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Ron Simpson

 

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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 8:24 am    
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The bridge must always be parallel to the nut at the correct scale length.
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James Hartman

 

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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 8:47 am    
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Maybe it belonged to Jeff Healey.
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Mark Helm


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 9:06 am     Ouch!
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Are we really mocking the blind? I mean, why would a blind guy design a see-through guitar, anyway?*














*In person, the above message would have been delivered in such a way that only the deaf might fail to see its irony.
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Larry Carlson


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 9:25 am    
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That is kind of cool in an odd sort of way.
However I would not want to deal with the fingerprints.
I have two all aluminum lap steels and the fingerprints drive me nuts.
I think that one might even be worse.
But I still want one......... Mr. Green
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Michael Maddex


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 9:35 am     Ok
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Composed while Larry was posting...
There is nothing wrong with this picture. Look at the nut and look at the cut along the Treble Side of the Fretboard: This Instrument is designed for Fretted String Style Playing, NOT for Tone Bar Playing! Kind of Cool, actually!

Maybe this should be in (Attempts At) Humor? Have a Good One! Cool
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Larry Carlson


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 10:52 am    
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Ok, I found it in a short video on YouTube.
Everything is on YouTube I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxiYNxzxe9s

......and I still want one, fingerprints and all.
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Ron Simpson

 

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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 12:38 pm    
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I confess to owning one just like this. I removed the six bridge pieces, twelve height adjusting screws, six length adjusting screws and springs. I then inserted a Rickenbacker bakelite bridge It has now become my favorite six stringer.
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David Knutson


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 5:38 pm    
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I think what's really wrong with the picture is the leopard print. Whoa!
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Dom Franco


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Post  Posted 5 Nov 2017 9:02 pm    
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I owned one just like it, added a raised nut, and simple angle Iron bridge. It sounded pretty good, stayed in tune, but it was crazy heavy and hurt to play on my lap for any length of time.

Sold it and now I wished I hadn't because I use a steel guitar stand now.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=146127&highlight=

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David M Brown


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Post  Posted 6 Nov 2017 7:05 am     Re: Ok
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Michael Maddex wrote:
Composed while Larry was posting...
There is nothing wrong with this picture. Look at the nut and look at the cut along the Treble Side of the Fretboard: This Instrument is designed for Fretted String Style Playing, NOT for Tone Bar Playing! Kind of Cool, actually!

Maybe this should be in (Attempts At) Humor? Have a Good One! Cool


Yes, the frets are to be used, and thus the bridge is compensated.
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James Hartman

 

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Post  Posted 6 Nov 2017 9:37 am     Re: Ok
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David M Brown wrote:
Michael Maddex wrote:
Composed while Larry was posting...
There is nothing wrong with this picture. Look at the nut and look at the cut along the Treble Side of the Fretboard: This Instrument is designed for Fretted String Style Playing, NOT for Tone Bar Playing! Kind of Cool, actually!

Maybe this should be in (Attempts At) Humor? Have a Good One! Cool


Yes, the frets are to be used, and thus the bridge is compensated.


And hence my prior comment. Was not intended as a joke about blind guitarists.
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David M Brown


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Post  Posted 6 Nov 2017 12:15 pm     Re: Ok
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James Hartman wrote:
David M Brown wrote:
Michael Maddex wrote:
Composed while Larry was posting...
There is nothing wrong with this picture. Look at the nut and look at the cut along the Treble Side of the Fretboard: This Instrument is designed for Fretted String Style Playing, NOT for Tone Bar Playing! Kind of Cool, actually!

Maybe this should be in (Attempts At) Humor? Have a Good One! Cool


Yes, the frets are to be used, and thus the bridge is compensated.


And hence my prior comment. Was not intended as a joke about blind guitarists.


I never thought you were being insensitive, really it was comment with a lot of insight ( no pun intended) into the way lap guitars are played - most with a raised nut and a steel, others with frets and played by guys like Healy and Thumbs Carlisle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHBdUuYKM6I
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Thumbs Carlisle and Curley Chalker together on Ozark Jamboree
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