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Gary Rue
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 4:25 pm |
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 4:59 pm Re: string master rebuild
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Oh LAWD !
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Oh YEAH !
Keep em' commin' Gary !
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Jb in Ohio
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GFI S10 Ultra, Telecaster, a Hound Dog, and an Annoyed Wife
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Russ Cudney
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Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 5:23 pm
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Looking good! 
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1958 D8 Stringmaster, 1958 T8 Stringmaster, 1955 Q8 Stringmaster (in basket), 1949 Gibson BR9, 1953 Silvertone, 1957 Harmony H4 (yeah the cool black pearloid one), 1947 National Princess, 1969 Shobud S10 3X1 |
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Deirdre Higgins
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Connecticut, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 6:10 pm
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Is this a pedal steel? What are all the rods and linkage underneath for? I'm not familiar with a Stringmaster.
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 6:30 pm
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Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually
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Jb in Ohio
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GFI S10 Ultra, Telecaster, a Hound Dog, and an Annoyed Wife
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Deirdre Higgins
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Connecticut, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2015 7:43 pm
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| John Booth wrote: |
Not pedal steels normally. Looks like someone carved the bodies out and installed a changer in it.
They look like this usually
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Oh, Thanks John
I hope to get my hands on one someday.
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Gary Rue
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2015 1:33 am one neck to go.
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| Had a nice block of aged mahogany but not enough for both necks. I'll enjoyed playing the other neck until I find more wood. I love the sound of these steels. |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Jan 2015 7:25 am
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These FENDER guitars were made of Swamp Ash wood.
Not sure if the wood has any bearing on the sound of the guitar.??
Roger |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 19 Jan 2015 7:25 am
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Gary Rue
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 1:00 am wood
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| Thanks Doug. I was aware of the swamp ash but could not resist using a 40 year old peace of mahogany. It's a great tone wood as is swamp ash. I guess this could be a fender, Les Paul steel! |
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Russ Cudney
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Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 5:08 am
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Do you have all the hardware? Was is butchered too?
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1958 D8 Stringmaster, 1958 T8 Stringmaster, 1955 Q8 Stringmaster (in basket), 1949 Gibson BR9, 1953 Silvertone, 1957 Harmony H4 (yeah the cool black pearloid one), 1947 National Princess, 1969 Shobud S10 3X1 |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Gary Rue
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 2:21 pm hardware
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 This one was cut out part way, the other bridge plate was cut out all the way across. I'm going to try squaring the slots and fitting stainless. I'll put stainless wire in my mig and see if it can be welded on the back side. I'll also make some new ones out of stainless. |
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Gary Rue
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 2:29 pm Tom's steels
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| Wow! Beautiful work. I'm inspired. I was thinking of building a EH 150 8 string with a longer scale. I have a 1939 and it's my favorite. Thanks to a forum member I found plans at JAG. Tom's work is motivating. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 7:11 am
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| i kind of liked it the way it was! |
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Gary Rue
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 2:31 pm would be cool
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| Knee levers on a string master could be cool. A practice block might make a safer start! |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 3:25 pm
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I've always thought a Stringmaster with pedals would be an excellent idea. Although nowadays Stringmasters are rare, expensive and collectible, at the time they were often used by people experimenting with pedals, and many of them had holes drilled in them to take makeshift mechanisms worked by coathangers.  |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Jan 2015 1:52 am
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| Nice start on that project ! I wonder how a Stringmaster would sound in mahogany (?) Maybe not as trebly as ash, and a bit more mellow...(?) I guess you will find out ! |
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