Stringmaster T-8 on ebay

Allen Kaatz · Posted 28 Jun 2004 6:57 pm

I've put a nice early 60s Stringmaster triple neck on ebay if anyone is interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3733436241&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

All parts are there and it works great. I would consider a single neck 8 string steel as partial trade, preferably another short scale Stringmaster or perhaps a Magnatone.

Al

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

A reminder from "What to do when your item sells.:

Allen Kaatz · Posted 4 Jul 2004 11:08 pm

OK Bob, will do.

Garry Vanderlinde · From: CA

"...found by a friend of mine at a local yard sale". Was it by any chance at Jody Carver's house?

Rick Alexander · From: Florida, USA, R.I.P.

Well, I bought the T8. I took it all apart, cleaned it up, reassembled it and restrung it - it's a '57.

June of '57 to be exact . . Anybody who tells you one Stringmaster is the same as another never played this one. For some reason it has 10 times the tone and twice the sustain as my '61 D8. Maybe the wood came from a more musically inclined swamp ash tree, maybe the pickups were wound differently - I don't know. But when I AB'd them back and forth the difference was striking. Even my wife thought so - her exact words were "You'll have to turn that down!"

Thank you Leo, thank you Allen, thank you b0b ! I don't know what I'd do without you - the local Guitar Center doesn't carry Stringmasters. The fellers in there don't even know what a Stringmaster is!

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Rick Alexander
Fender Stringmaster T8,D8, Fender Dual Professional, Fender Champion, Rickenbacker 6 String, Alkire Eharp
http://www.rickalexander.com/SteelKrazee.html

Rick Alexander · From: Florida, USA, R.I.P.

and I forgot to mention - the tuners all work!

Rick

Allen Kaatz · Posted 17 Jul 2004 11:53 am

The tone might have something to do with the extra wood... seems I've heard people talk about bigger guitars sounding better.

Al

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