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Topic: 8 string lap steel bargain? |
Jason King
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 3:28 pm |
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I'm looking for something in the $150 range and didn't know if there is anything out there. I'm wanting it for my son who is playing
E9 pedal steel but wants to learn some C6 non pedal tunes.
Or, if anyone has plans for an 8 string build I would be intereted in that also.
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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John Limbach
From:
Billings, Montana, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 4:08 pm
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| I recently sold my Guyatone 8 string here on the forum for less than $150. Check eBay which is where I got it several years ago for around $130. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 4:43 pm
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| sent you an email |
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Jason King
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 4:55 pm
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| Good points. I just have been seeing some 6 strings for $80 and thought maybe an 8 could be had on the cheap. |
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W. Johnson
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 12:36 pm
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Just now checked on eBay, cheapest 8 string was a Morrell 8-string "Little Roy Wiggins" at $250.
Wayne
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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John Limbach
From:
Billings, Montana, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 6:40 pm
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| What Stephen said! |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2015 3:50 am
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But, when you make the string spacing wide enough to feel useable...the pickup won't pick up the outside strings...ask me how I know...
I bought one, made a new nut, recut the slots on the bridge and carved out a new space for an 8-string pickup, in this case an old gold-foil Japanese model. It is a very nice little guitar now. A lot of work to get it there. Without fixing the string spacing they're pretty hard to play in my opinion.
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Steve Green
From:
Gulfport, MS, USA
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 5:12 am
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| If you want to build your own 8 Stringer, you could use a cheap Bass Guitar pickup. It will be wide enough for the 8 Strings. I've done it myself and they can be purchased from eBay at reasonable prices. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 6:28 am
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| Keith Glendinning wrote: |
| If you want to build your own 8 Stringer, you could use a cheap Bass Guitar pickup. It will be wide enough for the 8 Strings. I've done it myself and they can be purchased from eBay at reasonable prices. |
Looks like the one on the Ebay auction (linked by Steve Green above) has a Precision bass style pickup. |
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 6:43 am
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Yes Jeff,
That's a P Bass pickup. I've used both P and J type Bass pickups to good effect. Obviously the J type uses less space. |
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W. Johnson
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 12:26 pm
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I have a couple of 8 string pickups I've made, which I have no plans to use. I'll let you have one or both, reasonably priced. They're just sitting here on my shelf, might as well get used. One is 2.58k, wound with 42awg wire. It is not a strong pickup, should have a mellow sound. The wood is oak, kind of thick at .25", spacing is .400". The other is one I made to sell, but the way I soldered the wires does not look so good, and decided not to sell it or use it. I'd have to show you a pic of it. I used 43 gauge wire, measures 6.69k. Wood is .125" curly Maple. Spacing is .400". This pickup will have a bright sound but with strong mid range.
Ii hope it's okay to post about this here?
You can PM me if there is an interest.
Wayne
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Sam White
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 18 Apr 2015 6:02 pm
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I Have a Dyna Lap 8 String tuned C-6 and I will take $400.00 plus $25.00 for Shipping. Sam White Call me as I have a problem with this computer. 1-919-285-2062.
Sam White
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Member of the Florida Steel Guitar Club,and member of Mid Atlantic Steel Guitar Association |
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