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Post by Russ Young on Oct 23, 2005 18:22:12 GMT
It appears that Sven Nordlund's guitar bodies follow the lines of the 12-fret National bodies, instead of the more square-shouldered 14-fret bodies. I like the look, but does this result in a longer scale length?
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 31, 2005 13:44:48 GMT
Schoen Guitars in Kentucky are making some very interesting looking resophonic instruments. Here is some blurb and pictures from Kurt Schoen's website. Advertizing is not permitted on this forum, but I like the look of these machines......and I think you will too. Welcome to Schoen Guitars. All instruments are handmade here in Louisville, Kentucky one at a time. Instruments are inspired by the music of yesterday, when tones were not pure and homogenized - where the instruments makers were not as important as the musicians playing them. Where the characters imparted by the materials used were just a part of the whole picture. Kurt Schoen is a self-taught luthier living in the hill country outside of Louisville, Kentucky. Kurt has focused on making very finely crafted resophonic box guitars. Schoen Guitars is about one thing - giving YOU, the musician , TONE, LOOK, and VIBE from yester-year in a reliable and high-quality package. The instruments are unique in that all are box-shaped, with woods recycled from cigar boxes, wine tanks, salvage lumber, and cabinet makers scrap. The cover plates are hand-hammered from roofer's sheet metal or scrap brass. Each instrument takes over 50 hours to build. Despite this, each instrument has piercingly loud tone, low action, and truly are player's instruments. Instruments are each crafted one at a time to customer specifications. Customers range from collectors to players, basic amateurs to Grammy-award winning professionals. Shine On, Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 1, 2005 10:35:38 GMT
THIS POST WAS PUT ON THE FORUM BY RUSS YOUNG (forum member). I HAVE MOVED IT TO THIS THREAD ABOUT UNUSUAL RESOPHONIC GUITARS, WHICH SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE. MMHere's a guitar that is not the "Blitzenplecker" ... but you can see why it appears when "Hitler's Dobro" is discussed: Russ Young
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 1, 2005 10:36:50 GMT
Now that guitar is both weird & in very bad taste. It looks like some sort of PhotoShop-trickery, but it's not and it's not a pleasant sight.
The Hitler's Dobro story is wonderful and is written with great wit & humour. But this nasty looking thing is neither of those. I am glad you showed us the guitar, now we know it's there.
Why on earth would anybody want those symbols on a resophonic guitar....Now you've got me curious.......who owns it and where is it? That's pretty scary.
Shine On, Michael.
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Post by Russ Young on Nov 1, 2005 15:00:54 GMT
Thanks, Michael -- the guitar showed up on eBay a couple of years ago. At the time, I posted the eBay link on another forum, which led to some discussion but no real information about the guitar. There were some observations about the symbols -- which make most of us think of swatstikas -- being used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks, and some Native Americans.
I have no idea who owns it, or if it actually exists (I've also wondered about the PhotoShop possibility). I believe the photos are the same ones that appeared on eBay; my guess is that someone captured them at the time and posted them on the web.
I agree with you about the "Hitler's Dobro" satire; it's both clever and relatively harmless, although I can understand why some people find it very hard to see the humor in anything about Hitler and the Nazis.
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 1, 2005 15:58:44 GMT
Hi Russ,
Thanks for your reply and for posting the picture. I realize that the Swastika has been used by Egyptians, Greeks, Native Americans....etc, but this image, maybe because of the rust and dark grey paint, looks too Nazi for comfort.
The more I look at it, the more I am not convinced it is real. Are they sound holes, or are they painted on. If they are sound holes.....why can we see the inside so clearly? The photo is not professionally lit. However.....saying that, there is no shadow and no flare from the coverplate or the guitar stand. I wouldn't be surprized to find that it is a PhotoShop job, I also wouldn't be surprized to find that it is real. I am leaving my options open on that!
Shine On, Michael.
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 1, 2005 16:45:27 GMT
Russ, do you know of any other photos, or do you remember what the eBay vendor said about it?
Shine On, Michael.
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Post by LouisianaGrey on Nov 1, 2005 18:44:56 GMT
Russ Young said: "It appears that Sven Nordlund's guitar bodies follow the lines of the 12-fret National bodies, instead of the more square-shouldered 14-fret bodies. I like the look, but does this result in a longer scale length?"
The scale length is the distance from the nut to the bridge. The point at which the neck joins the body is irrelevant to the scale length.
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Post by Russ Young on Nov 1, 2005 18:51:00 GMT
Pete -- Then why did National go to a shorter body when they began using 14-fret necks?
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Post by Russ Young on Nov 1, 2005 19:02:28 GMT
Michael -- Here's the only other photo that I've seen. There have been more when it was on eBay, although it's been long enough I don't recall all of the details, including the seller's description:
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Post by toremainn on Nov 1, 2005 20:45:13 GMT
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Post by Richard on Nov 1, 2005 20:56:53 GMT
As for the swastikas (fylfot cross) I'd go down the painted route.
And, possibly as Michael said via Photoshop on the way since there appears to be a sort of strange yellow hue in line with the fretboard... almost as though something couldn't quite be brushed in or out?
Also, who ever did the swastikas got 'em wrong as they ought to be wizzed round 45 degrees. rt
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 1, 2005 22:57:31 GMT
Thanks Russ & Tore. Now we can see a full frontal photo of this weird looking machine. It is really hard to tell what this is. The photos are great, but the resolution is too low to zoom in and see detail. It certainly looks like a National ..headstock, body, coverplate. That's about all we can see. I don't think it is a Nazi symbol, as Richard says it would be twisted around. If it is real, which it may well be, it is certainly old and the sound-holes (as they will now be known) have rust and wear around them. I don't think it is Eva Braun's National Duolian, but some crazy hippy-space-cadet from the 1930s. The red dot markers are interesting....and having said what I just did....the black & red is very Nazi looking! I honestly have no idea at all. If anyone does, we'd love to hear from you. Shine On, Michael.
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Post by LouisianaGrey on Nov 2, 2005 8:06:11 GMT
"Pete -- Then why did National go to a shorter body when they began using 14-fret necks?" Precisely because the scale length stays the same, so the body has to be shorter. Look at any picture of a 12 fret guitar and then reshape the body so it joins at the 14th instead. Trust me, it's true. My 2 models of travel guitar use the same scale length and the same body mould, but the mould for the 14 fretter has an insert so the body isn't as long.
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 2, 2005 9:26:57 GMT
Hey, they look beautiful Pete. Is the 12 fret model a square neck?
Shine On, Michael.
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