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Topic: Chess peices and card suits on fingerboards
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Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 20 November 2004 09:53 AM
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Hello WILLIS,hey man your in GODS country down there!!man i've played all over that country thru the years.Played Myakka Baptist for 2yrs.love those people!man they don't care whats on the fret board.Hey man i want to have a Sho-Bud when i get to Heaven,bet it will have the same fret board on it!!!!! wake up people!! farris |
Craig A Davidson
Member From: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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posted 20 November 2004 11:07 AM
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Herb you might have hit on an idea. Custom fret boards. There could be one with your favorite heroes. Buddy on the third,LLoyd on the fifth, Hal on the seventh, Tom Brumley on the tenth, and for Texas, Herb, Dickey,Reece, and Jimmy Day on the twelfth. |
Richard Sinkler
Member From: Fremont, California
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posted 21 November 2004 02:15 AM
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I would sure like more info and pictures of that beautiful guitar with the hula girls.------------------
Carter D10 9p/10k, NV400
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Joey Aguilera
Member From: Whittier, California, USA
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posted 21 November 2004 02:19 AM
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Richard,I saw it in one of my Lap Steel videos from this guy:
http://www.georgeboards.com/ The guitars are here:
http://www.georgeboards.com/2004-steels-2.html [This message was edited by Joey Aguilera on 21 November 2004 at 02:23 AM.] |
Herb Steiner
Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX
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posted 21 November 2004 08:20 AM
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I envision an adhesive-backed, silkscreened steel fretboard with removeeable fret markers made from refrigerator magnet material, similar to the magnet-backed business cards, etc., now cluttering my Frigidaire.Viable, sure. But would it affect string or pickup performance? I wouldn't think so, since the markers would be over 1/2" from the strings, and far from the pickup. But I'd like to hear from those with actual knowledge. ------------------
Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 21 November 2004 08:56 AM
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with todays teck,it could be built so easy,a lighted fret board,i'm no scollar on this,but if a watch can be built and sell for 5 dollars,a fret board with one little battery,push a button to turn off and on,even click for the cymbals you want.just slide it on the guitar,screw it down.probaly not enough market to make it interesting.but wouldn't it be cool? farris |
Ron Steenwijk
Member From: Greensburg,PA
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posted 21 November 2004 09:02 AM
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You make the things sound nice Farris but I doubt it that people would pay for a lazershow on their steel guitar.I will not put it up there for 5 Bucks...Heck..not even for 2.
HaRon Nikaro SD10 4x6 |
Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 21 November 2004 11:12 AM
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hey RON,i know it sounds crazy,but what if the tuner was built right in the fret board?show you instantly which string was out,ect.well a tuner cost about 200.bucks,if it was built right in,WOW.know if it can be put in a little hand held package,it could be done in a fret board.always be in tune.I love it.then fret board could be music notes ect. mabe soon.
farris |
Dave Ristrim
Member From: Whites Creek, TN
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posted 22 November 2004 04:59 AM
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Oh my G.., this is the funniest thread yet. I love it! I think we all have too much time on our hands ( me included).
 Dave |
L. A. Wunder
Member From: Lombard, Illinois, USA
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posted 22 November 2004 02:57 PM
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Hey guys, I just have to get in on this one. I have an old rosewood D-10 called a "DC" that has aircraft fret markers. There's one plane on frets 3,5,7, and 9, and a fleet on 12 and 24. How neat is that? L.A. |
Joe Naylor
Member From: Avondale, Arizona, USA
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posted 22 November 2004 03:13 PM
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I love setting looking at my Roses on my Desert Rose.Oh by the way I could be affended by Fessenden uses longhorn markers on fretboards.
I went to the University of Oklahoma but we just beat them in football.
This is one of those threads that could go on and on and on. Joe S-10 Pro Model Desert Rose (the prettiest Steel Guitar in the World) |
Kevin Mincke
Member From: Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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posted 23 November 2004 01:51 AM
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I kinda like Herb's "weapon of choice" fret markers.....but then the country rockers are cool too! Oh ya......I have alot of Sho~buds with those despicable card markers on them and played in a BAPTIST church
Gotta love em' |
Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 23 November 2004 07:06 AM
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I just noticed on inst.for sale,TOM BRADSHAW
is asking people who would like a new fretboard,mabe perfect chance for those who don't like the card syb.to have one built,that would be what you like!!then you could send the old one to me!!please be careful when you remove it and don't tear if up!!!!!ha ha farris |
Roger Edgington
Member From: San Antonio, Texas USA
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posted 23 November 2004 07:42 AM
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I guess I know now what kind of a sinner I am. I have cards,chess pieces,and push pull atoms. It seems like they have all played a religious song or two and sometimes in church. I find them all very attractive and would not consider changing any of them. Some even have the markers on the FRONT. Oh my! I have had people ask about markers,but never a complaint. Maybe I'm getting better. I play the ZUM most of the time now. |
Rick Aiello
Member From: Berryville, VA USA
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posted 23 November 2004 08:20 AM
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I guess I should re-think my attempt at "widenin' my market" ... ???I had made these as fret markers for my new "Oil Pans" ...  ------------------
Aiello's House of Gauss
My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Roger Edgington
Member From: San Antonio, Texas USA
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posted 23 November 2004 09:36 AM
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Maybe I should make replacement fret boards with markers like the bible,an angel,a steeple,and a cross at the 12th.I thought about using the third comandment at the third, the fifth comandment at the fifth, but when I got to "thou shalt not steel" I was confused. |
Donald Dunlavey
Member From: Jonesboro, Georgia, USA
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posted 29 November 2004 07:13 PM
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I'm gonna jump on the wagon with what Joey and Buddy said about the Sho-Bud symbols and am glad to be there with my reasoning. Those symbols are purely the style of an instrument. |
John Davis
Member From: Cambridge, U.K.
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posted 29 November 2004 08:14 PM
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It would be nice if someone came up with something to stop the atom markers dissapearing when they get hit by the same coloured stage lights.
Farris at last you have come out with a useful comment! |
Eugene Cole
Member From: Washington Grove, MD, USA
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posted 30 November 2004 07:45 PM
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John; disappearing fretboard atom markers like street signs appear and disappear without warning. Street signs unlike those atom markers are typically highly reflective. A good example of this critical distinction is illustrated in the following scenario. You find yourself driving down a road and you find yourself keenly aware that the conspicuous orange-blob in front of you is probably a sign. This awareness can and does precede your ability to ultimately determine what the sign means. While you know that the meaning of the sign will be known to you in less than two hundred yards at that moment you are simply unable to discern that the orange-blob has the silhouette of a buck on it. Unfortunately the deer a mere 70 yards down the road is not wearing anything retro reflective and it will step out on to the road and put in to motion a series of events that will include your radiator becoming perforated. And of course we ALL KNOW what the hole in the radiator means: it means that you can not transport the deer to your freezer because having to make frequent stops to cool the engine significantly increases the probability that you will have to go to court and explain why you were transporting that deer directly to the local game warden for proper and legal disposal. Getting back on topic: Glow-in-the-dark/black-light adhesive backed material is readily available and cheap. Retro reflective tapes and adhesive backed sheets are also readily available. Try doing some web searches for various combinations of the following: "Encapsulated lens reflective tape", Retro reflective, reflective, tape, and definitely search for "Reflexite” ™. Placement of these materials is entirely up to you. To me the obvious placements are on the side of the neck and potentially on the fretboard. But materials like Reflexite ™ and 3M's "Encapsulated lens reflective tape" are so easy to see in most any light that you need very little square-area for adequate visibility. ------------------
Regards
-- Eugene at FJ45.com
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Sierra U14 MSA D10 and almost nothing in the Bank. 8^) |
Dustin Rigsby
Member From: Columbus, Ohio
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posted 01 December 2004 05:55 AM
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"We're the Independant Fundamental Baptists. Our preachers ain't always right,but,they think they are !"  . Don't get mad, I stole that line from one of the guys in Bill Gaither's Vocal Group.------------------
D.S. Rigsby
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Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 01 December 2004 02:03 PM
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Well,less i figured wrong i'm gonna be 100,JOHN i can't beleive you proud of me!!! dang thats scarry, Thanks guys,i'll try to do better in the future!!!! farris |
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