ID this ebay D-8?

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 7 Jul 2000 11:43 am

Anybody know what this is?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=373211361

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Max Laine · Post by **Max Laine** » 7 Jul 2000 11:51 am

Guyatone?

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 7 Jul 2000 11:54 am

I'd say so too. At least the hardware. I had two S-8s in my early days and used the hardware to build me a D-8. Two days later a found me a Gibson Conole Grande.. my first "real" steel..

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Hill Phillips · Post by **Hill Phillips** » 7 Jul 2000 2:35 pm

Note the fretboard markings and you will see a "G". it is similar to my guyatone D8
except at the tuning keys. Mine says guyatone on the tuning plate.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 8 Jul 2000 2:55 pm

Jon,it's a Guyatone. I have the same one.

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Al Gershen · Post by **Al Gershen** » 8 Jul 2000 3:36 pm

Hi Group:

I have never heard of a Guyatone steel guitar before. Can someone give me some information about their steel guitar products, the years they were made and where were they made?

Also, why does the instrument on eBay have a different number of pickups on each neck? This seems very strange to me.

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Regards,
Al Gershen
Grants Pass, Oregon. USA
Fender 1000 (1957),
Fender PS 210 (1972) &
Gibson Electraharp EH-820
(1962)
Pictures of PS 210 &
EH-820 at http://www.rvi.net/~aldg

J D Sauser · Post by **J D Sauser** » 8 Jul 2000 4:01 pm

They're made in Japan, Al.
Some are said to be of rather poor quality. Howerver, the ones I had where almost exact copies of Fender String Masters and had a pretty microfonic pick-up (you could talk into it and hear yourself holler out'a the amp!) but with a wide open sound.
I liked it and I think they actually sounded better than the Gibson, but the Console Grande was cooler and seemed to be the "real" thing, so I sold the D-8 I made out of the Guayatone hardware....

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