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Topic: Formica covered steels look cheap and ugly |
chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 11 Apr 2011 10:32 am |
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| over the years you form bonds with certain others. i say stu can play any color he wants! |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Michael Dulin
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2011 3:13 pm formica guitars
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| Yes,lacquer guitars look great...'til the bar dings,cigarette burns,finish cracks,etc,start showing up. Formica guitars are that way for a purpose. Tone? Check with BE,JH,or maybe PF.MD |
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 11 Apr 2011 4:34 pm
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| I wonder if Del would make me an Antigua lacquer G2. |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2011 7:11 pm
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| Black Tie and Tails = Black Mica |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 Apr 2011 8:26 pm
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| Charlie McDonald wrote: |
| Yeah, and honi soi qui mal e cent! |
Had this thread not been revived I would have been spared this. As it is, Charlie, a penny for your thoughts on mica/wood and cabinet drop.
Form follows function, unless you have Stu's DR which justifies itself in its resemblance to my grandmother's table. |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 1:46 am
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| I think it was Buddy Emmons who came up with the mica idea--the first push-pull Emmons guitars were the first with mica. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 2:00 am
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Richard, did you just buy stock in ROCK MAPLE WOOD ?
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 9:54 am
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Cheap&Ugly??New country duo?
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Dallas Cheked
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 4:58 pm Re: formica guitars
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| Michael Dulin wrote: |
| Yes,lacquer guitars look great...'til the bar dings,cigarette burns,finish cracks,etc,start showing up. Formica guitars are that way for a purpose. Tone? Check with BE,JH,or maybe PF.MD |
I would trade my grey formica EMCI for only one other guitar, a nice black formica Emmons push pull, 1965-1968. If I would buy anything else, I would still keep my EMCI as a backup to play in the likely event that I would grow tired of the other guitar.
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 6:24 pm
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The less wood I can see on a PSG, the better  |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2011 10:03 pm Formica covered steels look cheap and ugly
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| I have a white formica S-10 MSA. I gigged it about 2 nights a week for 5 years. It took spilled drinks, Mike stands knocked over on it. dropped bars. If I sneezed tobacco juice. Yes I chew on stage unless I am playing Gospel Music. Haul it set up with a cover no case. It looks just like it did when I bought it used 10 years ago. It may date into the 70's. BABY is pretty to me. |
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 5:30 am
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| Georg Sørtun wrote: |
| The less wood I can see on a PSG, the better |
Always look at them from the side, or keep them in the case to make sure  
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 5:48 am
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| Ulf Edlund wrote: |
| Always look at them from the side, or keep them in the case to make sure |
No problems with mine - no visible wood on any of them, but others may not understand why I pack down theirs...  |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 5:53 am
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| Are the steel guitar builders only using Formica brand laminate? What's wrong with Wilsonart brand laminate? |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 6:03 am
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Polish steel guitars are covered in Plastikowy
Chinese steel guitars are covered in 吕氏英汉字典
Mexican steel guitars are covered in plástico
Arabian steels are covered in كرت إئتمان, لدائن بِستيك |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 8:29 am
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Lee,This Wilsonart laminate. 
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 9:45 am
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Aluminum and titanium work well.
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 10:25 am
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Hey Chas,Did you notice that we both have our reading glasses in our T-Shirts?
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 1:27 pm
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| Stu, and I had my Sho-Bud cap in the truck. Cheers |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 4:32 pm
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Then there is the "Blue Darlin" that has turned green. I never seen mica do that.
Only a couple of builders know how to put a finish on wood that doesn't fade or change color sooner or later. |
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David Ellison
From:
California, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2011 1:25 pm
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>>lacquer guitars look great...'til the bar dings,cigarette burns,finish cracks,etc,start showing up.
Standard guitar players like it when their instruments get that way. Maybe steel builders should build new wooden guitars that are already dinged up and charge more money for them the way Fender does with Teles and Strats. |
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Pastor Bruce Kiser
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2011 4:30 pm mica vs. wood
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Hey guys!
What a discussion!Betcha won't find this in mica!
It's my fourth build and after the second coat of
tinted urethane my tongue was hanging out as the
sunshine spilled through the window onto the
steel. No matter what it's made of ( love that
titanium/aluminum!}just play the thang and let's
all be friends!Life's too short .
Thanks,
Pastor Bruce
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 15 Apr 2011 1:01 am
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It's obvious to me that formica covered Steels will not stand the test of time, just like this basic slab guitar didn't...
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
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Jeremy Craft
From:
Portland, Oregon
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Posted 15 Apr 2011 7:06 am
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Chas, what the heck is that?
I ask because it's awesome. |
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