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Topic: For sale Home made D-8 Lap Steel |
Ronald Smith
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LA (Lower Alabama), USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2011 6:33 am |
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For sale is a Home Double Eight Lap Steel With Case. All made by My friend, Wilmer McCormick. You can call him at 850-859-2698 for any information about the guitar, price etc.
Thanks for looking and God bless,
Ron |
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Terry Wood
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 12:43 pm
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Wilmer McCormick is a good friend of mine and he's been playing and building steel guitars for many years.
Every steel he builds is all hand done and he's a great and knowledgable non pedal steel player.
He has built some of the most unique steel guitars that you will ever see and they all sound great. He devised and built a 4 neck steel that you can rotate and play four different tunings. They are amazing instruments and the tone is super!
Call Wilmer, he's a great guy and you will enjoy talking to him.
Terry Wood
Marshfield Steel Guitar Show |
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Terry Wood
From:
Marshfield, MO
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 12:46 pm
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Wilmer also builds the cases for his steel guitars too.
You won't find a nicer guy than Wilmer McCormick!
He knew Shot Jackson,Ernest Tubb, Hank Sr and a lot of the greats!
Terry Wood |
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Ronald Smith
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LA (Lower Alabama), USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2011 3:10 pm steel
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Terry,
Those are words of truth. Wilmer is one of the most honest people that I know. When he makes a guitar it is almost everything hand made. He winds the pick ups by hand and they always have that good sound.
Thanks for giving him a good up!!
Thanks and God bless,
Ron |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 21 Apr 2011 11:10 am
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Wilmer McCormick is a good friend of mine and he's been playing and building steel guitars for many years.
Every steel he builds is all hand done and he's a great and knowledgable non pedal steel player.
He has built some of the most unique steel guitars that you will ever see and they all sound great. He devised and built a 4 neck steel that you can rotate and play four different tunings. They are amazing instruments and the tone is super!
Call Wilmer, he's a great guy and you will enjoy talking to him.
Terry Wood
Marshfield Steel Guitar Show |
Well, Terry, I'm sure he is a great guy and honest as the day is long, but man, have you looked closely at the above picture?
It would appear that the keyheads were hacksawed out of solid stock. That must have taken some time. I wonder why he did not just buy some keyheads from a manufacturer? You can get them dirt cheap, if you do your own polishing.
Anyway, just saying.
No doubt he is a great guy and all.
Looks like he made this one with machined keyheads though.
At least he puts some time and effort in his work! |
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Hugh Roche
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2011 9:04 am d8
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how much is this steel?
sincerely
Hugh |
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Wilmer McCormick
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2011 2:53 pm Re: doudle neck steel handmade steel guitar
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how much is this steel?
sincerely
Hugh |
wilmer wil take 500.00 you pay posta i LIVE IN DEFUIK SPRS FLA. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skövde, Sweden
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Posted 26 Apr 2011 6:28 am
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Interesting fret spacing...  |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 26 Apr 2011 11:32 am
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I am sorry this is not worth $500. I don't want to offend any body To me this is poorly done. The keyhead on the back neck is off center and looks like it is drooping over the edge.
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Curt Langston
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Posted 28 Apr 2011 5:21 am
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| I am sorry this is not worth $500. I don't want to offend any body To me this is poorly done. The keyhead on the back neck is off center and looks like it is drooping over the edge. |
Yeah, I have to agree. I bet Wilmer just likes to tinker with making steels. I do not wish to hurt anyones feelings, but this will never sell for 500.00.
In fact, one would be hard pressed to part it out, as the only thing even remotely standard MAY be the pickups.
Oh well, it may be worth 500.00 to Wilmer, if nothing else.
Wouldn't it be funny if this was just a dry prank on all of us? Sort of like choosing the wrong curtain on the show "Lets make a deal"............. |
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Wilmer McCormick
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2011 9:38 am steel guitar critize
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| I forgot more then a bunch of nuts that wants tocritize |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 28 Apr 2011 3:37 pm
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| I forgot more then a bunch of nuts that wants tocritize |
Wilmer, you must realize that since this is a steel guitar forum, that MOST people understand and appreciate true value when they see it. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that more have not razzed you for posting this home steel, with the audacity of asking 500.00! Some folks may take offence and consider it an insult that you would even dream to sell it to a forumite for that kind of money. Man, what were you thinking?.
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You're speaking of yourself in the third person....
Does that mean you will take 500.00 for the steel, but the buyer must pay for shipping?
This has to be a setup........
I think I fell for it! |
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Brian Hunter
From:
Indianapolis
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Posted 28 Apr 2011 6:26 pm
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That case can't be for real. That thing is ridiculous.
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Per Berner
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Skövde, Sweden
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Curt Langston
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 5:50 am
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How in the world could someone get a patent on that "rotisserie" steel!?
The steel is worth whatever the copper winding in the pickups and the aluminum in the "keyheads" weigh.
I guess Wilmer is serious about 500.00........
Man.....
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| wilmer wil take 500.00 you pay posta i LIVE IN DEFUIK SPRS FLA. |
curt wil pay 5.00 you pay posta i LIVE IN TULSA OK. |
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David Fields
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 6:21 am Shut Up
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B0b, can you handle this?
Curt is being a jerk about this
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Ronald Smith
From:
LA (Lower Alabama), USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 2:18 pm Curt
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David,
I really don't think that Curt would understand the raw talent that went into the making of this guitar. There were many hours of hand work that most of us don't even think of how it can be done with the craftiness and care with the tools that this man had to work with. This is a true hand made guitar. The only parts that were purchased were the tuners. They can't be made very well with only hand tools, don't you think? Wilmer didn't recieve an education like a lots of our members did and all of this came for the love of the steel guitar that he has. I am a see'er and a believer in his skills and have good reasons to appreciate them. You see I am a tool maker and can make anything with the proper equipment but will have a problem with just hand tools. In his own rights he is a craftsman.
Thanks all for listening. Wilmer is like the inside of your hand, what you see is what you get. I am proud to be one of his friends.
God bless all
Ronald Smith |
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