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Topic: Dobro Roller Nut |
Don Hayes
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2017 9:51 pm |
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I'm looking for a roller nut to fit a Gretsch Honey Dipper square neck resonator. I put a multibender on it but I have to retune often as I bend to strings around. I figured a roller nut would help. I saw HipShot makes one but their website is not working... also people mention Dick DeNeve as a possible source. Any ideas ? ....cheers
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 23 Aug 2017 5:03 am
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Beard Guitars sells/installs the Hipshot in kit form. I'm unsure whether they'd sell the roller nut separately.
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Bill Mollenhauer
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2017 7:41 am
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I got a roller nut right from Hipshot.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 23 Aug 2017 8:52 am
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Cool DIY job there in Bill's link Tony!
Hipshot's website has been changed somewhat, but they don't show either the Double Shot bridge, nor the roller nut now. A search for either on their site returns a blank. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2017 9:28 am
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Give 'em a call.  |
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Don Hayes
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2017 9:19 pm
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Thanks Bill.... Not sure I want to spend that much time fabricating !
Erv, I'll call hipshot tomorrow, thanks for the pic, looks about like the gretsch slot size.
I have a duesenberg pamona 6 and like the benders... Even tho the upper 5th string breaks ! I started just tuning the 0.012 string to the 5th or 6th depending on the song... Same trick with the dobro... Cheers
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GFI Ultra, accordion, Pamona lap, sho-bud pro-I, sierra TW10, piano |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 30 Aug 2017 2:58 pm
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Hey Don....a small block of aluminium, some string ball ends and a piece of thin rod (oh..and a few hours in the shed!)
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