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Topic: Fender PS-210 |
Skip Edwards
From: LA,CA
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Posted 23 Feb 2021 4:27 pm
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Designed by Gene Fields, pre GFI. Ahead of it's time, you might say.
His personal PS210 had a fretted front neck...don't know the tuning.
A couple had a built-in seat. Here are some pics of Gene Fields' PS210.
I have a pdf of the owner's manual, if anyone's interested.
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Dennis Montgomery
From: Western Washington
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Jerry Malvern
From: Menifee, California, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2021 5:48 pm
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I saw one at Blackies, oh maybe 15-20 years ago. If I remember, it was a proto type and didn't have a serial number. And it weighted a ton. |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Tommy Auldridge
From: Maryland, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 6:00 am Fender PS 210
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I sure would like to see someone playing one of these Fender PS 210's... When I first saw one in a catalog, many years ago, I thought, Wow this is cool looking, I might buy one. Now that I've watched some of the videos, I'm certainly glad I didn't. Very complicated to set up properly. Just my 2 cents worth. They might be great, once you have it perfectly adjusted. Thanks, Tommy..... |
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Dale Rottacker
From: Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 7:43 am
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What was the purpose of that shift lever looking thing close to the back of the cabinet?
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 7:49 am
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Erv, it changed the pedals and knee levers from one neck to the other, In one fell swoop ! |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 8:06 am
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Basilh,
Thanks!
Kind of an early "crossover".
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Andy DePaule
From: Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 11:39 am Later than Sho~Bud Crossover
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Hi Ervm
Later than Sho~Bud Crossover. I remember seeing them in the Fender catalog about 1975.
Bet yah it's chilly up there in Minnesota just now? _________________ 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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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 11:46 am
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Andy,
We're pretty much over our cold spell.
It had been down in the 20-25 below range.
It's been getting up into the 30 degree range the last few days and for MN, that's good!! |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 12:57 pm
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Just a few points about the PS-210 that are not common knowledge.
The mechanism was limited to 8 pedals and one knee lever, or 7 pedals and two knee levers and so on. basically just 9 possible changes. Also it was not possible to time the pulls.
Ron Bennett and myself found a way around the 8+1 limitation but never managed to get timed pulls.( https://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/012905.html
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All of the metalwork is "Case Hardened" steel, there is a duplication of parts with the earlier Fender Pedal steel guitars, the bellcrank and the shortscale model pedal rod ends and connectors.
The keyless mechanism had PTFE shims behind the 'sleds' BUT it wasn't very successful as the components holding the string invariably broke and the guitar just would not hold pitch for any normal period of time.
The Pickup HOWEVER was and still is "Revolutionary" The principal behind its design was that on a "Normal" ten string pickup strings 1 and 10 are NOT in the same magnetic field as all the others because they only have ONE adjacent polepiece. The Genius Mr. Fields decided to use 12 polepieces thus putting ALL the strings in an equal environment. i.e. a polepiece on either side.
A single bar magnet does NOT achieve the same effect; the actual field isn't the same as the fields created by ROUND polepieces. The strings do have a noticeable 'individual' identity and don't interact with each other in the same way as they do in a bar magnet's field.
You can clearly see the 12 polepieces and also the parts of the keyless mechanism that bent and broke.
One other point, the fact that the string spacing was the same at both the changer end AND the tuners end made the hand very tired when playing around the first few frets. |
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Victoria Conner
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 5:42 am Confident nothing is missing.
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basilh wrote: |
The guitar for sale here is missing the volume & tone controls, and the switch to bypass the (Also Missing) automatic pickup selector on the changeover lever. See mine..
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Pretty positive nothing would be missing from this. He was scrupulous with his care of it. There are parts in the box. If he removed it, there was a reason. |
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Victoria Conner
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 5:45 am Label
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Cartwright Thompson wrote: |
Wow. I don’t know much about these things but I’ve always been fascinated, ever since I pored over the fender catalog when I was thirteen.
What do you suppose the plaque on the bottom says?
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It says what it is and when/where it was built and when it was rebuilt and by whom. It is a label my father put in there, he always kept notes about work and records. |
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Mark Helm
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 6:00 am Re: Confident nothing is missing.
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Victoria Conner wrote: |
basilh wrote: |
The guitar for sale here is missing the volume & tone controls, and the switch to bypass the (Also Missing) automatic pickup selector on the changeover lever. See mine..
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Pretty positive nothing would be missing from this. He was scrupulous with his care of it. There are parts in the box. If he removed it, there was a reason. |
So.... can we solve the mystery of the missing T/V controls? That’s weird! _________________ Remington Steelmaster S8 w/ custom Steeltronics pickup. Vox MV-50 amplifier + an 1940's Oahu cab w/ 8" American Vintage speaker. J. Mascis Fender Squire Jazzmaster, Hofner Club bass, Ibanez AVN4-VMS Artwood Vintage Series Concert Size Acoustic Guitar. 1920s/30s Supertone Hawaiian-themed parlor guitar. Silvertone parlor guitar. |
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Victoria Conner
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 6:10 am Re: Confident nothing is missing.
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So.... can we solve the mystery of the missing T/V controls? That’s weird![/quote]
Send me a picture private message and I will look for what you are talking about. Thats how much I know. Nothing. I am however confident in his scrupulous nature. |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 6:38 am
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Better still would be a picture of the parts in the box then some of the "experts" here can identify them for you Victoria ! _________________
Steelies do it without fretting
CLICK THIS to view my tone bars and buy——> |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 6:41 am Re: Confident nothing is missing.
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Mark Helm wrote: |
Victoria Conner wrote: |
basilh wrote: |
The guitar for sale here is missing the volume & tone controls, and the switch to bypass the (Also Missing) automatic pickup selector on the changeover lever. See mine..
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Pretty positive nothing would be missing from this. He was scrupulous with his care of it. There are parts in the box. If he removed it, there was a reason. |
So.... can we solve the mystery of the missing T/V controls? That’s weird! |
What's strange is why would any player want to bypass the pickup selector system, and take it completely off the guitar.. ?
It would be nice to help Victoria sell the guitar and have a correct full description, including the copedent. |
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 9:54 am Re: Label
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Victoria Conner wrote: |
Cartwright Thompson wrote: |
Wow. I don’t know much about these things but I’ve always been fascinated, ever since I pored over the fender catalog when I was thirteen.
What do you suppose the plaque on the bottom says?
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It says what it is and when/where it was built and when it was rebuilt and by whom. It is a label my father put in there, he always kept notes about work and records. |
So It was rebuilt by someone. That would explain why the fretboards look wrong..
The original looked like mine..
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Andy DePaule
From: Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 11:12 am Hi Basil, Question???
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Hi Basil,
Question: Since you own one...
It looks like it might be hard to tune the open tuning with your finger picks on. Is that right or wrong?
Best wishes,
Andy _________________ 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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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 1:39 pm
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Hello Andy,(Ezzee~slide aficionado !!)
Indeed it's EXTREMELY difficult to tune the guitar whilst wearing fingerpicks and almost impossible to fine tune whilst playing..The tuning wheels require you to turn them with your thumb whilst gripping the frame with the rest of your available digits.. |
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Victoria Conner
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2021 1:55 pm Here you go!
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basilh wrote: |
Better still would be a picture of the parts in the box then some of the "experts" here can identify them for you Victoria ! |
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Vh3Zg5RncgudfR4QA |
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b0b
From: Cloverdale, CA, USA
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memphislim
From: Austin, Texas
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Posted 28 Feb 2021 7:21 am
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Bob, is it just me or are all the pics on the thread you mention no longer there? |
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b0b
From: Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2021 8:16 am
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memphislim wrote: |
Bob, is it just me or are all the pics on the thread you mention no longer there? |
Thse pictures from 2006 are actually stored on Basil's web site, which doesn't use https. Your browser may be refusing to load them because of that. The internet is changing! _________________ -𝕓𝕆𝕓- (admin) - Robert P. Lee - Recordings - Breathe - D6th - Video |
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