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Topic: Any Idea of what this is? |
Jeff Metz Jr.
From:
York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2019 5:14 pm |
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Found at a local yard/garden sale.
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2019 5:50 pm
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A scrap steel guitar?
Seriously, without any sign of a bridge or pickup cutout, it looks like an aborted home project to me. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 27 Jun 2019 10:15 pm
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I concur. Not much more than a piece of wood. Or indeed less.
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 5:05 am
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| And it's a 10 string! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 7:18 am
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What do you call a boomerang that doesn't return?
A stick.
That's what you have there. 
Erv |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 7:32 am
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Whatever it is..........it's darn fugly........but, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, sorry, no offense meant.
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 9:30 am
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Dan Kelly
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 9:52 am
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Yeah, but how does it sound? 
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 10:11 am
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It might be an antique cricket bat
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 10:50 am
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| firewood? |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 12:32 pm
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Its a metaphor.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 12:38 pm
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I think it's a henway.
Erv |
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Don Barnhardt
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 1:59 pm
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| Not saying it would be worth your time but it could be made into a playable instument. Why did you get it, just for laughs? |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 2:19 pm
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
I think it's a henway.
Erv |
Oh come on Erv.........everybody knows what a hen weighs by now!
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Charles Stange
From:
San Francisco, California
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 3:24 pm
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the finish is reminiscent of certain 'Teles' 
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Marc Bell
From:
Surat Thani, TH
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Posted 28 Jun 2019 4:58 pm
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not a million miles away from the Emmons lap steel.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 12:17 am
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Definitely an actual prototype - could be worth a fortune.
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Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 7:13 am
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Bill,
I've got to get some new material! 
Erv |
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 8:11 am
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"could be worth a fortune." I consider the odds are somewhere nil and negligible.
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 8:14 am
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I've got the hatchet that George Washington used to cut down the cherry tree.
However, I've had to replace the handle three times and the head twice. 
Erv |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 8:15 am
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not a million miles away from the Emmons lap steel.
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I agree.
It's more like 5 million.
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 8:27 am
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Erv, the new stuff is much appreciated. Although you know I was just busting your stones on the Henway....I hope you know? You keep it up you will be like Rodney Dangerfield...........NO RESPECT!
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Jun 2019 1:57 pm
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| A little glue, sandpaper and paint and she'll be good as new! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 5:41 am
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Bill,
Bless your heart!
Erv |
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Jeff Metz Jr.
From:
York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 9:03 am
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Yeah I just grabbed it for kicks. Ya never know.
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