Fender Stringmaster D8 question

[Patrick Bailey]

Greetings! Pat here, this is my first post.

Just recently, a friend of mine graciously gifted me this Stringmaster D8 that he acquired from an estate sale. Its a 24" scale. It plays fabulously. I usually play a Dual 8 Pro, this is a whole other thing.. A good thing! I had a few questions if anyone cares to chime in!

-The body is completely bare wood / un-finished. Did they originally come like this or did someone at some point strip the finish off of it?

-Is there a source for a replacement blend knob / thumb wheel?

-It came with all 4 legs, but mysteriously they are all missing the adjustable part of the leg..(1st pic below). Is there a good resource for replacement legs or even just the missing parts?

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[Glenn Wilde]

Wow, what a cool gift. It would have been painted from the factory but now you can paint it any color you want. The legs might have the same threads as a microphone stand, I've seen these used to replace legs on other steels.

[Anthony Parish]

Cool instrument. George Boards makes 3D printed replacements for the thumb wheel knob. Otherwise, they are hard to find and tend to be expensive if you do find one.

https://www.georgeboards.com/

[George Piburn]

https://www.georgeboards.com/catalog/#Thumb-Wheel

This is the direct sales link.

[Patrick Bailey]

Thanks all for the info!

As far as painting it, I got a quote of $499 from one place.

Any other known folks out there that do re- finishes?

[Eric Dahlhoff]

Patrick I sent you an email re: blend wheel.

[Michael Kiese]

Aloha,

Gary Sill at Sill music supply will be able to supply you with new legs.

https://www.sillmusicsupply.com/Steel-G ... _1060.html

He is a very kind man and easy to work with. Nice to chat with over the phone.

I just made an order of 3 sockets and 3 legs for a project of mine about 3 weeks ago.

If you can measure/confirm the thread size you need for your Fender steel, he can machine it with the same tread.

Just work it out with him. It was a pleasure working with him. Highly recommended.