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Topic: 10 String Super Cub |
Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 7:10 am |
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Here is a fun one I thought I'd share, a fancy 10 string version of my Cub model, a Super Cub. Four more stings meant a total redraw, remake, and redesign and I'm very happy with how the scaled up version turned out. It was important to me to keep the flowing compact look and feel of the original and not have it turn into some sort of out of place fat looking version.
Some basic specs
22.5" scale
Curly maple body
hand dyed burst finish
Vintage Vibe pickup
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 7:23 am
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| Man that is beautiful John |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 1:58 pm Bravo !!
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Tom Yet another Master Piece.
I've followed your progress from the Beginning with great pleasure.
Can you elaborate on the Bridge and Nut System? It is a departure from the Tubes.
Are you milling Angle - 6061 T ?
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 2:06 pm
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Stunning!
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 2:09 pm
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Very cool  |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 2:15 pm
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| Beautiful! What tuning? |
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 3:06 pm
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| A beautiful fingerboard. I love the extended, inlaid fret lines. |
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Adrienne Clasky
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 6:53 pm
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| That is breathtaking. Wow. |
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David Joyce
From:
Woodstock Ontario Canada
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Posted 6 Oct 2014 7:13 pm
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Super Cub is truly beautiful. Thank you Tom.
Stephen:
The tuning is h-l G# E C# B G# E D C# B G# |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Nate Hofer
From:
Overland Park, Kansas
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 4:30 am
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| Let's hear it! Vids!? |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 4:39 am
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So fine. I love the subtlety of the burst. It does not compete with the figuring.
Are the frets inlaid or overlaid?
Beautiful, Tom. |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 5:06 am
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It's obvious you love what you do, Tom. That's a beautiful piece of lumber. You're making it very difficult to keep my mind focused on my current pending acquisition, what with Lollar's horse shoes being made available again, and you turning out these beauties...how does one expect to stay married?
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 7:16 am
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HI TOM
This Is A Fantastic Looking Guitar. I'll Bet It Plays & Sounds As Good As It Looks.
IMO White Position Markers Would Be More Appropriate. ??? 
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 7:52 am Re: Bravo !!
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Thanks everyone! I'm lucky to have been given the opportunity to bring some real fun instruments to life. I get to play with some of natures best and do something that I truly enjoy. I can only hope that my instruments bring much joy and many smiles for years to come.
| George Piburn wrote: |
... Can you elaborate on the Bridge and Nut System? It is a departure from the Tubes.
Are you milling Angle - 6061 T ? ... |
Yes, the nut and bridge were milled from .188" structural 6061 T6 stock. The rear tone bar string retainer is made from .5" x .375" 6061 T6 bar stock and keeping with the theme, the etched headstock logo is also 6061.
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| A beautiful fingerboard. I love the extended, inlaid fret lines. |
Thanks. It was a design element that I'd long envisioned when the Cub was just an idea rattling around in my head. I think partially inspired by the big / wide fretboard on Gibsons Ultratone.
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... I love the subtlety of the burst. It does not compete with the figuring.
Are the frets inlaid or overlaid? ... |
I am very happy with how the burst / shading turned out. Its a bit more work / hassle to do the shading by hand applying the dye, but the payoff is certainly worth it. Not that you can't get great results spraying toner coats, but I wanted the blend to be more organic and avoid hard line transition zones. Sometimes less is more.
The fret markers are inlayed into the body about an 1/8" deep. They are a 3 ply sandwich of .030" black fiber and .016" aluminum.
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| ... You're making it very difficult to keep my mind focused on my current pending acquisition, what with Lollar's horse shoes being made available again, and you turning out these beauties...how does one expect to stay married? |
LoL .. I'll stay out of the relationship advice business, but will say that its a great time for steel players with all of the fantastic builders and pickup choices we have.
On those Lollar Horseshoes, they really are all that and a bag of chips.
| Roger Shackelton wrote: |
| ... IMO White Position Markers Would Be More Appropriate. ??? ... |
There are lots of great possibilities and options. I had free rein when deciding on the inlay and considered many different options. In the end I went for something that was fairly simple, but with fine detail so as not to overpower any one of the other design elements.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 12:38 pm
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How does the string-spacing compare with a typical pedal steel?
Very, very nice looking guitar you have there!
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Marty Forrer
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 7 Oct 2014 1:07 pm
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| Stunning! |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Eugene Cole
From:
near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2014 6:19 pm
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A beautiful guitar. I may just need to save the pictures to my
--> "Steel-Guitar-Porn" Folder.
There are a lot of things which I really like about your aesthetic sensibilities.
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 10:55 am
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Awesomeness!
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 12:55 pm
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| I am your new best friend! I can bring in the paper, change strings around the house etc. And I have my wallpaper for October! I am a little concerned about this drift towards "anti-fat hate speech" of yours however - you may lose a great deal of support around these parts. Even if it's not too many people, it carries a great deal of weight, IFYKWIM. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 4:42 pm
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So simple, beautiful; a vision perfectly executed. For my taste, this smokes so many fancy axes I've seen with inlaid dragons and other foo foo touches.
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David Joyce
From:
Woodstock Ontario Canada
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Posted 14 Oct 2014 10:32 am
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Tom's photos are wonderful but don't/can't do justice to the beauty of Super Cub in reality.
Thanks again Tom. |
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