There was a tuner pan on ebay the other day. You could check and see if it is the right one for you. There are a bunch of different styles for different years and models. Someone a while ago posted about someone doing a great solder repair on the bad gears (the problem is a part of the worm assembly breaking off, not gears stripping, usually). Does anyone remember who that was?

The above guitar, BTW, is a Dual Pro, the two neck cousin of the Triple neck Custom, neither of which is a Stringmaster. I'm now uncertain which guitar you have, Mark, but I'll trade you a crappy bass for it.

[This message was edited by Jon Light on 10-03-99]

These are fantastic sounding guitars, but kinda hard to play- the pickup gets in the way of my hand. For that reason, I generaly play a stringmaster double 8. I think these have more sustain (especially for harmonics) than my stringmaster.

One unfortunate thing is that the customs have three legs rather than 4. So, my triple is real wobbly!

One of my favorite non-pedal players is Bobby Koeffer- he plays a triple 8 custom just like mine, except dark finish (what's left of it!). The man is a total wizard- plays with a flat bar and only a thumbpick.

The pickup doesn't seem to get in his way- he doesn't damp the way most of us do, by resting our hands on the strings at the bridge.

KDail86024@aol.com thats it,,,not his serial number but his e mail address.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 15 August 2002 at 10:57 AM.]

I had a very early Custom thay had that same problem,,well anyway,,it was solved..I cant tell the story..it will be in my book, that piece of fiber changed my life forever.

Its an interesting story,,you I know will appreciate it. Those fibre or whatever they call them nowadys can be repaired or replaced
by Lindy Fralin,,he does a great job and the material he uses is superior to what Fender used years ago.

e mail me when you can. John.....you should have kept that Custom,,black?? must have been good looking.

Yep..I never liked that dammed middle leg myself,,I had Leo install a 4th leg for me.but it took a lot of convincing to get him to do it..Great guitar,,and you Andy....you should have kept your custom as well,,,whattsa matter for you guys anyway??

Jody.

[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 15 August 2002 at 07:57 PM.]

It was known as the "diamond guitar" years back when Boggs played on KTLA TV,,,they were
making reference to the chrome diamond plates
on the front.

Does the guitar wobble? or unsteady? you play standing? or sitting?. You can very easily replace those slipping clutches,,its not rocket science.

I played at Madison Square garden years back with a Hawaiian group,The Icecapades. My custom was slipping all over the ice,,thats
when Floyd Tillman wrote "Slipping Around" so
I put chains on the legs.

I have a cure for your problem,,will e mail
you off line,,when your mail box in working.

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I dont like the tripod design
Leo did,,it has more negatives than positive.

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No offense, but perhaps this is the reason Mr. Leo Fender was the innovator and you the critic.

I saw Johnny Sibert's triple Stringmaster up close. He had converted it from four legs to three and replaced the other three leg sockets with double-neck Stringmaster leg sockets, so that the legs would spread out more at the bottom,___looked good and had a very good wide base.

Remember with this configuration, there is one less leg to screw in when setting up.

I have a Fender Dual Professional (eight) and have replaced the three leg sockets with double-neck Stringmaster leg sockets. You'd be surprized at how much more stability I gained and the appearence is very much enhanced.