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Topic: A franken-steel "Frosted Ducco" experiment |
Jason Dumont
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Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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 Posted 16 Aug 2009 7:17 pm |
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Hi everybody, I wanted to post some pics of an experiment I had been working on for a while. I had a Rock Maple neck that I had made to build a dobro lying around for like 3 years and I had a Korina body that was going to be a left handed steel lying around for just as long. So I put em together so I could try to come up with a frosted "ducco" finish.
This is what I came up with:
I did all the hardware, including the machine heads in it. The body and neck are a satin.
The Charlie Christian Pick up is a Lollar.I sprayed the cover to go with the pickguard.
The scale length is 23 inches, which I think sounds better with this pick up vs. 25 inches
Oh by the way, the tuners are those new "Restoration" ones from Stewmac and I really like them! They were only 40 bucks!! And they seem to be pretty sturdy. |
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA
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Peter Jacobs
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Northern Virginia
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Keith Cordell
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Brighton, UK
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 3:50 am |
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That's great Jason!  And apart from the duco finish - what a stylish headstock shape!
Fred
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Dennis Brooker
From:
Iowa, USA
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norm mcdaniel
From:
waco tx
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 5:16 am |
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I sure agree with what Keith C said. Verry nice
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Fontaine Burnett
From:
Germany
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Bobby Burns
From:
Tennessee, USA
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 6:05 am |
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| Tell us more about how you do the frosted duco. |
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John Allison
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 7:00 am |
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I've been researching the frosted finish in preparation for restoring a cool old National. It seems there are at least a couple of posibilities for additives - I'd be very appreciative of any info about sources and what works best.
Thanks
J A
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Allison Stringed Instruments
Austin, Texas
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 10:23 am |
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Pretty cool for a kluged steel, Jason. I like the black finish and the contrast with the gold (though I've never been a fan of the duco finishes). Design wise, it has a vague Commando Cody vibe going on.
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Jason Dumont
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Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 1:07 pm |
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Thanks everyone!
This one I made for myself !!!! It's like Christmas. You know the saying about the shoemaker always needing shoes...
It was one of those things I would work on here and there. It was almost comical trying to cut down a 25 inch scale dobro neck and making it fit.
As for Ducco "style" finish (I say "style" because I don't think it is the same as the finish on my Duolian--the real deal is so much more subtle)
Well, for 2 years I had been trying to come up with something. A fellow builder and dear friend and mentor let me in on it but only first making me swear to keep it to myself. It's his livelyhood and doesn't want me to name him (I asked)
Andy, I LOVE Commander Cody!! |
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Richard Shatz
From:
Quincy, IL, United States
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 3:36 pm |
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| Commando Cody, "Sky Marshall of the Universe" if memory serves me correctly. Great series ca) 1955. |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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| Posted 17 Aug 2009 5:48 pm |
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| Between you and Tom there's so much to wish for.Keeps making mine look like a beginner attempt.My last one is not too bad, will have to take a pic and get it posted. |
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William Hoff
From:
Missouri, USA
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| Posted 20 Aug 2009 4:13 am |
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I'm going way back here when I was a kid(early 60's) and I recall someone using pieces of aspirin to make that duco looking pattern on something being re-painted.
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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| Posted 20 Aug 2009 12:11 pm |
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| Are the tuners the wrong way around? I mean, should bass and treble be swapped? |
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Jason Dumont
From:
Bristol, Connecticut, USA
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| Posted 20 Aug 2009 6:02 pm |
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Hi Nic, no, they're correct for example when you turn the bass side keys counterclockwise it raises the pitch as if you are pulling the string. Same as a Dobro
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Have mercy!!!!! 
I'm in love...again!! 