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Jeff Highland
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Posted 5 May 2020 10:00 pm |
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Do I need another guitar--No but I wanted something to do and have got used to the longer scale length and wider spacing on my Deus so built one to leave in G dobro.
I had the wood (Australian blackwood and rosewood fretboard) and some Grover Rotomatics. Added some Kent Armstrong Stealth P90's and a Wilkinson shorty tele bridge and ashtray cover. A light lacquer finish without grainfill and it's done. Needs some cream knobs when they arrive
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 6 May 2020 1:10 am
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Very nice work Jeff.....and I do think you needed another one......... 
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 4:37 am
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A Nice looking Instrument!!! !!!
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 6:25 am
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Looks great!
I have admiration for anyone who can build their own instrument. I don't have the skill sets for that. I'm basically limited to changing strings. 
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C. E. Jackson
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Posted 6 May 2020 6:50 am Re: Lockdown Project
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| Jeff Highland wrote: |
Do I need another guitar--No but I wanted something to do and have got used to the longer scale length and wider spacing on my Deus so built one to leave in G dobro.
I had the wood (Australian blackwood and rosewood fretboard) and some Grover Rotomatics. Added some Kent Armstrong Stealth P90's and a Wilkinson shorty tele bridge and ashtray cover. A light lacquer finish without grainfill and it's done. Needs some cream knobs when they arrive
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Really a great looking steel, Jeff. Thanks for posting.
C. E. Jackson
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 8:28 am
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Oh Jeff Jeff Jeff I busy l looking the guitar I should have corrected sooner.
ALLWAY ALLWAY YOU NEED MORE GUITARS ASK ANYONE ON THE FORUM!!!
JOE Elk Central Ohio |
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Roger Aycock
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 21 May 2020 5:17 pm
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| That is very nice work. You can ALWAYS find a reason to get another guitar! Right? |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 22 May 2020 1:09 pm
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Thanks for the comments guys.
I'm enjoying having a dedicated long scale lap in dobro G
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Duesenberg Fairytale
1949 Supro Supreme
1950 National New Yorker
2008 Highland Baritone Weissenborn
2020 Highland New Yorker.
2020 Highland Mohan Veena
2021 Highland Weissencone |
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John Drury
From:
Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 23 May 2020 6:42 pm
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Here is my lockdown project, nowhere near the caliber of instrument that Jeff built but it only took me a few days and I did it with common hand tools, a piece of scrap 2 x 4, and parts laying around the workshop. I used 6 strings from a set of used strings off of my pedal steel. I also used an old Wilkinson "Ash Tray bridge".
My investment is zero, and I think it shows! LMAO!
It sounds great though! Having fun with it! I call it the "Sho~Stud" , Ha!
Needed a break from building the Cigar Box Guitars.
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