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06-01-2008, 04:29 PM
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So my dad just walked in the door with a '60s model Gibson Skylark and a guitar with "Hy-Lo" on the headstock that looks to be from the same era. It has flatwounds(***?), and a single pickup, and what appears to be an adjustable truss-rod...looks like a Teisco product. (strap button on the inside of the horn, tele-ish headstock)
Haven't plugged either in yet, as I want to make sure the amp isn't going to burn up. (my great aunt had them sitting around in a garage for quite some time...at least since before I was born.
I'll have pics up in a few.
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06-01-2008, 04:39 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | I love guitars with flatwounds!
Sounds cool dude!
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06-01-2008, 05:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: South West Sydney | | | cool man.
as always, pics or no guitar! |
06-01-2008, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas | | I'll have them up as soon as I find my cable...I can''t get Linux to work with Bluetooth
For some reason, the guitar seems to be tuned in A standard....I though it might just be time doing the detuning, but the string tension feels right....and now that I look at it the strings are huge. What have I got here?
edit: I've plugged it in, and this guitar has perhaps the most distinct tone I have ever heard. I'm using a friend's Boss ME-50, which is currently set up for a very heavy sound, and this makes it sound like Three Dog Night on steroids. Not bad..just different. The cleans...I don't know how to describe. It sounds very reminiscent of a double bass. Also, the pickup could be used for a vocal mic...XD
Amp doesn't work...all I get is buzzing. 
It's very nice buzzing though...warm, not harsh at all.
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Acoustic Bass Fetish #20, Carvin #59, "Flatwould" #10, Hartke #26, SX MIGS
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06-01-2008, 06:08 PM
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06-01-2008, 06:11 PM
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06-01-2008, 07:15 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Is it a Baritone?
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06-01-2008, 07:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | | Wow- flashbacks to the Sears Big Book, circa 1976! That is one cool retro-axe! Might be a baritone, looks long for a guit-fiddle... |
06-01-2008, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassic83  Wow- flashbacks to the Sears Big Book, circa 1976! That is one cool retro-axe! Might be a baritone, looks long for a guit-fiddle... | Yeah, my guess is Baritone too, long looking neck, tuned to A, with good tension, flatwounds.
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06-01-2008, 10:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little Rock, Arkansas | | Actually, it's a short-scale 
I think it just has some really big strings on it..
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06-08-2008, 03:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas | | | If I ever wanted to pickup a guitar I guess I'd pickup that one!
What is it you know, yet?
I'll snoop around EVIL-Bay for it.
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