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12 Dec 01 - 02:36 PM (#608522) Subject: oscar schmidt guitars From: GUEST,frank.turner@ uk online I recently aquired ann oscar schmidt guitar, I know they made autoharps, but can find no info on guitars. Can anyone help? please. |
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12 Dec 01 - 03:19 PM (#608537) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Rick Fielding You bet Frank. here's the story Rick |
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12 Dec 01 - 06:41 PM (#608634) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Lanfranc Thanks, Rick. I've had an Oscar Schmidt mandolin for years, but mine is from the Far East. OS is now part of Washburn, by all accounts. Alan |
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12 Dec 01 - 06:46 PM (#608636) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: catspaw49 Frank.... Are you talking about an old Schmidt instrument or one of the new ones kinda' like this one? It's a kind of apples and oranges thing. Spaw |
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12 Dec 01 - 08:53 PM (#608708) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Rolfyboy6 To complicate things, there are several different periods of the Oscar Schmidt brand name. Before 1939 there was the Original Oscar Schmidt Company, which made the original Stella, Sovereign, and Galliano guitars, of the types played by Leadbelly, Blind Willie McTell, Barbeque Bob, and countless others in the Blues and Old Time Music areas. These were not expensive guitars but were not the plywood doorstops that were made under the Stella name by the Harmony Company after WWII. Check this out. Stellaguitars.com |
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13 Dec 01 - 12:04 AM (#608813) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Sandy Paton The current Oscar Schmidt (Washburn) catalog includes two steel string guitars with solid spruce tops - OF4S and OG4S, if I remember rightly. All the rest appear to be laminates. They seem to be quite well made. Try www.oscarschmidt.com. Sandy |
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13 Dec 01 - 08:41 AM (#608910) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Big Mick Rick, that is a great site. Wish I had an extra $12,000 bucks laying around for that 12 string. I wonder how much they keep in the register at the local convenience store.............hhmmmmmmmmmm? Mick |
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13 Dec 01 - 11:21 AM (#609009) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: Rick Fielding Thanks Mick, I LOVE that site. Check out Rolfyboy's site next! Cheers Rick |
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13 Dec 01 - 11:59 AM (#609035) Subject: RE: oscar schmidt guitars From: catspaw49 I think if you're broke they're both completely disgusting! Spaw |