New tuner knobs, rust removal, new pots (old had dead spots) replaced some broken pole pieces, cleaned and polished the MOTS.Īmazingly that attached power cord is in good shape - I'm debating what to do about it. Here are some pics after the following was done, In fact the entire plate serves as the core of the pickup greatly increasing it's inductance, hence very few turns of wire were required to get such a powerful sound. The integral pickup/bridge/sting ball end catch/tone control plate is a work of engineering genius as far as I'm concerned. The back is felted so it sticks to your lap. I love the look and function of the low profile black tone and volume knobs The black and cream color scheme is cool. It has held up well and is visually stunning. I'm thinking it will be more valuable in the future since the era was quite short lived due the process being dangerous. It's finished in MOTS, mother of toilet seat. It's dual coil with adjustable pole pieces. The string through pickup gives a nice fat sound. The wood body slopes away on either side of the neck so i's difficult to dent it with a bar. Learn I will - It goes open intermittently. I like the string through pickup and kinda wanted to learn about what makes them tick in any case. I had a 1962 Commet in white that I loved that was stolen during load out at a gig around 1980. '95 MELOBAR CUSTOM, 1955 FENDER TRIPLE NECK STRINGMASTER.So I bought a 1950 Supro Comet Lap steel on Ebay.I'm reliving my early steel years. '73 EMMONS D10 FATBACK, '92 EMMONS D10 LASHLEY LEGRANDE, They seem to be more fair in their quotes for vintage guitars. However if you search the "vintage musical instruments" category, I tend to agree with most of their quotes that I have seen. Much like the auto bluebooks, I view it as a vauge idea of an intruments value. Normally I am not too impressed with bluebook values as they seem low and don't take into account many factors such as condition and "real world" values (what someone will actually pay for an instrument if they want it". Of course the books are available on this site as well as the CD roms. It usually costs $3.99 per single quote, but they have had an introductory offer for $.99 for the 2003 guide. Orion Bluebook, Ebay completed auctions, Elderly Instruments, and Gruhn Guitars, I saw a doubleneck Supro listed, but they charge for each price you get. Hey Douglas, I have been getting pricing information together (for my upcoming divorce hearing)for all of my instruments, amps and studio gear through four reliable sources.
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