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Topic: 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster - Who signed this thing? |
Henry Hibbert
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 1:06 pm |
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Hey folks, I'm new to this forum, and wow it is informative and helpful, and I've already taken a few tabs to work on. Thank you for that, I'm grateful.
I saw a thread on here a while back that I can't find now, about the funny markings inside key pockets. I got this Doubleneck recently in my life-long love affair with guitars (and I'm loving on this long scale every day!), and when I got it, I cleaned it up, it was very dirty and yet it works perfectly fine. I found these marks inside the pockets. I wonder if the pencil marked initials are known to anyone, who is it?
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Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while. |
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Bill Fisher
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 2:01 pm
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Looks like that'is the first guitar of this type made in
December, 1954.
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 2:33 pm
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I've also got the date markings on my SM (10/54) but I discovered more underneath the control plate:
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Henry Hibbert
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 5:14 pm
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Now that's the one and only Gloria Fuentes. That's a piece of history there! I'll check mine and see if I'm as lucky.
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Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while. |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 5:39 pm
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| I knew the name Abigail Ybarra (and was disappointed that she didn't wind my pickups, having started in '56) but I was not familiar with Gloria Fuentes. Cool. |
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Henry Hibbert
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2021 5:43 pm
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There are Steelers here who know more about it, but she was one of Leo's most trusted builders, a long time employee. I read she was disgusted with CBS and quit because of their lack of quality control and pressure to produce. Yeah, you have something special there.
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Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 8:40 am
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I have a long scale T-8 Stringmaster that I bought new in 1954-55.
Erv
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Henry Hibbert
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 9:01 am Triple Neck Mint.
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Forgive me Lord for I am coveting my neighbor's Fender.
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Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while. |
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 9:34 am
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Erv, do you remember the price?
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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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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 10:28 am
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Bill,
It's been so long ago I don't remember, sorry. 
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 10:29 am
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Henry,
About this one?
Or these?
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Henry Hibbert
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 12:07 pm
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Speechless. I'm in your last will, if not, feel free to add a special codicil, "I hereby bequeath yon double neck stringmaster to that nutcase named Henry...." something along those lines, you get my drift?
Those are magnificent. Thank you for sharing.
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Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 12:18 pm
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Henry,
Thank you!
I'll remember you in my will: "Hello Henry" 
Erv |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 1:25 pm
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"Lord Almighty its a long scale 1954 Double Neck Stringmaster. Will I set down the D-18 and Telecaster down for a while? Yes... perhaps for quite a while."
I said something similar in 1994. Better make sure you want to go down that rabbit hole. My enabler was a '56 T8 
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 4:09 pm
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I had similar markings in my '54 T-8. 11-54 penciled in the neck pockets along with some unintelligible markings which may have been initials. I also had the Gloria masking tape in the control cavity with a December date.
I think the #1 in yours is for the neck order. Can't tell if the other says #2.
Enjoy the guitar! |
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Benjamin Franz
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 11 Dec 2021 10:44 pm
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| Henry Hibbert wrote: |
| Now that's the one and only Gloria Fuentes. That's a piece of history there! I'll check mine and see if I'm as lucky. |
I wonder if one of the women in this video at around 4:32 is Gloria Fuentes?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nswcAPvH0P8 |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2021 9:13 am
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Gloria Fuentes signed the control cavity of my 1953 Dual 8 Pro. Here's a pic that includes her. I doubt that she is any of the women in the video.
Also, I am pretty sure this is her on the left, taken from R. Smith's Fender book--a library copy so I don't have the page number.
I am interested in any opinions, or any additional photos or videos folks can share. I love this stuff. |
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