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Topic: A Mint Find |
Dennis Saydak
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 30 Jun 2018 4:09 pm |
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I've been on the lookout for a vintage NP steel guitar for a couple of years.This week I came across a for sale mint Guyatone double neck guitar that was within driving distance from me (Manitoba Canada). I couldn't even find any finger prints on it, it was so nice. Needless to say I am now the happy owner of this instrument. I put new strings on both necks (C6th & E13th) and it sounds wonderful to me. I have the Little Roy Wiggins song book and CD so I shall be very busy learning from it this coming winter. Right now it is fishing season for me.
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Just when you think you're getting ahead in the rat race, the rats get faster. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 6:06 am
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I wonder what the logic was behind having a neck with two pickups and the other with just one pickup?
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 6:20 am
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Gibson used three legs on the early model Console Grandes but the configuration was different, two on the right and one on the left.
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Dennis Saydak
From:
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 7:28 am
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Doug, thanks for the link to the mother of all Guyatone threads. I hadn't seen that before.
About two weeks prior to finding my mint Guyatone I purchased an earlier version locally. It had a bit of hanger rash on it and also a liberal coating of cigarette residue. It sounded very good and it cleaned up quite nicely with some naptha and a little elbow grease. Now I have one for go and the other for show. 
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Dennis
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Jerry Erickson
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Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 8:07 pm
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Nice finds there, Dennis! Goldfoil type pickups on the brown one. I hope you're doing as well fishing as you are in finding cool steel guitars! |
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