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Location: Upper Left USA | I have the lovely creation known as the Jim Messina Deacon, although I would prefer to call it the "Gene Brown" Deacon since he was the lead that was asked to "make something amazing".
I went inside to chase a rattle and took some pictures. I put some pics in the "JM Deacon" folder in my Album.
See if you can guess the secret!
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Location: Feeding Hills, MA | Is that a "lifesaver" in the Batt cave? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Questions like that are the reason Robin never got to drive the Batmobile... |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Mmmh. A rattle. That means there was some sort of open space in the guitar and something was rattling around? And you found something? Am I close? |
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Location: NW Washington State | The nut holding the bridge in place is missing? Naw, you took the bridge off.
The foam in the battery compartment is special and hasn't rotted yet?
There's an ugly, vaguely obscene pink object in the corner of the "sandwich" picture?
There's a signature in the neck pickup cavity?
-Steve W. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I'm pretty sure I know what he's getting at.. It was a surprise to me too. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | The preamp is held in place only by the pots. Repeated use of the output jack can separate it from the preamp.
(this is REALLY a blind stab!)
Either that or Termites! |
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| I know mine had a problem with the black plastic tailpiece cover. Took me a while to figure this out..... This was the main reason I took the task of carving some wood covers to replace it. With the screws into hard wood instead of the plastic melted spru's it sounds better unplugged, but I did not notice a difference plugged in. Although there must have been one, I did not play it much before I did this change/fix
What was your surprise Mike? |
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Location: Feeding Hills, MA | Okay, then what is that big round white thing in the battery compartment that looks like a lifesaver? I've never opened up a guitar like that... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | The body is chambered on the bass side. Much lighter and it's the reason that the body is sandwich laminated instead of being a single piece or board glued.
It's a Deacon Semi-Hollow with a flam'in Maple neck.
Tap sonar says its holler inside!
Think 1975 VXD
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Location: Jet City | Woody, can I come over to your house to play? :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Bring beer... |
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Location: WNC-God's Country | The body is made out of two pieces of wood...? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | So what caused the rattle in the chamber? A lucky penny? |
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Location: SoCal | Tony Rice has two rattlesnake rattles in his 1935 D-28..... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Cool. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | He had a rattle that rattled. |
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