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Anyone here that Knows everything about Harmonicas.
I now and then buy one . and have a few .. But thought I might ask.
I dont think I have the right tone
What is the most used fex by Blues Players
I Suppose Hohner is used but which one and are there other popular brands.
Some are surprisingly expensive here.
 
Anyone here that Knows everything about Harmonicas.
I now and then buy one . and have a few .. But thought I might ask.
I dont think I have the right tone
What is the most used fex by Blues Players
I Suppose Hohner is used but which one and are there other popular brands.
Some are surprisingly expensive here.
Hohner is the most used for sure, but Lee Oskar, Suzuki, and Seydel are also good. Most harps need a little tweaking out of the box to be good.
 
I bought a Marine Band in S. Dakota in a junk store with a Star of David on it. According to the web it means it was made before 1936. Every note works! I read the tempering is slightly different, to favor chords rather than melodies (or was it vice-versa). I love the way you can kind of just play harmonica the same way you can kind of just sing....

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Here are a few guitars I've had over the years. My 1st electric was a Danelectro like this one and a Silvertone amp. Got em in 61'. Sold them both in 65 for...

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used Hagstrom III like this one, 65? and a new Fender Super Reverb amp. 65? I bought the amp at Manny's in NY. I still have it. Works, but the pots are a little dirty. Any suggestions? I sprayed some contact cleaner in each pot about 18 years ago. They're still a little scratchy.

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I traded a Fender Reverb unit for this Fender F65 acoustic in 72. It was my favorite guitar until it was stolen out of my house in 2001.


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In 74, my wife bought me this pretty Epiphone 12 string. Still have it.

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With my favorite acoustic gone, I pulled this out of the closet. We got this for my Dad in the 60's from my guitar instructor, Tom Manero. I put some new strings on it and now it's my new favorite. Everyone who fiddles with it, loves it. It's a 50's Harmony Monterey.

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Here are a few guitars I've had over the years. My 1st electric was a Danelectro like this one and a Silvertone amp. Got em in 61'. Sold them both in 65 for...

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used Hagstrom III like this one, 65? and a new Fender Super Reverb amp. 65? I bought the amp at Manny's in NY. I still have it. Works, but the pots are a little dirty. Any suggestions? I sprayed some contact cleaner in each pot about 18 years ago. They're still a little scratchy.

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I traded a Fender Reverb unit for this Fender F65 acoustic in 72. It was my favorite guitar until it was stolen out of my house in 2001.


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In 74, my wife bought me this pretty Epiphone 12 string. Still have it.

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With my favorite acoustic gone, I pulled this out of the closet. We got this for my Dad in the 60's from my guitar instructor, Tom Manero. I put some new strings on it and now it's my new favorite. Everyone who fiddles with it, loves it. It's a 50's Harmony Monterey.

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Thats a killer Harmony Monterey, that 65 Super is one of the best amps ever made and quite desirable. DeOxit is what you wanna clean the pots with on an old amp. Its great stuff, one can is a lifetime supply. Don't spray the cleaner down the pot shaft though, pull the chassis and spray them out between the fibre board and the pot shell and work em back and forth a bit. But be forwarded and make sure the caps are discharged, the power caps on amps can hold a 600v+ charge.
 
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Here are a few guitars I've had over the years. My 1st electric was a Danelectro like this one and a Silvertone amp. Got em in 61'. Sold them both in 65 for...

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used Hagstrom III like this one, 65? and a new Fender Super Reverb amp. 65? I bought the amp at Manny's in NY. I still have it. Works, but the pots are a little dirty. Any suggestions? I sprayed some contact cleaner in each pot about 18 years ago. They're still a little scratchy.

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I traded a Fender Reverb unit for this Fender F65 acoustic in 72. It was my favorite guitar until it was stolen out of my house in 2001.


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In 74, my wife bought me this pretty Epiphone 12 string. Still have it.

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With my favorite acoustic gone, I pulled this out of the closet. We got this for my Dad in the 60's from my guitar instructor, Tom Manero. I put some new strings on it and now it's my new favorite. Everyone who fiddles with it, loves it. It's a 50's Harmony Monterey.

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Rustie is the man ..But I have a Marshall valve state S 80 i had since the early 90 ies
The main volume pot I had to replace . Managed that myself.
There are a lot of Potentiometers wait .. 15
I rarely move them I have one setting and use it.
The sound was cutting out .But if i have the Amp off and turn the pots back and forth and set them on the same spot again
It helps
On Hifi Amps I have used the cleaners mentioned DeOxit and so
But sometimes just working them a bit helps -- Not always
 
Rustie is the man ..But I have a Marshall valve state S 80 i had since the early 90 ies
The main volume pot I had to replace . Managed that myself.
There are a lot of Potentiometers wait .. 15
I rarely move them I have one setting and use it.
The sound was cutting out .But if i have the Amp off and turn the pots back and forth and set them on the same spot again
It helps
On Hifi Amps I have used the cleaners mentioned DeOxit and so
But sometimes just working them a bit helps -- Not always
Jan, using them will absolutely clear them up. The advantage to using DeOxit is that it contains a lubricant and anti corrosive so it will clean them and provide protection from future verdigris and carbon build up as well as preventing sticking.
 
Guitar Melody 800 SNF Steel string

It was halfway to the dumpster .But the strap is probably worth the $ 7 I payed.
The action is to high neck curved so I Have released the truss rod see what happens
<<<*** Edit now tightening to get lower action ****>>>

Is has cracked sometime and been glued together. Very poor job it does not appear to be water based glue

Is there any way to separate it remove the glue and redo it. Better ?
 
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When in Bali about 12 years ago, I walked into a music shop and walked out with a Squier Bullet stratocaster, a nice red one, just like Hanks. When I returned to Oz I bought a zoom sound effects and a Peavey Vypyr, all bargain basement stuff, guitar cost about $150, Zoom around $100 and the Peavey around $200. I then set about teaching myself to play. I'm a died in the wool electric guitar instrumental fan: Hank B Marvin, Shadows, Dire Straits, Atlantics and so on, so I'd download a song, play it in slo mo, copy every note and put it all together.

I then downloaded some backing tracks and practiced, when I got reasonably proficient I uploaded tracks to you tube, about 18 songs in all: Wonderful land, Midnight, Blue Star, Peacepipe, The Savage, Sleepwalk, plus a few others: Dire Straits On Every Street. I was also a Big O fan, so I put together an instrumental version of California Blue and one by the Eagles I Dreamed There Was No War and uploaded them as well.

But the pinnacle for me, and one I was aiming for was Bombora by the Atlantics. I'd started putting that together (difficult with slow, old man fingers), but alas, RA struck and I lost the use of my hands and fingers. I put the guitar away for a few years, hoping it was all a bad dream and the RA would go away, but it didn't and so eventually I sold all my bargain basement musical gear and turned to another hobby.

Every now and again I like to reminisce, so I go to my you tube channel and listen to the songs I recorded. They may not be very good, but at least I can say 'I did that'!

From when I was but a boy, Bombora by the Atlantics. They still do the traps, 60 years on:
. And then I hear this, recorded in 2005 by the same band, albeit with a slightly different linenup (Martin Cilia on lead):
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I'm pretty sure they don't use Squire guitars!
 
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Guitar Melody 800 SNF Steel string

It was halfway to the dumpster .But the strap is probably worth the $ 7 I payed.
The action is to high neck curved so I Have released the truss rod see what happens
<<<*** Edit now tightening to get lower action ****>>>

Is has cracked sometime and been glued together. Very poor job it does not appear to be water based glue

Is there any way to separate it remove the glue and redo it. Better ?

I tried to straighten the neck out. Body had cracked where the neck was installed
Used force to widen the crack and wedged the crack more open with a knife blade .Hammering the back of The blade it broke on the Cheap knife
I believe it was a stainless blade .Never happened before ..

Putting the guitar resting between two chairs back upwards I found a heavy Marble stone loading at the back at the middle pushing the guitar neck pushing it more into an U shape getting the string action line lower. Slammed the fist on it .So it snapped into place looked promising.

Glue in letting it sit drying .. looking good afterwards .
Music Store $ 12 strings on a $ 7 guitar
Still a bit to high action ..but perhaps Good. Figured I can adjust more at the truss rod.

Hit a chord --< Maybe the worst sounding guitar I ever heard.. Action is still to high ..

Tuned it to open E for Slide ( I use a 17 mm long socket on the pinky )

So More or less a failure in Guitar Gluing. The neck sits OK on the outside but it looks as if there is a wooden block inside that has moved where the neck goes in. ,Crack there also .. To get to that I need to remove something or cut the back open.

Or getting it lower where the strings enter the body Saddle .That I can do I have once made one in Aluminium for another guitar where the action was to low -- with good results.
I dont think I will do that .The Sound is to poor .. Surprisingly bad ..
Ill use it for slide and then maybe to the dumpster ..
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose.
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Try, try again this time from my laptop.

The Gibson I bought on my 21st birthday (quite some time ago :)), the Epiphone a year or two later and the Taylor is a more recent addition. Mostly play electric nowadays using a Line 6 Pod HD500X modeler, get some awesome tones from that setup.
 

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Try, try again this time from my laptop.

The Gibson I bought on my 21st birthday (quite some time ago :)), the Epiphone a year or two later and the Taylor is a more recent addition. Mostly play electric nowadays using a Line 6 Pod HD500X modeler, get some awesome tones from that setup.

Nice ...!!
 
I need to refret My Fender Japan Stratocaster ca 1990
Had it since New
First three frets . and then its OK for a While
Brass frets 2.2 mm
Neck width ca 43 at the first fret
I believe it is Rosewood fingerboard
Anyone done this ( Rustie has not been around for a while )

Any DO and don't DO to know about
Are the frets glued in or just pressed Best method getting them out ?
There are frets online eBay in China as wire to cut oneself are those substandard quality
Any better place to get them ?
 
If you have enough material to work with and the wear isn't too bad they can often be filed to stop any buzzing. I have done that on my Gibson a couple times and my wife's Taylor, but you really need to have the right tools and know how to do it.
 
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