BenRom 006 is finished

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 25 Feb 2013 6:45 pm

A few pics of my latest effort. This one is going to North Bay Ont.
All birdseye maple with light stain on front, neck and back apron.
Delivered with the BenRom single coil pickup plus the Tonealigner humbucker from Bob Hoffnar.

Credits go to:
-Bob for a consistent supply and quality of the Tonealigner
Denim leg bag by local seamstress Mary Kimble
Legs by Don Burrows.
Case by Kevin Hatton

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 25 Feb 2013 6:48 pm

Not to forget...three tunes on 006 by my good friend Dale Rivard
https://soundcloud.com/benrom/sets/i-fall-to-pieces

Larry Baker · Post by **Larry Baker** » 25 Feb 2013 7:19 pm

Very nice, the Red one is still my favorite. Larry

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 25 Feb 2013 7:35 pm

Completely stunning, Bent

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 25 Feb 2013 8:25 pm

Thanks Rick. Thanks Larry, Red is still here and sounding good.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 25 Feb 2013 9:20 pm

Purty

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 25 Feb 2013 10:59 pm

Even nicer than the last one, Bent!

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 26 Feb 2013 6:56 am

What Beautiful craftsmanship!!!
Super Job and Super Steel Bent.

Roy

Lee Warren · Post by **Lee Warren** » 26 Feb 2013 8:26 am

Hi Bent,
That is a truly beautiful guitar!
The craftmanship looks awesome and something to be proud of.

Please say hello to Dale Rivard for me - I finally had the pleasure of meeting him at a show last year.
He's a very nice guy and great player.

Lee

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 26 Feb 2013 8:39 am

Very good looking steel, and the tone is great! Reminds me of a ShoBud. Were the recordings made with the single coil pickup or the humbucker?

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Feb 2013 8:57 am

another beautiful one, bent! i haven't seen a bad one yet. not that it matters, but how do these do in the weight dept? about average?

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 26 Feb 2013 10:01 am

Lane, thanks. Per, thanks as you see, I am still proudly displaying the logo you expertly designed.
Roy, Thanks so much... Nice to hear that assessment from you - a seasoned musician.
Lee, Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I will say hi to Dale from you. We will meet this friday since he is playing with a blues band here in London and I always go listen. Dale is one of those people who is just a great person and a pro at his craft. No attitude but at the same time confident in his abilities.
Paul thanks...Those tunes were played using my own single coil, wound to 14.5 K.I am pleased to hear that there is very minimal hum in my pickups.
Chris thanks so much. Yes, the weight is something that should be mentioned:
Steel W/case - 52.6 lb (23.9 kg)
Steel without case 37.2 lb (16.9 kg)
Kevin Hatton case 15.4 lb (7 kg)

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 26 Feb 2013 11:51 am

Bent
A very pretty guitar. Each of your guitars looks more pro as you progress.

john widgren · Post by **john widgren** » 26 Feb 2013 2:08 pm

SWEET! Congrats! Love the color scheme...looks familiar ha ha

Best always JW

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 26 Feb 2013 2:26 pm

Bent!
Great job! And the changer fingers are????
Best,
John

Kenneth Kotsay · Post by **Kenneth Kotsay** » 26 Feb 2013 4:05 pm

JOHN, where's your SHO-PRO coffee mug????

BEN, very nice cool looking steel.

KEN

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 26 Feb 2013 6:31 pm

John, Thanks! The fingers are brass, with the string going thru the finger instead of using the pin.

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 26 Feb 2013 6:33 pm

Kenneth, thanks!
Ken Byng, always nice to hear from you. Thanks for your encouraging words!

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 26 Feb 2013 11:25 pm

Nice.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 26 Feb 2013 11:38 pm

Bent
What I like is that you are striving not to stay with your original concept, but instead introducing little radical changes here and there with each new model. This ensures progression and innovation. Your cabinets are extremely tasteful, and the undercarriage is clean and uncluttered. Most importantly, your guitars have good tone.

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 27 Feb 2013 1:52 am

Best looking and best sounding one I've seen on here. Very nice.

Storm Rosson · Post by **Storm Rosson** » 27 Feb 2013 1:26 pm

Very nice Bent, she's a beauty

Roy Heap · Post by **Roy Heap** » 27 Feb 2013 3:46 pm

Another superb looking model Bent. Very classy

Roy Heap · Post by **Roy Heap** » 27 Feb 2013 3:47 pm

Another superb looking model Bent. Very classy

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 27 Feb 2013 6:04 pm

Ken Byng wrote:Bent
What I like is that you are striving not to stay with your original concept, but instead introducing little radical changes here and there with each new model. This ensures progression and innovation. Your cabinets are extremely tasteful, and the undercarriage is clean and uncluttered. Most importantly, your guitars have good tone.

Ken, thanks for noticing. Yes it seems pretty hard to stay with the original plans. Like the next guitar to be started shortly, I have to re-think my idea on the string fastening(string-thru-hole in finger)This is because I need more space for the pickup cavity.
I still want a fastening method so that the string won't slip off during mounting.

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