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Jim Cohen


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Philadelphia, PA
Post  Posted 19 Mar 2017 6:32 pm    
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Just stunning. Did you ever settle on a price and announce it, Scott?
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Scott Walker


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Post  Posted 19 Mar 2017 6:48 pm    
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Hey Jim, thanks!! Yeah here is a link to that thread in the "New Product" section.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=302596&highlight=stereo


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Scott Duckworth


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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 2:39 am    
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I'm impressed by all the carving in the body. Almost makes me wish you had a Plexiglas back on it!

Is that done by CNC, portable machine, hand, or a combination?
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Scott Walker


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Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 8:30 am    
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Thanks Scott! Yeah its a combination of all the above. I also machine the bridges to match Lolllars string through pickup. This bolts on through the back of the the guitar.Here are a few pics of the revised version.


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James Phillips

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 5:09 pm    
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Top notch craftsmanship. Any possibility of an 8 stringer?
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Scott Walker


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Santa Cruz, California
Post  Posted 20 Mar 2017 5:21 pm    
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Thanks James. Yes! Its gonna be a bit, but yeah working on that bridge design with a 8 string pickup. After the hardware gets worked through, the guitar will get a new headstock and wider neck and fingerboard. Hope to have it together later this year.
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Colin Alder

 

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Santa Cruz, California, USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2017 4:51 pm    
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HOLY COW!!! So beautiful
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 22 Mar 2017 12:13 am    
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Gorgeous instrument and so well conceived and executed, Scott.
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 22 Mar 2017 3:31 am    
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Is that bridge designed to swap in different rod materials to adjust tone? I just started making a little rosewood riser to try this on my MSA SuperSlide, as it has more treble than I can possible use.
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Scott Walker


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Santa Cruz, California
Post  Posted 23 Mar 2017 9:13 am    
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Thanks Colin and Andy!

David, yeah that is exactly right. So far I've put Aluminum,brass,steel,ebony and bone in the slot. I really like the quick response and sparkling transients of the Steel saddle. So far thats what I've been putting in them as they leave the shop.

Bone seems to be the most neutral from my testing.
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2017 10:55 am    
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The MSA pickup is about 5/8" from the bridge - pedal-steel placement, perhaps. Most other laps have an inch or more, even 1 1/2" out. Now I like having "treble to burn", worse than the alternative, but still... yikes. I "non-invasively" bridged a 750K resistor from hot to ground, which had the net effect of say, permanently dropping the tone control to "8", maybe? The stock MSA bridge is a steel bar on an aluminum riser. I have a singular brass rod on it now, but I have a bit of bone to fool with, delrin, and, hot in today's mail some "Ultem" bar on the way - that very hard plastic used by Dunlop for Ultex picks. I can actually do what I want electronically easily - dump everything above 5K or 6K while retaining a healthy midrange bump from say 1.2K to 2.20K or so. But it's all to feed loopers upon loopers and ANYWHERE I can keep from adding more gain stages the better. Bridge material and pickup distance from bridge are the big "global" tone controls, as is (final stage) speaker choice.

I just started recording, or trying to, with this, so I've lost my last-ditch warm muffy speakers to mellow me out. Shriek!
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Don Drummer

 

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West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 27 Mar 2017 8:44 pm     carving
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The carving technique reminds me of guitars built by luthier Joe Gesellie from LI New York. He used to live near me here WV. Wished I put a bug in his ear when he was here. Good job Scott.
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