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Topic: Check Out This Dish!!! |
Don E. Curtis
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St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 11:00 am |
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I've been in the steel repair business for some 24 years now and in that time I've attempted to fix 3 Fender 8-String Keystock Dishes. The first two I was generaly not real happy with although they worked.
This one done for Ben Franz in Australia I am very proud of! So check out the site if you wish: http://www.scottysmusic.com/images/keysocket.htm
Lots of cutting, drilling, filing, etc...easier said than done.
Don E. |
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Chris Scruggs
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 11:11 am
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Good job, Don! Wouldn't it be great if Allparts made repro "lollipop" tuners for these type of projects?
Hey, Don. Didn't you build a S-6 lap steel with a Bigsby palm pedal? That guitar was COOL! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 12:23 pm
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| Nice repair! |
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Don E. Curtis
From:
St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 1:04 pm
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Thanks guys, an "attaboy" is nice for the old self esteem once in a while.
And yes, I did build a steel and still have it, probably always will even though everyone knows that I desperately need my 9 Pedals and 7 Knee Levers to do a gig.
I've never played the 6 String Universal out but hope to some day, maybe in a "Retro-Rock-a-Billy" Group.
It's tuned E, B, G#, F#, E, B
The Bixby Palm Pedal is like the A&B Pedals and I can instantly re-tune to E Tuning, A6, B6, C#m7, B11, etc...way cool!
Here it is: http://www.scottysmusic.com/images/nonpedal.htm |
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Jackie Anderson
From:
Scarborough, ME
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 4:11 pm
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Don, that's a beautiful dish! It must be worth a great deal, with that much hand labor into it. Have you ever looked into producing them, or getting some produced, i.e. by someone with a big press?
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 24 Oct 2003 10:18 pm
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Don,
I've dealt with you years ago, and you're still the man.
NICE.
Al |
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