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Topic: How do the Bakelite's sound? (Hawaiian Tone Quest) |
Steve Marinak
From:
Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Posted 7 May 2016 12:23 pm |
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Well, I now own a bakelite "wartime" B6. I didn't think anything could sound as good as my Frypan. This sounds fantastic. Like Mike Neer described it's got a thicker tone. I like the square wide neck and the added weight too, it does not slide off my leg as easy.
Question for anyone who has one with the form fitted case. The lower tuning knobs will rub the fuzz in the case as I place it in there or take it out. My resolution is to tilt it into the case. But it seems odd. The tuners look original as does the case. Anyone else have this issue?
And for the gearhead super sleuths...This capacitor was in the case. What do you think this went to???
The guitar and case have a Thayers Honolulu decal.
Would love any intelligence on this guitar.
I believe it to be from around 1940. The plates are the painted metal.
  
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 8 May 2016 8:46 am
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Bakelites have a rich and creamy sound. Especially with the earlier models that have the strings through the body.
Jerry Byrd favored these.
I think the frypans have a little more hollowbody sound, probably due to the cavities in the neck.
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George Macdonald
From:
Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 9 May 2016 5:31 am C# minor
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| Derick, Is the "B" on the 6th string of your C# minor tuning tuned high as if it was just under the C#? I think that is the tuning I learned over 55 years ago. Thanks, George |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 9 May 2016 7:44 am
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| My experience is that some of the bakelite steels sound gorgeous but some sound terrible. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 9 May 2016 7:55 am
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When I acquired a '37 Bakelite from a forumite a number of years back I thought I'd found the holy grail. It looked like it left the music store last Thursday - seriously. The tone was a little off and I found that somewhere in its life it had been wired backwards. Also, I found myself hitting the fretboard every so often with the bar because the nut was slightly low. I eventually sold it for more than I paid and haven't really missed it. A Frypan, however, still calls to me but I hope an aluminum Clinesmirh is in my future instead. Your Bakelite experience is likely to differ.
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Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 May 2016 2:47 pm
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George,
Low to High:
B C# E G# C# E |
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George Macdonald
From:
Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 10 May 2016 7:53 am C# minor
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| Thanks Derrick, and thanks for sharing your music with us. George |
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Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 10 May 2016 10:51 am
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You're welcome.  |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 10 May 2016 11:21 am
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Wonderful playing, Derrick.
Which amp-setting did you use on the Roland Micro Cube?
JC CLEAN, BLACK PANEL or BRIT COMBO?
And what is your TONE setting?
Thank you so much for the nice recording.
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I use Black Panel (i.e. Fender), EFX OFF, Delay/Reverb REVERB 3 of 10, Volume above GAIN knob, TONE LO.
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3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
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