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Topic: Modern fender stringmaster copies? |
Jeremy Glasgow
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 6:04 am |
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Hi all,
Earlier this year I was looking around at console steel guitars and found a modern builder who does Fender stringmaster copies, but I've forgotten the name of the company/builder who made them. There's not a ton of info that I can remember, but I do know that they did single and double copies in addition to some amount of custom work. I've looked around but have not been successful in finding them again.
I did happen across one of their builds here on the For Sale section of the forum a while ago, and I believe it was a non pedal D10 with palm benders and no legs.
I'm hoping that another forum member might know the builder I'm talking about and could point me in the right direction.
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Jeremy Glasgow
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 6:14 am
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| Believe they also/or did Studio Deluxe copies, possible that I'm misremembering. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 9:12 am
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Caladesi Guitars / Dan Campbell
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Jeremy Glasgow
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 10:01 am
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| Michael Lee Allen wrote: |
| Caladesi Guitars / Dan Campbell |
thank you, that is exactly it |
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Levi Gemmell
From:
New Zealand
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Posted 3 Oct 2024 3:47 pm
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I previously owned a Fender Stringmaster but these days play a John Allison S-8 console steel.
Although I love the inclusion of the blend control like on the Fender, I find the John Allison's configuration for that is more accessible having it on a knob instead of under the bridge cover, and I prefer the slightly hotter pickups. I also love that the styling is halfway to a National New Yorker. I would recommend them to anybody!
https://www.allisonguitars.com/steel.html
https://www.allisonguitars.com/prices.html
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 4 Oct 2024 5:32 am Modern Fender copis
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I think you might be looking for King Pin - not sure if he is still making, they -If memory - recalls were from the Carolinas.
Very nice StringMaster like.
He used to advertise on this forum, try the search function.
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Nathan Farlow
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2024 8:16 am
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| Jimmie Hudson in NC does one too. $350ish i think. |
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Lloyd Graves
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2024 9:38 am
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| But does anyone make a dual pro copy? With trap pickups, I mean. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2024 7:51 am Re: Modern Fender copis
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| George Piburn wrote: |
I think you might be looking for King Pin - not sure if he is still making, they -If memory - recalls were from the Carolinas.
Very nice StringMaster like.
He used to advertise on this forum, try the search function. |
That would be Gary Rue in eastern Maryland. His website doesn't seem to advertise them anymore. Gary was nice enough to fabricate a body for me for some spare Fender parts I had. Pictured below. Very similar to a Fender Deluxe but slight differences. Gary's King Pin had nicer tuners than this one, if he's still making them. I might be selling this guitar soon and will list it on the forum first.
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