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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Got the new Schaller 12 String Bridge for the Deacon: it dressed up the Deacon nicely: Here are some before and after pic's:
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Interesting sidenote: the initals JT and the date 7-5 are under the original bridge on the body in felt marker...August 1975 |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Whoa Mike! Love that Schaller!! 
What was involved in the swap? I may have to find one for mine. That's soooo sweet!
Thanx for not telling me on the phone. Nice surprise... |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Johnny all you need is the bridge and posts.
That bridge doesn't use the height adjustment screw through the body like the original.
Looks great Mike
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Mike - another beauty! Where did you get the posts? |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | Hey that's sharp Mike! Nice job!
How do you do all that?
I think I might like to do that to one of my Deacon 12a.... can you email or give a call sometime to let me know what you did and what the risks are, if any, and if it can be changed back without a problem... and are all the parts needed easily accessible?
Thanks, God bless!
Michael Joseph Kramer
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Michael it's not hard: just a simple r&r of the original w/ the new. The original bridge bolts unscrew and the new ones screw right in...the ground wire is attached to the original height adjusting bolt and the new bridge just fits right in...mine came nearly spot on intonated and is a huge improvement over the original non adjustable bridge: additional adjustment is a snap...the original bolts and bridge are in a baggie in the case...not much to it...just make up your mind and go for it...it can always be changed back if someone wanted to... |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Look'in good Mikey! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I finally sat down tonight and tuned up the Deacon after letting the new strings sit for several days...the intonation is perfect...I plugged it into my Deluxe and whoa...I could not beleive the depth of sound and the sustain...definatly a result of the new bridge mass...sweet! What a killer guitar if I do say so myself...well worth the 30 year wait for sure...
If anyone is thinking about this retrofit project I'd say, go fo it; you won't be sorry! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | "Interesting sidenote: the initals JT and the date 7-5 are under the original bridge on the body in felt marker...August 1975"
Sure that doesn't say TJ? :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Naw, thats only on the commemorative model...funny thing is that they made one of those in every model.... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
I plugged it into my Deluxe and whoa...I could not beleive the depth of sound and the sustain... I was fortunate to hear that puppy over the phone last night... I swear there were a couple of settings that I heard a Ricky! What a sweet, sweet sound!  |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | I just emailed John about getting 3 of these for my 3 Deacon 12s! Michael! Ya talked me into it! hahahahaa! I'll probably head up there by Friday this week to visit, shake some hands, etc. What else should I do whilst I'm there visiting ya think? Heh heh! Thanks again Michael! GB and All the best... MJK |
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Location: closely held secret | Pick me up an '09. I'll pay ya later... |
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Location: closely held secret | ...oh, and if you could get Glen's mom's autograph for Moody I'm sure he would appreciate it... |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | One 09' for Moody and GCs mother's autograph for you! Got it! Can you send a USPMO overnight? I don't have THAT much spare cash! Geeez! LOL Maybe if you can wait til' after my 1118-4 sells.. rhen I'll take another ride up for ya! Cool cool |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Wow what a difference a bridge makes. Lookng good.
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | It truly does look amazing with that bridge! No doubt about it! Did you ever see the Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird "Billy Bo" WP(white penguin)?
They made very limited numbers of them and I bought two of them at the time and put an all gold bigsby on one of them.
Then Billy Gibbons found out that they were made so he had one made but the body "reversed" and then he put an all gold Bigsby arm on his! I was SO jealous! Hahahahahhaa!
The collector in me now wants two more WP models, reversed, one with an all gold bigsby! hahahahaa! But I can't do this anymore... Unless I hit the lottery or get a sugar momma... it's sell and sell only time and that's that.
I don't know why I rattled on about all this.
I guess the bridge on MM's Deacon 12 got my juices going on it or something! hahahaha! Oh well... I may have to call guitaraholics anonymouse and get my sponsor over here again! LOL
Thank ya... God bless!
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Location: Upper Left USA | A dark Walnut PG might help too... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Beautiful, Mike. The package now looks totally integrated. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanks folks!
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | Hey Michael!
Just so you know I went up to visit JB in New Hartford the other day and I have 3 shiny new bridges for my Deacon 12s bro! Thank for the word on all that... I look forward to outfitting them soon! Should I put up pics ya think? heh heh! Lots of O "shwag" too! Posters! Metal sign! Little wooden thingy... Very cool living so close the the headquarters! Still over an hour away though.. but I'm used to driving all over the place!
Gotta shoot Dane Cook tonight overnight at the casino again... "temptation abound" heh heh!
All the best!
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Location: Upper Left USA | Michael?
Were you talking to the smart one or the good looking one?
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Congrats Michael; Looks like I started something...Enjoy... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
Looks like I started something...Enjoy... In more ways than you realize, my friend!
Yepper, got my order into John B... |
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Location: Stratford, Connecticut | Glad to have you aboard Iffy!
Deacon 12 Stringers! UNITE AND CONQUER! heh heh!
QUESTION:
Those of us who have and use our Deacon 12s!
What amplification do we use it thru and why?
I use mine thru a few amps actually...
Mainly a Crate Palamino 32 head and cab as well as the Crate Palamino 50 twin combo!
I run both thru a GL Tripler quite often too... totally makes the whole experience as if a dream gig! hahahahaha!
What about you? My friends? Thanks!
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Deacon 12 Makeover
