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Topic: A Shout Out For Sonny Jenkins |
Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 6:41 am |
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I'd like to give a BIG shout out for my friend Sonny Jenkins from New Braunfels Texas.
I told Sonny I would like to build me a keyless guitar before I leave this ole world.
So Sonny went to work, and built what I would say is the greatest looking and operating keyless tuner I have ever encountered in all my born days.
I told Sonny I wanted something short and compact, man is it ever, just what I wanted.
I'm not saying at all, that I'm going to have a keyless model, who knows.
I just wanted one for myself. Now I got to get busy and build it. 
Thank you Sonny Jenkins, My God richly bless you and yours.
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 9:15 am
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Whoooaaa,,Fred is toooo kind,,,words to make an old, wore out man feel better!!!! It worked!!!
To clarify,,,the block that it is mounted on was just for shipping and to show how it was to be mounted,,,I'm anxious to see the guitar that Fred puts it on. Like I told Fred,,he is following the footsteps of legends,,,Winnie Winston chopped off the end of his guitar and installed a keyless tuner after he saw Joe Kline's,,,never looked back,,,pretty hard to argue with people like him,,,and Noel Anstead,,,and Schild,,Paul Redmond,,,now Ross Shafer. |
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Chris Reesor
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 2:36 pm
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Nice piece of work there Sonny.
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Excel Superb U12, MIJ Squier tele, modified Deluxe Reverb RI, Cube 80XL, self built acoustics & mandolins |
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Eddie Freeman
From:
Natchez Mississippi
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 2:47 pm Tuner
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| Sonny, do you plan on marketing these in the future? |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 3:12 pm
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Sonny thatβs one nice keyless head for sure!
Last edited by Johnie King on 1 Aug 2019 5:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 28 Jul 2019 5:25 pm
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Chris and b0b,,,Thanks a million!!! Too Kind!!
Eddie,,,they pretty well have to be made to order,,,I've made another one for a forum member,,,in both cases I used the roller nut from the original keyhead and converted it.
Johnie,,I have recently regained possession of a BMI that Tom Brumley gave me back in mid 80s,,,looks a lot like that one. It was the first keyless I ever saw,,been hooked ever since. I sold it to a guy that USED it,,,and USED it,,,made me sick when I saw the condition of it,,,anyway,,I got it back,,after about 30-35 years,,intend to rebuild it. |
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L. M. English
From:
Augusta, GA, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2019 4:52 pm Keyless tuner
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| I just got my tuner from Sonny on Mon. man what a quality build. Can't wait to complete my project Derby. Awesome work. L.M. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jul 2019 10:35 pm
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A work of art!
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 31 Jul 2019 11:27 pm Very nice
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Very nice looking keyless head.
Great work and design!
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2019 5:23 am
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Wow!
Great work Sonny.
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
Little Walter PF-89.
Bunch of stomp boxes |
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Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
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Posted 1 Aug 2019 11:12 am
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| Nice tuner mech Sonny! |
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