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Topic: Barcley or Barclay lap steel
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Zayit
Member From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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posted 18 February 2002 12:00 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1514450785 Anybody seen or played one of these two-PU "Phender" knockoffs? There was nothing about Barclay or Barcley steels on Brad's excellent website... |
Ian McLatchie
Member From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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posted 19 February 2002 04:15 AM
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Contrary to the seller's claim that this is an extremely rare instrument ("very unique," no less!), it's just another Japanese Fender knock-off. You see these instruments in yellow and red, most often with the Guyatone label, but with other brand names, as well (I have a yellow Granada). Good microphonic pickups, but pretty low grade wood, in my experience. Save your money for the real thing. |
Zayit
Member From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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posted 19 February 2002 02:50 PM
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Thank you Ian for your guidance. I am truly humbled by the wisdom & experience shared here on a daily basis. |
Doug Beaumier
Member From: Northampton, MA
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posted 19 February 2002 07:49 PM
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I had a Guyatone Fender knock-off, much like the one in the photo, except that it was blonde. It really sounded excellent and it was quite well built. The pickup was very powerful. I played it on a couple of gigs, and a friend told me that it sounded better than my Emmons D-10! I think what he meant was... it was more appropriate for the style of music that the band was playing. I wish I still had that knock-off! ------------------
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Brad Bechtel
Moderator From: San Francisco, CA
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posted 19 February 2002 08:25 PM
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According to this review on Harmony Central, Barcley guitars were made in Japan and distributed in Canada by RMI. I don't know if that's true or not, but I've never seen a guitar under the name Barcley here in the USA.
The guitar in the auction looks like a Guyatone- or Teisco-type Stringmaster copy.
In my opinion, it's already overbid, but I've seen some weirdness on eBay lately.------------------
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Ian McLatchie
Member From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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posted 20 February 2002 02:53 PM
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Brad: yes, these are definitely built by Guyatone, and that's the brand name you'll most frequently see on them. I hadn't heard that the Barcley name was exclusive to Canada. The Granada I own I bought mostly for the case and legs, and I've cannibalized the guitar for parts. It sounded great - all the way to the 7th fret. Beyond that all the overtones seemed to go into hiding. I had a guitar tech go over it carefully. He concluded that the problem was in the wood. Certainly the grain looked like something you might use for firewood and not much else. |
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