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Pic of the day
« on: Jan 12th, 2005, 9:33am » |
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I promised Grandma_Sweet_Boy/Carol that I'd post these for her.
She has an old guitar that she is trying to find out more about.
I have traced it as far as being a 1937 Chicago series National Triolian Guitar.
She would like to have more information on it if anyone else here can come up with any more.
Here's the front of it.
Here's that headstock on it.
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #1 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 9:45am » |
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neat lookin'
Can it still be tuned?
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #2 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 10:00am » |
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She told me that is's still fully functional.
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #3 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:30pm » |
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Pat, all I am getting is a red X, any ideas as to why?
Oh and bump for Carol to see when she gets home!!!
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #4 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:33pm » |
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They seem to be showing up fine here and at another system I tested on.
Try to right click on the picture and then select 'Show Picture' from the pop up menu.
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #5 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:36pm » |
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Funny how this puter works... must be some funky firewall I got here won't even let me do it that way Pat... I guess I wil wait till I get home to see! 
Thanks!
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #6 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:46pm » |
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If you right click and select properties, you can drag over the entire URL in the properties box and copy by pressing Ctrl+C and then open up a new copy of Internet explorer. Click in the address bar and pree CTRL+V to paste it in.
Hit enter and you should get it that way.
If not, You'll have to wait til you get home.
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« Reply #7 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:55pm » |
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Oh now it shows up... odd I tell you, thanks Pat 
Beautiful guitar!!!
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #8 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 4:58pm » |
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Thanks Paddy for posting that for me.
Paul - yes it can be tuned. It has a small dent in it that was caused from me firing it down a set of stairs at my sister's head. Sadly, I missed her!  I do recall however getting my a$$ tanned for that little stunt!
What I'm trying to do is find the history of this machine. I know it's at least 62 years old but is it older and where did it come from? It would be nice to know about it so when I pass it down, perhaps we could do that with some information about it.
I still have the steel slide bars and finger picks that my Dad wore when he played it.
Carol
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #9 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 5:02pm » |
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on Jan 12th, 2005, 10:00am, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:| She told me that is's still fully functional. |
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she said THAT?
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #10 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 5:02pm » |
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Carol,
My educated guess is that it is about 66 or 67 years old. The serial number of A1928 is listed as a 1937 Chicago Series National guitar on the web site who's URL I can't remember now.
Now at the end of my 999th post, I say Good Night and PF times to you all. It's time for me to go home and make dinner for my wife.
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« Reply #11 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 7:05pm » |
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My God - there's something in this house that's older than me! What a relief!
Paddy thanks a lot and if you get a minute - will you give me the web site info so I can go in an get some stuff to print off for my heirs! You can just PM or email me with it so we don't have to bore the others.
Carol
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #13 on: Jan 12th, 2005, 7:35pm » |
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Hey Don - that was very kind of you - thanks. Too bad I'm so computer useless - perhaps I could have figured it out then. Your help is much appreciated.
Mine does have the mahogany neck as opposed to the maple one that it mentions in that site.
Again, thanks.
Carol
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #14 on: Jan 13th, 2005, 4:18pm » |
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Carol,
The guys at this other web site swear up and down that your guitar is a 1930 Bakie.
Bakie means not a mahogany neck but some kind of plastic composite thing that looks a lot like wood,
Here's a picture of one that a guy posted for me. He says it's the same model and year as yours.
He also said he paid $2000 for it on EBay but he had to have a lot of work done on the neck to make it playable.
If the neck on yours is still straight and playable, I'd take pretty good care of it since these necks have a tendancy to warp pretty easy.
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #15 on: Jan 13th, 2005, 4:25pm » |
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on Jan 13th, 2005, 4:18pm, ExplodingEyeBall wrote:Carol,
If the neck on yours is still straight and playable, I'd take pretty good care of it since these necks have a tendancy to warp pretty easy. |
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that's why I was asking if it was tunable...
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #16 on: Jan 14th, 2005, 9:01am » |
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Send it to Dave bunker in Utah... He'll put a steel rod down inside the neck.... seriously cool.. a tension free neek.. He has a line of guitars that are called Trekker.... He made one for my son a few christmases ago
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #17 on: Jan 14th, 2005, 1:37pm » |
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You could send it to Goez guitars in St. Louis Mo. they redo a lot of guitars. They do work for Fleetwood Mac, Allman bros. Steeley dan, James taylor, on and on. Just had them fix up mine,New frets and all for 100.00 Can't beat that the # is 314 647 1211 they specialize in restoring , refinishing, custom woodworking, structural rebuilding. One of the best in the country. Good luck.
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on Jan 14th, 2005, 1:37pm, ccbiggsoo7 wrote:| You could send it to Goez guitars in St. Louis Mo. they redo a lot of guitars. They do work for Fleetwood Mac, Allman bros. Steeley dan, James taylor, on and on. Just had them fix up mine,New frets and all for 100.00 Can't beat that the # is 314 647 1211 they specialize in restoring , refinishing, custom woodworking, structural rebuilding. One of the best in the country. Good luck. |
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Never heard of Goez Guitars in St Lou. The only shop I allow to adjust my axe is J. Gravity on Broadway in St Louis. They do incredibly work, and Jim has built several guitars for pros like Eddie Van Halen, Al DiMeola and Bruce Springsteen, to name a few. That is where I got my EMG's for my Jackson.
That's a sweet looking Dobro Gran. I have a very old guitar that one day I hope to have the money to invest in having it restored. It is a National Lap steel guitar from the early 1950's that belonged to my father. The Ivory tuning pegs are brittle, and the electronics are shot. It also needs a restorative paint job.
Hey Pat, did you ever finish your Charvel?
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #19 on: Jan 14th, 2005, 2:14pm » |
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C.D. yeah you are right, I couldn't remember the name of that one on broadway. Another great choice
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Re: Pic of the day
« Reply #20 on: Jan 14th, 2005, 2:15pm » |
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on Jan 14th, 2005, 1:55pm, PrettyH8Machine wrote:
Hey Pat, did you ever finish your Charvel?
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I put it back together a few nights ago.
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