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Tim Fleming


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Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:10 pm    
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Hello all,

A fella just dropped this guitar for me to get into playing shape, but I'm stumped!
It has a serial # of 2984 and was (so I'm told} originally bought by a player in Texas.
S-10 with 6 pedals and 1 knee.
Could it have been a C6 guitar?
The strings (what's left of them) on the guitar as it was delivered don't seem to be of C6 gauges, more like E9.

It seems a unique enough of a guitar that someone out there in the hive might even recognize it. It apparently left Texas a little over 20 years ago and has been in a closet ever since.

Any insights you might have are extremely welcome, thank you!
Tim








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Mike Flick

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:31 pm    
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That is a model 6140. The knee lever was optional. Yours looks like Day E9.
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Tim Fleming


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Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:48 pm    
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Mike, looks like you've nailed it. Subsequent research has verified this.
It's a WEIRD guitar!
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Rick Abbott

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 3:43 pm    
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It would make a great candidate to set up as a 10-string "universal."
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Johnie King


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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 4:13 pm    
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Wow cool all the steel knowledge right here on the forum at are fingertips love it.
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Ron Pruter

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 4:33 pm    
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Built in Dec. 1972
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 7:26 pm    
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The 6139 (3+1) was more common than the 6140. Both had the same body style. Sho-Bud sold knee lever kits for them. I bought a stock 6139 in 1974. By 1978 I had expanded it to 6+3. If you're interested, here's an article I wrote about my copedent then:

https://www.b0b.com/sgwest/pp7806p3.htm
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Chris Reesor

 

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British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 9:54 pm    
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That one is in beautiful condition.
My first steel was one of those, without the knee lever. It had a gorgeous woody tone.
This would be a great candidate for a C6 setup.
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Skip Edwards

 

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LA,CA
Post  Posted 15 Mar 2019 9:59 pm    
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Yes! A very nice 6140. With a few more KL's this gtr is perfect for one of the 10 string Uni setups. And original AB pots...
Very cool, Tim.
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Gene Haugh

 

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Arkansas, USA
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:07 pm    
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The Production card on this steel
Model = 6140 - Ser. #2984
Built = 1/4/1973 1 = Knee lever
Built by, - Paul F.
Checked by - looks like D.J.
Shipped = 1/15/1973 to Taylor Music & TV Center Hawaiian Gardens, California
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Richard Sinkler


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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:10 pm    
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Gene Haugh wrote:
The Production card on this steel
Model = 6140 - Ser. #2984
Built = 1/4/1973 1 = Knee lever
Built by, - Paul F.
Checked by - looks like D.J.
Shipped = 1/15/1973 to Taylor Music & TV Center Hawaiian Gardens, California


Interesting. Built by Paul Franklin Sr. Sold to Blackie Taylor's Music. I wonder who the original owner was.
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Tim Fleming


From:
Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:21 pm    
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Thanks all for your invaluable information.
Now I just have to figger out how to talk this guy out of it!!
Best, Tim
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Rick Abbott

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 17 Mar 2019 1:58 pm    
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Tim Fleming wrote:
Thanks all for your invaluable information.
Now I just have to figger out how to talk this guy out of it!!
Best, Tim


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