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Topic: Help identifying this steel |
Jeffrey Shu
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 5:26 am |
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Chip Coleman in China Grove has this in his shop. Assuming a Gibson? Missing the legs and knobs (replaced), so trying to do a little digging on how to bring it back. Any info will help. Thanks in advance!
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the bo-stevens (honky tonk/old country) & Tupelo Crush (Americana/rock)
'94 Marlen D-10 w/ BL 705s, '74 Fender TRSF/JBL d120s. |
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Paul Brainard
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Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:08 am
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Gibson Console Grande, although with some modifications - the knobs, fret markers, that decal at the end, and the pickups & surrounds are different too. Looks refinished. Maybe it was a salvage job on one that was missing a bunch of parts.
Not all of them had legs, and the original legs tend to be very wonpbbly by now. Many folks get new threaded mounts for them and use standard telescoping legs.
Looks cool! And the case looks in better shape than you usually see. . . |
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Jeffrey Shu
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:14 am
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Thanks, Paul! Any idea when it might have been built? Even a decade estimate?
And apologies - should have put this in the non-pedal category.
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the bo-stevens (honky tonk/old country) & Tupelo Crush (Americana/rock)
'94 Marlen D-10 w/ BL 705s, '74 Fender TRSF/JBL d120s.
Last edited by Jeffrey Shu on 17 Jun 2023 6:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Paul Brainard
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Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:17 am Cg
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Actually the case doesn't look like it has leg holders (usually on the lid) so either this didn't ever have them or else this isn't the original case.
Also, the body doesn't look like it has any binding and the corners are all rounded - I'm wondering if it is actually a knock-off. The only things that look for sure original to me are the tuning blocks (although they are bare brass rather than flocked - but not the original style tuning machines) and maybe the switch plate. And the bridge covers maybe, although they have a different shape. . . Hmm. Some kind of one-off or heavily modded.
If it sounds good, I wouldn't mess with it. Get a keyboard stand for it & it's ready to go!
Last edited by Paul Brainard on 17 Jun 2023 6:21 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Paul Brainard
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Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:20 am
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| These were built from like 1948-1954 or so? Earliest ones had Charlie Christian style pickups, then "racetrack" with pole pieces, then P-90 types. Also they were actually mostly-hollow cabinets, not solid wood (other than maybe the very earliest, not sure about that.) |
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Paul Brainard
From:
Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:21 am
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| It will sound killer through that Deluxe!! |
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Paul Brainard
From:
Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:25 am
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| Maybe those are the original tuners, and bridge covers - not near mine to check. . . |
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Paul Brainard
From:
Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:29 am
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| That decal & the fretboards clearly have been on there for a long time. It makes me think of the occasional old Gibson lap steel or guitar you see with a Fleur-de-Lis emblem instead of the flower pot or diamond, not sure what the deal is on those but maybe they were some kind of custom option down in Cajun country?? |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:49 am
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The leg holders are not on the lid.
The legs holders are located underneath the guitar.
Erv |
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Paul Brainard
From:
Portland OR
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Posted 17 Jun 2023 6:55 am Erv
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| Oh right! |
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