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Topic: Stringmaster Lust !!! |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 7:32 pm |
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I would hesitate to take that out of the house!! Beautiful!  |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 9:16 pm
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| Sweet! what year is it and what tunings Doug? |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2007 9:24 pm
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What a dog! The buttons on the tuners desperately need buffing.
Sell it to me and I'll retract that statement.  |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 10:06 am
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[quote="Doug
I never play it. I'm lost without my pedals!
Doug
I'm lost with pedals !!! My D8 is getting dog eared !!
Thats one fine "T" -- The top neck looks to be all bass
Hick
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 11:48 am
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My Stringmaster at work:
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Ron Brennan
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA; Formerly, Edison, NJ
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 11:52 am Stringmaster Lust!!
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Doug,
That is an outstanding Fender T8 Stingmaster you got there!! 
I know it's got the Tone and Sound to match it's beauty!!
BTW: I have a "55" Blondie D8 and it has the plain non-chrome keysheads as well...no matter..the tone is what counts, eh?
Thanks for sharing that beauty with us!!! Glad someone like you, who appreciates instruments, has it!! TX
Rgds,
Ron
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"55" Fender Stringmaster D8,
"83" Emmons LeGrande 77L SKH D10 8 & 5,
"67" All Original Telecaster & Original Owner
"86" Peavey Factory Modified NV 400,
"60"Fender Concert Amp 4-10"s, RV-3, Upgraded chip set GE-7 EQ, CH1 Chorus, DS-1, Hilton, BJS Bar. |
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Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 12:51 pm
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Here's one of mine - 56 pushbutton E13,Ext Dobro G,and Murphey C6/A9.
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Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 1:05 pm
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Here's another one - 65 D-8
I'm lost without pedals too but that don't stop me from slantin' and slidin'.
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 5:36 pm My First Pic Posted With the New Forum Software
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My Minty Fresh 1959 D-8 !
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 8:24 pm
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That's a beauty Doug!
It's true - there's nothing like a Stringmaster . .
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 9:56 pm
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SHOW OFF!
Terrific photography.
Sweet. |
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Joe A. Camacho
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 10:12 pm
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| Can someone please explain the different scale lengths to me. Does the length of the string affect the tone of Stringmasters? Thanks. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 17 Mar 2007 10:50 pm
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Joe, Longer scale lengths offer more Sustain, and some players would argue better tone. Short scale lengths allow for easier bar slants (because the frets are closer together).
Playing bar slants on a long scale steel guitar is particularly difficult on the lower frets, fret 1, 2, & 3 because the frets are so far apart.
I’ve played a few long scale lap steels that sustain like a piano! The Oahu Tonemaster and it’s Gold Tone clone come to mind. Personally, I prefer the shorter scale because of the easier bar slants. Short scale worked for Jerry Byrd. He played mostly 22 1/2" scale as far as I know, and he had plenty of tone! My T-8 is a 24 1/2" scale.
Stringmasters came in three scale lengths: 22 1/2", 24 1/2", 26"
There is a way to tell the scale length of a Stringmaster by looking at the fret markers:
2 "dots" past the 24th fret = 22 1/2" scale
3 "dots" past the 24th fret = 24 1/2" scale
4 "dots" past the 24th fret = 26" scale
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 5:55 am I have non-chromed tuners, too...
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Doug -- flippin' GORGEOUS guitar you have there (as well as the others posted). Yummy...
My 1960 D8 has the nickel tuners, but my '56 T8 has the chrome (albeit, dirty chrome at the moment).
Yeah, for getting THAT certain sound, nothing beats a Stringmaster, though I will say that I prefer my frypans for Hawaiian.
TJW
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1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Mar 2007 11:08 am
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2007 10:59 am stringmaster
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Here's my quad Stringmaster. Serial No. 0002
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