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Topic: Tuning Machines - Dobro Sq Neck Model 37 |
Richard Nahmias
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LA, California, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2015 8:42 am |
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| looking for a pair of vintage replacements for my Dobro - also would consider newer machines that are a solid replacements but that fit look/feel of this 1937 piece - thanks |
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Ken Pippus
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Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 1 Oct 2015 9:21 am
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| Waverly's from Stewart-MacDonald are elegant, precise, and pretty expensive. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 Oct 2015 9:51 am Re: Tuning Machines - Dobro Sq Neck Model 37
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| Richard Nahmias wrote: |
| looking for a pair of vintage replacements for my Dobro - also would consider newer machines that are a solid replacements but that fit look/feel of this 1937 piece - thanks |
Solid headstock or slotted headstock?
Waverlys are indeed great tuners but if you are trying to go for the "period correct" look, then Waverlys wouldn't be a good choice - I don't believe Dobro ever used them.
As far as seeking out original vintage tuners as used on prewar Dobros, I personally would avoid them. Unless the guitar they came off of was stored in an almost perfect environment over many decades they might not function very well - and for that matter they might not have functioned all that great back in the '30s when the guitar was new.
Check out the following pages at StewMac featuring Golden Age Restoration Tuners:
http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_Parts/Tuning_Machines/Guitar_and_Slotted_Peghead/
National Reso-Phonic has some nice looking period correct tuners in their online store:
http://store.nationalguitars.com/tuners.aspx
Elderly also handles Golden Age along with other items:
http://elderly.com/accessories/cats/GAPG.html
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Richard Nahmias
From:
LA, California, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2015 7:33 pm Thanks guys
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| Appreciate the input |
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