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Topic: Reissue Stringmaster Tuners?? |
Harry Sheppard
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Kalispell, MT USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2004 9:44 am |
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FYI,
A while back someone emailed Fender about reissuing the 4 on a strip Kluson Tuners found on Stringmasters. Of course they have no plans to do so because they did not manufacture them in the first place. I emailed the current Kluson company about whether they could be special ordered or their plans to manufacture them in the future. I received a very nice email (on Christmas Day no less) that they know about these tuners and eventually do have plans to make them but no dates. They also said that in order to do a custom order, they have to run 1000 sets of a model to introduce them.. This is good news but 1000 tuners is a lot of tuners in such a small market. What do you think the chances are of selling 1000 of these?
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Dec 2004 10:35 am
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That was me, Harry. And while I did at least receive a courteous response from Fender, they were no help.
So - 1,000 units . .
I'll take 8, that leaves 992. Gary Boyett might be interested in a couple just in case his "new" 56 D8 ever pops a tuner. There are quite a few Stringmaster players out there - I bet if you had 1,000 of them they would all sell eventually.
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Rick Alexander
57 Fender Stringmaster T8, Rickenbacker BD6
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Dec 2004 11:19 am
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Here's that thread if anyone is interested - it's a dandy! http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/005591.html
Harry, does 1,000 units mean 1,000 pairs or singles? The bass side 4in line assembly is bass ackwards from the treble side, although it's basically the same deal. So if they would do 500 of each to meet the 1,000 minimum - that would actually be just 500 pairs to market . .
Either way, you could wind up being a hero to countless dozens. SAVE THE STRINGMASTERS!! |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2004 1:42 pm
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Harry Sheppard
From:
Kalispell, MT USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2004 3:04 pm
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Sorry Rick but I have no plans to finance 1000 sets of tuners but I would purchase a couple if they were available. In fact, if they were done right, I bet most people would replace the originals with new ones and save the old ones for resale originality since there is no modification of the guitar needed to install them. This is just an FYI letting people know there may be some available in the future if there is a market. I would think there must be several hundred needed right now and it would be nice if there were some available for the future as these guitars will likely be around for a very long time.
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Dec 2004 1:40 am
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