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Post by snakehips on Mar 9, 2019 15:07:39 GMT
Hi there !
Excellent news !
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Post by snakehips on Mar 7, 2019 6:22:43 GMT
Hi there !
In general (but with plenty of exceptions) :
German Silver metal bodies - nickel-plated, with or without engraving Brass metal bodies - nickel-plated, with or without etched pattern, (a few rare models had some enamel-paint added on parts of the etched pattern/scene -Style 35 & Style 97 Tricones) Steel bodies - early Style O models were nickel-plated, but almost all steel bodies (Euolians and Triolians) werepainted, type of paint mostly depends on model Wood bodies - painted, or stained and varnished
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Post by snakehips on Mar 4, 2019 11:58:14 GMT
Hi there !
I went through a phase of weighing vintage and repro cones years back, with small digital kitchen scales.
Vintage National cones I had generally weighed 24g, the NRP non-hot rod cones were about 26g (I think I remember), and NRP's Hot-Rod cones came in between, at about 25g. The last set of NRP hot rod cones I bought though, were about 26 or 27g. They sounded just as good though. An old Quarterman cone I had (that came in one of my first ebay Nationals) was about 30g.
Make of it what you will, but the lighter they are, they better they seem to sound !!!
I may have even written a post YEARS back on this forum about this very subject. Can't remember if I just imagined doing it, or actually did !!
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Post by snakehips on Feb 28, 2019 22:28:25 GMT
GET THE ORIGINAL TAILPIECE ! IT CAN BE REPAIRED !
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Post by snakehips on Feb 25, 2019 9:15:57 GMT
Well, y’all missed a good one !!!
Best blues festival I’ve been to (and involved in too), in a LONG time !!!
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Post by snakehips on Feb 25, 2019 9:11:55 GMT
Doh ! I do have the BLJ one !! Would still like the Blind Willie McTell one, if available still . Will PM you
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Post by snakehips on Feb 22, 2019 8:19:08 GMT
I fancy the BWMcT and BLJ DVD’s, but may already have the BLJ one - can’t remember ! will get back to you !
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Post by snakehips on Feb 21, 2019 8:03:25 GMT
OMG ! Just had a rehearsal and jam last night with my bandmates (Prof Scratchy and Thomas Lucas) and our International artists Big Jon Atkinson (USA) and Oyvind Stoelfjell (Norway), ahead of this weekend’s festival gigs - Fri 22nd Feb to Sunday 24th Feb 2019, in Edinburgh. Details of gigs here : www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/about-the-festival/news/scottish-blues-weekend.htmlWow ! Oyvind is great at Otis Spann and Sunnyland Slim styles on piano, great singer, and great on guitar too. Big John Atkinson - it’s like we stumbled against another John Brim, or Jimmy Rodgers or Elmore James. Great vocals, great giitar playing, GREAT harmonica player. All VERY authentic to first half of 1950’s blues. See them gig with various bands. Not to be missed if you can make it this weekend. So excited !!!
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Post by snakehips on Feb 18, 2019 13:33:09 GMT
Hi again !
Not sure about Hauver guitars, but with Fraulini's at least, you can specify what woods, trim etc your guitar will be made with. I haven't played either brands BUT I have heard more Fraulinis - almost all from YouTube videos though - and I feel they REALLY nail the ladder braced sound. I'll soon find out. My one has a spruce top, white oak back & sides, and Poplar neck.
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Post by snakehips on Feb 18, 2019 7:08:12 GMT
Hi there ! Wow, great find ! Enjoy !, It looks like the great grandfather to the 12-string Fraulini coming my way very soon : Attachments:
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Post by snakehips on Feb 17, 2019 2:02:28 GMT
Hi Graeme ! Thanks for that first link ! Yes, next weekend is a BIG blues event for Edinburgh, for Scotland, and if you don’t mind travelling, for the rest of y’all from the UK, and beyond. The main idea was to highlight Scottish blues acts, of the non rock-blues, more traditional styles of blues, with a few International acts to spice it up, joining us, being backed by us - Big Jon Atkinson, from the US, and Oyvind Stoelfjell, from Norway. That’s me mentioned (Richard O’Donnell), and I’ll be all over the weekend festival, playing in various formats. I’m playing piano in the first band of the Friday night (The Blue Hyenas), Saturday afternoon, my trio, Mud In Your Ear (with Prof Scratchy and Thomas Lucas) play a set, joined by Oyvind Stoelfjell. Saturday night starts with a solo spot from Allan Jones (Prof Scratchy), then the Jensen Interceptors (with me on piano & Hammond). Sunday afternoon has a young blues musicians set (including Thomas Lucas), followed by a 2hr blues piano set on a grand piano, with me, Thomas Lucas and Oyvind Stoelfjell doing a solo set each, and a 4th piano player, not wanting named for fear of his ex-wife turning up and causing a scene !!! The Sunday night finale features Glasgow’s best (no, Scotland’s best) blues band, Al Brown and the Bluelighters, backing Big Jon Atkinson, with Oyvind Stoelfjell on piano. Gonna be awesome !! Don’t miss it !!! Details here, and for tickets etc : www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/about-the-festival/news/scottish-blues-weekend.htmlCome along and say hi to me. I’ll be the one with the biggest & tallest quiff, for certain !!! (Couldn’t get an appointment with my hairdresser for a trim, as she is on holiday !!!)
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Post by snakehips on Feb 11, 2019 13:05:25 GMT
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Post by snakehips on Feb 10, 2019 21:30:27 GMT
Ooft !
I used to have a Bendaway !! I’d quite probably be all over that like a rash, if I wasn’t scraping the money together for a Fraulini 12-string, which is nearly completed !!!
What year is it ?
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Post by snakehips on Feb 10, 2019 14:09:11 GMT
Hi again, Here is my 15” amp combo, using the Award-Session Blues Baby 45 (watts !) amp inside. Cabinet maker in England somewhere buolt the cab for me, and I put it all together. No specialist tools or skills were required, just a Philips screwdriver ! Standard Fender Blues Jnr beside it for size comparison. The bottom most picture is from when I had my Blues Jnr amp in the 15” cab, as you can just see the black knobs on the top.
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Post by snakehips on Feb 10, 2019 10:21:22 GMT
Hi there !
I made up a 15” amp combo with a Jensen 15” alnico speaker, a Award-Session Blues Baby 45 amp chassis, and had a cabinet made for a 15” speaker, with top cut-out for a Fender Blues Jnr (as the Blues Baby amp chassis is exactly same size, same screws & screw holepositions etc). With the larger/wider cabinet, I was also able to fit a full width reverb tray, instead of the short on s Blies Jnrs come with. Great amp and not as heavy as a Blues Jnr, despite being bigger. It’s got the same controls as a Blues Jnr, plus acouple of tone switches., no valves but sounds like a valve amp. Even lighter with a ceramic speaker
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