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Topic: NEW LOWERED PRICE: Custom/Boutique 8-string lap steel |
Adam Beaudoin
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New York, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2018 6:40 am |
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Offering this beautiful 8-string lap steel for sale. I haven't had the time to devote to learning steel properly, despite my best intentions, so I'd like to send this wonderful instrument along to a new home.
It's built from solid mahogany, I believe 3" thick with a two-piece body. George L pickup, brass nut & saddle, locking Sperzel tuners. Was set up in June and sounds fantastic. Currently tuned to (F/G)ACEgace, but I believe the gauges are such that you could swap in an E13 set without having to reslot the nut or anything. Comes with a flight case (36" rifle case) that is brand new.
It's never been played out of the house (smoke-free, if that matters to you), or subjected to any unkindness. The only blemish is a maybe-2mm chip on the edge of the lower bout, pictured below.
I got a great deal on this from the original owner, so I'll try to give you one as well. That said, I do really need the funds at the moment, so please no low-balls. Asking $700600 OBO.
Last edited by Adam Beaudoin on 23 Mar 2019 11:11 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2018 9:30 am
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| I'm considering reasonable offers, don't be shy! |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2018 11:02 am
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| Bumped, come and get it. |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 6 Dec 2018 1:20 pm
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Cool looking guitar. What is the name of the builder?
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Mark |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2018 1:57 pm
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| Mark Eaton wrote: |
| Cool looking guitar. What is the name of the builder? |
I believe the luthier's name is Tony Nagy. Largely seems to build bass guitars these days, and if I remember correctly used to work for National? As an amateur woodworker & aspiring luthier myself, I can testify that he's very good at his job! |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2018 11:50 am
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| Chris Boyd wrote: |
Beautiful!  |
Thanks, Chris, I think so too!
It's even prettier in person - who wants to see for themselves? |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 25 Dec 2018 8:57 am
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| Do I hear $650? Getting down into Black Friday territory on a mahogany & brass tone machine! Endless sustain from this fella. |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2019 11:50 am
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| Still available, a steal on a steel! Let's put this beauty back to use. |
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Francisco Castillo
From:
Easter Island, Chile
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Posted 14 Jan 2019 4:54 pm String spacing
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| Hi. I'd like to ask you for string spacing. At nut n bridge. Thanks |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2019 2:13 am
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| String spacing is 9/32" at the nut & 11/32" at the bridge. |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2019 8:04 am
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| Fantastic deal on a master-built instrument! Say the word and it's yours. |
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Karen Sarkisian
From:
Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2019 5:01 pm
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how heavy is the guitar ?
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Emmons PP, Mullen G2 and Discovery |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2019 5:48 am
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| Karen Sarkisian wrote: |
| how heavy is the guitar ? |
It's not the lightest ever, that being the disadvantage of 2 1/2" mahogany. It's perfectly comfortable on my lap, though I've mostly had it on a keyboard stand as pictured. I can weigh it for you if you want an exact #. |
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Karen Sarkisian
From:
Boston, MA, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2019 6:38 am
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thanks. its gorgeous id love to buy it but cant right now. im surprised its still here ! good luck !
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Emmons PP, Mullen G2 and Discovery |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2019 7:15 am
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| Bump |
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mike mustonen
From:
wisconsin, usa
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Posted 30 Mar 2019 3:30 pm ?scale length
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Scale lengrh please,
Thanks |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2019 9:02 pm Re: ?scale length
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| mike mustonen wrote: |
Scale lengrh please,
Thanks |
24.5" |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2019 3:18 pm
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| Out of curiosity, at what price *would* people want this? Seems like a good deal already, but as it's just sitting here it couldn't hurt to get a sense of how large a loss I'd have to take to move it along. |
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mike mustonen
From:
wisconsin, usa
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Posted 8 Apr 2019 7:25 am Lap steel
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PM sent.
Thanks, |
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Adam Beaudoin
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2019 11:17 am
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Someone asked for a photo of the case, see below. I got it on Amazon for I think around $80-90, it's sturdy enough I'd be comfortable checking it on an airplane.
Since my previous post seems to have stimulated a bunch of interest, I just want to mention that while it's initial listing price here was $700, that was already a discount for the forum - it started on Reverb @ $850. |
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