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Topic: Identify My Fender Steel |
Lindy Griffith
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Kansas, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 7:25 pm |
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I cannot find any steels with a trapezoid pup or the model?
This was given to me from a friends widow, I'm just gonna stick with the Tele so any information about it or the value.
Thanks for your help.
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Not that I can play them: '56 Stringmaster, Remington S8, 69' D-18, all the usual suspects...Tele, Strat,335 ect.... |
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Brad Davis
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 8:03 pm
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| I think it's called a Fender Deluxe, kind of a single neck version of a Dual 8 Professional (the original Fender console steels). The trapezoid pickup is a single coil. They have a lot of fans, but there is a cardboard bobbin inside that sometimes shrinks and causes issues. I think they're worth a few hundred dollars. |
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Anthony Lis
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2018 9:27 pm
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NOT a steel-player but trying to learn more about the instruments . . .
Perhaps-helpful/pertinent info from Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars, 3rd ed.,
p. 133:
Fender Steels
Deluxe:
. . . Trapezoid-shaped pickup with bass end wider than treble end, strings though pickup: late 1948 |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 4:06 am
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Lindy Griffith
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 6:08 am response
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Thanks!
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Not that I can play them: '56 Stringmaster, Remington S8, 69' D-18, all the usual suspects...Tele, Strat,335 ect.... |
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Lindy Griffith
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 6:09 am $
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What's a few hundred to y'all?
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Not that I can play them: '56 Stringmaster, Remington S8, 69' D-18, all the usual suspects...Tele, Strat,335 ect.... |
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Mark Santi
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 6:19 am
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| a few hundred could be my purchase price !?! |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 6:48 am
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Besides the known issue (sometimes) of the pickup problem, another common problem can be the tuners.
It appears that there are no legs. No leg sockets either?
IF the pickup and the tuners are all working well, this is a very desirable guitar. There are people who prefer the Dual Pro to the Stringmaster but only want a single neck 8 string.
Because this can be the perfect fit for the right person, I'd start out asking no less than $800. I think on a good day you could get more and if you are highly motivated, you can accept less.
This would be for perfect working condition.
And this, of course, is just my opinion. |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 7:49 am Fender Duo 6
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I wouldn't take a few hundred for my mint Fender Duo 6 if it was even for sale. It would take several hundred dollars. In the meantime,- I have a lot of music items that could be sold but no one seems interested. LOLuck
Wally
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Brad Davis
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 8:49 am
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| I was thinking about $700, but you could certainly ask more. Nice that it's 8 strings, but tuner and pickup condition as mentioned and legs/no-legs are considerations. Being a single neck the legs aren't that big a deal I don't think, but those tuners are difficult to repair or replace if they're not in good working order. These were made well into the 1950s, so there's also the question of how early it is. |
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 9:16 am
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The last one that sold on Ebay went for $1250
Yours looks to be in great condition.
Ebay prices can be a bit on the high side but "a few hundred" is crazy. I'd say it's got to be worth at least $800, maybe more. |
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 9:21 am
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| ...legs/no-legs are considerations. Being a single neck the legs aren't that big a deal I don't think... |
Given that this particular model never came with legs, I'd say the absence of legs is absolutely no consideration at all.
And with Fender steels, the year or manufacture has just about zero effect on price. |
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Lindy Griffith
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 7:01 pm Fender Steel
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Thanks folks! Any offers?
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Not that I can play them: '56 Stringmaster, Remington S8, 69' D-18, all the usual suspects...Tele, Strat,335 ect.... |
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Mark Helm
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 10:20 pm Offer?
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YES: I'll offer Wally several hundred dollars for that double 6!
I actually haave 2 Fender Dual Pro 6s --No problems with pick-ps or tuners (one is a tad bent, but that's it).
I will be putting one up for sale--the one on my profile pic--in a week or two, FYI.
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Remington Steelmaster S8 w/ custom Steeltronics pickup. Vox MV-50 amplifier + an 1940's Oahu cab w/ 8" American Vintage speaker. J. Mascis Fender Squire Jazzmaster, Hofner Club bass, Ibanez AVN4-VMS Artwood Vintage Series Concert Size Acoustic Guitar. 1920s/30s Supertone Hawaiian-themed parlor guitar. Silvertone parlor guitar. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2018 1:47 pm
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The most reliable guidelines for Reverb and eBay are the "sold" item prices on eBay. Not "closed, not "this listing has ended -
- and listing prices on either one are completely irrelevant. Some commercial sellers list things at high prices for no reason other than to look "high end" - others work together and list items at high prices to try to help drive up prices for a friend that will be selling the same thing a month later.
The only numbers that have meaning are the "sold" prices, and those are only shown on eBay.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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) Good luck with your sale.