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Topic: Lucky Sevens: Post Your 7-Strings Here |
Allan Revich
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Victoria, BC
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 10:47 am |
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These are 4 of mine…
Clinesmith Frypan
Fouke Industrial
Rickenbacher B7 (postwar)
Gibson EH100, 1937
All tuned G6/Em7 (eGBDGBD or EGBDGBD)
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – D G D G B D
7 String | G9 – D G B D F A D
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 1:20 pm
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I came into a stripped Gibson BR-3 that I converted to 7 string:
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 2:46 pm
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Here are the ones I still have.
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 4:13 pm
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| Some real beauties there Noah. Those old Audiovox lap steels are really cool. How do they sound? |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 6:19 pm
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Both of mine are (were?) Ultratones that I rescued from basketcases.
I purchased this v1 that had been crudely converted from a 7-string to a 6-string, and featured a pickup and a butchered mounting plate from a Skylark (?!?). I cut back the fretboard (its pointed tips were broken off anyhow), enlarged the pickup cavity, installed two custom Sentell 7-string Stringmaster-style pickups, wired 'em out of phase with volume, tone, and blend pots, and fabricated a pickup mounting plate. Custom 7-string bridge by Dave Peterson. I fabricated the 7-string nut from aluminum bar stock. I call it the "Ultramaster:"
Doesn't look like much, but it plays like a dream and sounds fantastic.
The v2 was a beater that was stripped of all but the fretboard. I converted it from a 6-string to a 7-string:
Once again, the pickup is from Jerry Sentell, and the bridge is from Dave Peterson. Plays and sounds great. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 6:43 pm
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From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 8:41 pm
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
Both of mine are (were?) Ultratones that I rescued from basketcases.
I purchased this v1 that had been crudely converted from a 7-string to a 6-string, and featured a pickup and a butchered mounting plate from a Skylark (?!?). I cut back the fretboard (its pointed tips were broken off anyhow), enlarged the pickup cavity, installed two custom Sentell 7-string Stringmaster-style pickups, wired 'em out of phase with volume, tone, and blend pots, and fabricated a pickup mounting plate. Custom 7-string bridge by Dave Peterson. I fabricated the 7-string nut from aluminum bar stock. I call it the "Ultramaster:"
Doesn't look like much, but it plays like a dream and sounds fantastic.
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Looks freaking awesome to me! Nicely done. |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 5 Oct 2021 10:22 pm An early B7
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Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 12:12 am
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| Since I never had the chance to play a 7-stringer: In comparison to a six string guitar: Do you add a low or a high string? |
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 3:16 am
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| Allan Revich wrote: |
| Some real beauties there Noah. Those old Audiovox lap steels are really cool. How do they sound? |
Moderate output, with a fairly warm and full-bodied tone. Not unlike early National-Dobro electrics - which isn't really a surprise, since Dobro bought Audiovox's pickup design.
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| Since I never had the chance to play a 7-stringer: In comparison to a six string guitar: Do you add a low or a high string? |
Yes. Or add one in the middle!
I use the same A6 tuning on my 7-strings as my 6-strings, but with a low A added. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 3:33 am
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| Peter Funk wrote: |
| In comparison to a six string guitar: Do you add a low or a high string? |
I tune most of my 6-strings to standard C6 (E-C-A-G-E-C, high-to-low). But the two 7-strings pictured above I tune A6 (E-C#-A-F#-E-C#-A). I find a pitch higher than E on the first string weak and whiny. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 3:39 am
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| Allan Revich wrote: |
Looks freaking awesome to me! Nicely done. |
Thank you, Allan. I had considered refinishing the body, but since it plays well and sounds great, that's good enough for me. After all, it's the sound that counts. It's definitely a player, not a wall hanger. |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 5:34 am
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1979 OMI Dobro
2021 Clinesmith |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 5:35 am
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| Both have almost exactly the same scale and string spacing and both are tuned to C13 so no adjustment when I switch guitar. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2021 7:22 am
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Nice assortment guys! I picked up a '41 Gibson EH-150 on ebay a year or so back. It has the interim diagonal tortoise shell pickup that they probably didn't make many seven strings of, although I see that Noah's EH-185 has one. I replace the corroded fretboard with a reproduction that I got from Andy DePaule and replaced the tuners with 18:1 open backed Grovers that at least have a period look. I realize that probably devalued the guitar somewhat but it made it more functional and looks pretty good (I think). Mickey seems to like it anyway.
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Mike Christensen
From:
Cook Minnesota
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Posted 15 Oct 2021 6:21 am
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My Melobar SXL with Dobro simulation circuit and coil tap. Probably not many of these out there. 24.5 inch scale. Powerful and clear.
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 18 Oct 2021 8:33 pm Trotmore 7
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Mike Christensen
From:
Cook Minnesota
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Posted 20 Oct 2021 9:47 am 7 stringers
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| Some cool guitars showing up on this thread |
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