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Post by bryanbradfield on Mar 4, 2011 0:57:11 GMT
I'll vote for the lugged cone with long leg spider being original. 1) I've heard of this combination in other guitars. 2) Why would anyone replace a short leg spider with a long leg spider? Why spend the money? What would the perceived advantage be? I wouldn't worry about the existing set-up. The economical way to end up with a short legged spider would be to grind the legs down on the existing spider. But then, you would have to fabricate bridge inserts with extra height.
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Post by bryanbradfield on Dec 30, 2010 1:37:17 GMT
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Post by bryanbradfield on Dec 30, 2010 1:33:41 GMT
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Post by bryanbradfield on Dec 24, 2010 22:35:16 GMT
Tubertone: What a wonderful and unusual-looking find. And I love that position dot at the 16th fret! Unfortunately, I’ve never heard of George Duncan.
Steverino: The R.S. Williams connection is correct.
Colin: I believe that Brasher added the cone and cover-plate himself, based on the crude opening that was cut into the top of my wood-bodied instrument. Furthermore, the intonation on mine was “suspect” and very un-luthier-like. However, for Hawaiian playing, it could be considered OK, I suppose. I also believe that the wooden bodies were made to be converted to resonator guitars, based on the location of the sound-holes in the upper bouts of the wood bodies, and the lack of bracing in the area where the hole was to be cut.
I (perhaps) optimistically identify my wood-bodied model as having belonged to a Brasher band member based on the oral history provided by its previous owner. This previous owner lived in Southern Alberta, and acquired the guitar in 1947 from a former member of a Toronto-based Hawaiian band. The guitar was supplied to that band member, then living in Toronto, to play in the band. Brasher was operating a band from the early 1930’s until well after the end of the second world war.
I believe that wood-bodied instruments headed for retail market were marked with headstock decals, and mine, the (possibly) former band member’s instrument, has no headstock decal.
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Post by bryanbradfield on Dec 11, 2010 0:22:30 GMT
Colin - Nice catch on the Silvatone. Rarest of the rare. I don't come onto this forum very often, and I wondered where that Silvatone went. I hope the refurbishment goes well. - Bryan Bradfield
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