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Topic: Clinesmith T-8, Happy Indeed |
Bill Groner
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:00 am |
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Well if that doesn't stink! You will have to edit your post.......Almost Happy Indeed. 
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:08 am Varnish
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Andy,
GADES...what a bummer!!!
If the finish is nitro-cellulous lacquer it my be possible to repair the scratch. If its a poly finish, not so much.
There are a number of articles dealing with repairing nitro finishes. The Forum has some and the regular guitar sites have a number suggestions/methods. |
Varnish is the finish. Nice too.... I could do lacquer, but not sure about this.
Really it only shows when the light shines across it a certain way.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:12 am
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| Bill Groner wrote: |
| Well if that doesn't stink! You will have to edit your post.......Almost Happy Indeed. |
Still happy because it's such a fine sounding steel as well as being so beautiful.
But next time I meet a TSA guy he better not have his finger in his nose if he don't want it broken! 
Best wishes,
Andy 
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:14 am
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I feel for you Andy. I just got my Clinesmith aluminum cast 8 string and the second day I had it, it slipped off the makeshift stand I had and landed on a finger pick scratching the aluminum! It is a small scratch. but still!
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Check out the Steel Guitar Union Hall Facebook group for you daily dose of Steel https://www.facebook.com/groups/steelguitarunionhall |
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:23 am
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I bet everyone's wives are saying......."oh if he only cared about my stuff like he does his damn guitars!" Well, I can only speak for me! 
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 8:13 am Yup, Thats why
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| Bill Groner wrote: |
| I bet everyone's wives are saying......."oh if he only cared about my stuff like he does his damn guitars!" Well, I can only speak for me! |
Yup, Thats why I ain't got a wife no more, just 3 Ex's.
I do have a sweet girlfriend, but she understands that if she complains she'll be gone.
Ladies are nice, but steel guitars are more entertaining.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 1:51 pm
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| Mark Roeder wrote: |
| What's that behind Todds left shoulder? |
Nothing special... Thats just some old Bigsby pedal steel!   
Actually it was a repair job for the original owner. Todd mentioned that we should not show it in a photo because some Bigsby owners are funny about that.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Larry McFall
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Huntsville,Alabama, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 4:06 pm Back to Vietnam
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Looking like a happy camper Andy! I am the one you talked to at the Jamboree with the retired Marine Son in Hanoi with his family. I sent him the information we discussed.
Good looking instrument. Have a good trip back to Nam! |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 4:08 pm Hi Larry McFall
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Hi Larry,
Remember our meeting well.
My girlfriend is up in Ha Noi now.
Certainly if your son gets to Saigon I hope he will stop by too say hello.
Please give him my cell phone number.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project.
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 6:49 pm Still Beautiful
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Hi Todd,
Still a stunning steel and the dent only shows when hit by light from a certain angle.
The varnish is still all there and I suspect if it had been lacquer it would have chipped so the varnish is better.
Yes the tone is great and I'm quickly getting used to the spacing. Almost the same at the bridge end and only a fraction closer at the nut.
I'm also finding the longer 24.5" scale just as easy to do slants on as the 22.5" after just a little practice.
Now have to try to learn these new tunings and get to be a better player to deserve the instrument you made.
Thanks for all,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:23 pm Impossible over time
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| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| I feel for you Andy. I just got my Clinesmith aluminum cast 8 string and the second day I had it, it slipped off the makeshift stand I had and landed on a finger pick scratching the aluminum! It is a small scratch. but still! |
Hi Bill,
Impossible over time to avoid the signs of age including the little mistakes we make.
Is sad to happen so soon, but on the bright side it still sounds like the best steel you ever played, Right?
I was also upset to see I'd been chipping the black lacquer when I got too wild with my picking... Had to make a stainless steel pick guard for my JM Aluminum lap steel. Didn't realize I was going so far over the edge of the strings.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 7:36 pm Varnish indeed.
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| Todd Clinesmith wrote: |
Varnish is a pain to lay out, but the end results are worth it every time I use it.
If Speedy West's Bigsby did not have a varnish finish, it would not have endured the life it was given in it's later years. The varnish saved that guitar, lacquer would not have. |
Yes I think I'm gonna have to learn to use varnish as it seems to be much tougher than lacquer. Will pick your brain next time I see you about brands, thinners and application.
When I did my very first acoustic guitar (Attached below) in 1969 I tried "Man Of War" spar varnish. Didn't know enough to thin the stuff back then and it never did dry. Had to take it all off and do a french polish with shellac. That came out okay, but never did try to do the varnish again.
Best wishes,
Andy
This had Back, Sides & Neck of very tight Birdseye Redwood. The mills used to toss that stuff in the trash in the 50's. The face was from a big Redwood Shingle and Rosewood fretboard, bridge and Ebony tuners. I had no real idea how a guitar should be made back then so copied the shape of a Harmony body.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 22 Mar 2018 10:57 pm Gone now
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That was a decent sounding guitar, but not the best classic ever by a long way.
I kept it until about 1983 when I was a better builder. At that time I was embarrassed by the work in that first guitar so I took it to my band saw and finished it off.
Now I wish I'd not done that, but too late. You know that feeling about first efforts.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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