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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings and re-tuning... | | Date: | Saturday, November 3, 2007 20:35:23 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Wow Bob,
I never heard of that one, a "Stringtone" huh? You've got a rare axe there Bob.
I've always wondered how the first guy who rigged up a "device" to lower the
second string of a G tuned instrument a half a tone to get a minor chord felt?
Probably like that first step on the moon's surface?
Richie
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From: bobmcevoy@comcast.net
> I have a double neck lap steel guitar with tuning changers on both necks.
> The inside neck has A - E and C#
> The outside neck has C6- E7 and C7.
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> The changing is performed via a slotted cog. It is machined so that as you lift
> the lever, the string tension is adjusted to fit that tuning. The cog could be
> machined for other tunings also.
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> It works perfectly and was built in the 1950's
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> Obviously the electric is more stable than a wooden Dobro but the concept works.
> There is a patent number 2,603,119. It was called a Stringtone - by Rowe
> Industries.
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