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Topic: Twin Bonanza D-11 Restoration |
Joseph Lundeen
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Lakewood, California, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 12:18 pm |
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Just started this project any suggestions?
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Eric Dahlhoff
From:
Point Arena, California
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 5:30 pm Suggestions
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Take LOTS of pictures...
And don't give up! 
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 6:29 pm
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Joseph,
That Twin Bonanza is too cool! I’m anxious to see you get it back in shape. I thought I read (Jim P’s website, maybe?) that it was made by Beechcraft or an employee of theirs? If so, that is an interesting bit of aviation history 
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2022 7:08 pm
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Do you have any idea what tunings were on it? Starting with a few clues about what strings are being pulled and how much will give you a good idea of what it used to do. It looks like changing the copedant would be hard to do. That guitar has real potential to sound good. Might be hard to put anything complex on it, but who cares, good music is made on simple instruments every day. Keep us posted!
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Bob Womack
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 6:21 am
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Nice!
I saw the title and thought you meant this:
Beech Twin Bonanza.
Bob
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Joseph Lundeen
From:
Lakewood, California, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 6:47 am
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Tom - I am definitely researching the origin of this guitar, it's a bit of a mystery.
Rick - E9th looks like standard Emmons setup. C6th is different, but I think I can figure it out. Part of the fun and challenge for me is the unique engineering of this steel. I will definitely post some update photos once I get everything measured and catalogued. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 7:09 am
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Not sure what those cables do, but there does not seem to be enough of them for this to be a 100% cable guitar like the old Fenders.. Looks like a plain old P/R setup.. The round cross shafts could be cleaned up and reused I imagine unless something is worn.. I would consider installing some newer more modern style bellcranks on those cross shafts, and replacing the pull rods with some new ones,, The old ones look all bent up and weird. it looks like it should not be too hard to get up and running,,, bob
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 9:42 am
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There was another thread a while back, someone else acquired one of these in similar condition. The metal "Twin Bonanza" logo on the apron appeared to be from a Beechcraft https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=334484
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David LeBlanc
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 8 Feb 2022 6:46 pm
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| I love post like this!! I`m rebuilding A MSA and it`s a fun project. As Eric pointed out, take lots of pictures and notes to fall back on when getting it back together. Please post updates to so we can go on this adventure to. Dave |
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Joseph Lundeen
From:
Lakewood, California, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2022 2:44 pm Parts Mapping
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Removed the keyheads, pickups and fretboards. Started mapping out all the pedals, raise and lowers and overall copedent. Catalogued all the parts and trying to figure out how to deal with the fixed bellcranks.
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2022 8:50 pm
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A very interesting rebuild.
Brings back some memories of a 1960's Sho-Bud. I used for ideas on the steel I started to build about 1970. The Nag wanted to spend the money I wanted for a Factory Steel Guitar. Got A-B-C pedals hooked up played great. Had to quit working on it to keep the Nag happy.
I made the bell cranks movable on the round rods by making the bell cranks with a allen screw lock, And filled a flat place on the round cross rod for the allen screw to lock solid, It worked good.
Good Luck on your project. |
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David LeBlanc
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 14 Feb 2022 2:58 pm
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I label every bolt to make sure I can re-install later . Might be a little overthinking. But helps when you leave it there for a long period of time.
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