MY NEW TOY/

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 5 Mar 2007 9:42 am

This is the new toy i am getting very soon,pretty aint it?

J G.

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 5 Mar 2007 9:52 am

Very nice Jimmy !
Hook

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 5 Mar 2007 10:00 am

Jimmy,WOW! tell me about Bennet Steel Guitars?Stu

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 5 Mar 2007 10:09 am

HI STU, thanks for your reply,Ronnie Bennett has been making steels for a very long time,and they are concidered to be as good as anything on the market,this little beauty has a 3x5 set up,single coil pick up 4up 4 down changer.and is not that heavy .

JG.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 5 Mar 2007 10:13 am

OH MY...
That is beautiful.
Hope you enjoy it in good health for a very long time.

Carlos

Dennis Schell · Post by **Dennis Schell** » 5 Mar 2007 10:24 am

Beautiful guitar, love that color!

Dennis

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 5 Mar 2007 11:02 am

Can we get a closeup of that keyless head? It looks different from any I've seen.

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 5 Mar 2007 11:15 am

I will take a picture of the keyless end tomorrow,and put it up on the forum,here are a couple more.

JG.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 5 Mar 2007 11:54 am

Purdy!

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 5 Mar 2007 12:09 pm

Beautiful!
Ronnie Benett's phone #,adress,etc...???
I'd like to get in touch with him.
Can't find anything on the net!
Thanks.

Tommy Young · Post by **Tommy Young** » 7 Mar 2007 9:08 am

I'm like B0B i want to see the keyless changer it's not like any i've seen here in ms.

Tim Walker · Post by **Tim Walker** » 7 Mar 2007 9:34 am

Ron Bennett is a master. He reconditioned my Sho Bud 6139 and it's never given me a problem in 10 years. I just took it to Don at Scotty's for a service and he said that Ron did a great job - it took me a while to convince him the the finish wasn't original ! Don too did an excellent job and the guitar plays better than ever.
Unfortuntely, I don't have Rons contact details, he's in Liverpool somewhere. If anyone has his number i'd love to get hold of it.

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 7 Mar 2007 9:43 am

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 7 Mar 2007 10:33 am

Quad raise and quad lower...AND keyless!! Too cool!

Does he make a Universal 12? If not, he should.

How's that baby sound?

Colin Goss · Post by **Colin Goss** » 7 Mar 2007 1:24 pm

The last number I had for Ron was 0151.6084562 - UK number, you will have to add the UK country code from the states.

Tim Walker · Post by **Tim Walker** » 7 Mar 2007 1:55 pm

Thanks Colin

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 7 Mar 2007 6:29 pm

The keyless mechanism grips the strings WITHOUT any screws, just by counter leverage force.
A search of the forum yielded this result. :-

Ron's number is 0151-608-4562 from outside the UK int+ 151-608-4562 and his address is :-

Bennett Guitars
85 Derwent Road
Babington, Wirral CH63 2LD,
United Kingdom
Fax +44 (0) 151 609 0464
Voice +44 (0) 151 608 4562..
E-Mail :- bennettsteels@btinternet.com

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 7 Mar 2007 6:41 pm

No. 1 Son with HIS Bennett 12 string Universal 8X5

And here are some pictures of one of my my Bennett guitars.

Ron makes fine guitars.

Baz
www.waikiki-islanders.com

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Steel players do it without fretting

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 7 Mar 2007 6:55 pm

With regard to the keyless changer, if you notice, the string gauge is stamped on each lever/clamp system. That's because the string goes down through a slot and then the mechanism clamps it as it raises the pitch. (It is flexable a few 'thou either way) !!
Ron has this system patented.

You just push the string down though the slot and tighten up the tuning key until you're at pitch. Snip off the string underneath with snips and that's it. Of course you can just bend the string back and forth until it breaks and it'll still hold in the slot.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 8 Mar 2007 11:28 am

More pictures of the unique keyless mechanism.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 8 Mar 2007 11:32 am

Some more pics :-

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 8 Mar 2007 11:35 am

And finally :-

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 8 Mar 2007 11:52 am

Jim - how long are you going to hold onto this guitar before you move on to something else? I would like a tenner for every steel guitar you have owned.

It's a very nice machine, and Ron is moving on with his engineering mind. You say it's not heavy - for us old codgers with bad backs, is it reasonably portable?

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 8 Mar 2007 11:54 am

Thanks, Basil. GREAT pics of Mr. Bennet's workmanship. Your's is georgous, but I like that 12 stringer of your son's. Now if his had the finish your's has got, I might have to hock the house to get one!!

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 9 Mar 2007 2:39 am

Well Jimmy, how are you getting on with your new Artisan ?
Let us know what you have on it !
Baz

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