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David Haddock
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 11:53 am |
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Hello everyone:
I haven't posted in a long time, but I guess that the steel guitar bug just hits me seasonally. I am from Jacksonville, FL and I tried my hand at making guitars a few years ago, until I no longer had a workshop. The site is still up if you care to see my baby, http://www.haddockguitars.com
Anyway, I had always been a steel guitar fan and it was through the forum that I discovered Rayline PSGs, which essentially is William "Bill" Ray and his son David Ray. Last summer, I emailed him, met him, and bought my first steel from him. It was blue, flame maple, single neck on a double frame, basically a LDG Shobud style, but this is not a Shobud clone. Bill makes all the parts by hand like it's no big thing. He has his own design of changer mechanism and his own strings too! It amazed me to see Bill's workshop and to see just how much one can do when it comes to making guitars. He's given me renewed inspiration to revisit issues with Haddock guitars and to reconsider my entire production process in the future. I still check in with Bill when I can and I learn something new every time I'm over there. Rayline can still get new Sho-Bud parts from Gretsch so I encourage you all to look up Rayline for any Sho-Bud parts you might be looking for. If he can't order it, he'd probably make you one from scratch. http://www.rlpsg.com/
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David Haddock
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David Cobb
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Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 3:32 pm
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That's woodstain is very pretty. The headstock looks like it could hurt someone tho.  |
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David Haddock
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Tulsa, OK originally Jacksonville, FL
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 3:42 pm
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Thanks for checking out my site. I call that a harpoon headstock. It won't bite though.
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David Haddock
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 4:16 pm
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Rayline's lacquer finishes on their website look a absolutely amateur. Is the finish on your steel any better?
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David Haddock
From:
Tulsa, OK originally Jacksonville, FL
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Posted 27 Feb 2003 4:46 pm
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I believe that Bill uses lacquer as a sealer and then uses Poly on top of that. Bill will tell you himself that he is a machinist and not a wood finisher. The guitar I have looks real good, but I think I can understand where you're coming from. The hue is slightly off on his website, the violet stained doubleneck on there I have seen in person, and it did turn out better than mine. For the price, I was satisfied with the finish. This guitar is gonna last a long time, it is built solidly. Bill has been tinkering with steels for decades and has modified everything that he thought he could do better. I forgot to mention that Bill builds the cases himself as well. I would never dream of throwing a handmade case in with a guitar deal. He's a hard worker for a retired vet.
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David Haddock
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David Ray
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Posted 2 Apr 2003 1:33 pm
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The pictures on the site are grainy. Did this to keep the load time on the pictures to a minimal amount of time. We try to keep load times to about 30sec for dial up users.
We are in the process of revamping the web-site and hope to update/upgrade the pics.
We have not used lacquer in some time. The finishes are a poly clear coat. If anyone would like to see a good picture of the guitars, email us your address and we will be more than happy to send a picture.
Thanks for the kind words David
David Ray
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