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Bent Romnes


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2018 4:23 pm    
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Just got this "Thing" in the door, saying make a steel guitar out of this.
Body is all aluminum and measures from 1/4" to 1/2" thick. Any opinions...Home made? unfinished commercially made? Any thoughts about the pedal rack and pedals?
Seen from the end where the aprons flare out, could put me in mind of the old Sierra






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Bud Angelotti


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Post  Posted 5 Sep 2018 6:25 pm    
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Bent -
With the beautiful work that you do, you could make that thing sing. And look great as well!
Cheers
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Bent Romnes


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Post  Posted 9 Sep 2018 6:35 pm    
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Bud Angelotti wrote:
Bent -
With the beautiful work that you do, you could make that thing sing. And look great as well!
Cheers

Thanks for the vote of confidence Bud
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Marco Schouten


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Post  Posted 10 Sep 2018 3:13 am    
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I wonder how stable the tuning will be if the temperature changes
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 10 Sep 2018 4:58 am    
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I always thought "The Thing" was a roadside attraction at a truck stop along I-10 between El Paso and Tucson...
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Tom Campbell

 

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Houston, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 10 Sep 2018 6:00 am    
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I have three Sierra's and the temperature doesn't affect them anymore than my traditional built steel.

The Sierras have a maple deck attached to the aluminum deck...and maple necks (of course attached to the maple deck). The keyless head and changer are attached to the maple deck also. This construction method limits any temperature changes.

Looks like a great project!!!
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Johnie King


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 10 Sep 2018 6:11 am    
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Robert Randolph just got a new Jackson all aluminum steel he loves it an Zane King has a Jackson all Aluminum steel he loves.
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Johnie King


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 10 Sep 2018 6:16 am    
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Bent is this for real looks like something that could be a waste of your Time An talent.
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 14 Sep 2018 4:00 pm    
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Jack Hanson wrote:
I always thought "The Thing" was a roadside attraction at a truck stop along I-10 between El Paso and Tucson...

I've been there! A sign at the front of this 'museum', filled with treasures, says that at the end of the tour there is the staff car
used by [a European fascist dictator in the '30s and '40s whose name can't be used here] and on it a sign saying "... but the thing is, we don't know!"

The thing of it is, I had an aluminum-bodied Carpsteel (Gary Carpenter) that was half the thickness of the one pictured and had negligible 'cabinet drop' and great tuning stability. Best of luck! (I recommend an appropriate pickup, as mine had, an Alumitone; very smoooth and balanced.)
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