudy Vegas Americana/1950's hotel lights. 😜
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 1:58 pm    
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Here's another Steampunk classic. It must be a "table top" guitar. I think there are 5 strings and a pickup buried somewhere in this Rube Goldberg contraption.





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Ron Whitfield

 

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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 4:02 pm    
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I havn't seen anybody say they didn't like it or any of the others, I certainly do, and as Al similarly say's we need these kind of minds to keep it fun. Besides, this forum section can use such an occassional kickstart, it's starting to grow moss and 'shrooms again.
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Post  Posted 3 Oct 2013 11:10 pm    
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There is a place in my heart for ingenuity. A fellow who does my carpentry work has half a thumb on his right hand so it's very difficult for him to hold a guitar pick.

I have been trying different picks, elastic band holders, etc., to help him play. I told him about cigar box guitars and asked if he wanted to try making one. I gave him an old Strat neck with bolts and plate, Tele plate with a pickup. A week later he asked me if I had a volume & tone and I found one on a Tele plate. He has it all together and it looks COOL. I'll post a pic soon.

Lenny
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Tom Pettingill


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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2013 10:46 am    
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Doug Beaumier wrote:
Here's another Steampunk classic. It must be a "table top" guitar. I think there are 5 strings and a pickup buried somewhere in this Rube Goldberg contraption. ...

There is some serious time invested in that one! That big brass cylinder looks like it might be part of a music box too. I've always been fascinated with Rube Goldberg contraptions.
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Alan Brookes


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Post  Posted 11 Oct 2013 9:34 am    
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Let's hear Sleepwalk on it.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 11 Oct 2013 9:55 am    
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I think "Mechanical World" would be a more appropriate song! Cool
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Post  Posted 12 Oct 2013 11:41 am    
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I love this kind of stuff.
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Al Terhune


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Post  Posted 13 Oct 2013 5:25 am    
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Doug Beaumier wrote:
I think "Mechanical World" would be a more appropriate song! Cool


Maybe even Lou's Metal Machine Music. 🔨 (Which as a young fan of 18, I actually tried to listen to and digest, lol!)
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