need info on this Fender ,please

fulvio · Post by **fulvio** » 21 Feb 2000 3:51 pm

Hi,
yesterday I saw this fender and I wonder if anybody can help me
with info about this instrument:
the body as been repainted
the pick up doesn't look like others fender I've seen before
it has a device to mute the strings (it says fender mute pat. pend.)
the volume and tone are mounted on a different piece of wood
the instrument does not have legs sockets and there is a cavity under the bridge
as if it was supposed to work with pedals but the bridge does not move
from the big logo I would say it is a C.B.S.instrument but I
wonder if it is a fake
thanks for any info
Fulvio Lecca
Paris France
lecca@club-internet.fr

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 21 Feb 2000 4:04 pm

...after a computer crash, here is the rest

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fulvio · Post by **fulvio** » 21 Feb 2000 4:13 pm

I just check brad's site
and I wonder if it's just
a half of a 1000 pedal
Did Fender make those hybrid
during the last years of steel production?

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 21 Feb 2000 5:31 pm

It looks to me like a Fender 1000 pedal steel which has been repainted, with the legs and changing mechanism removed, resting on a keyboard stand.

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Mike Bagwell · Post by **Mike Bagwell** » 21 Feb 2000 5:53 pm

I agree with fulvio, its a 1000 cut in half. The 400 has the tone and volume controls mounted differently.

Mike

Chris DeBarge · Post by **Chris DeBarge** » 21 Feb 2000 7:06 pm

And a 1960's one at that. Pickup and muting mechanism give that away. Seems like someone did a lot of work to get it this way, but I'm perplexed as to WHY they would do it.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 21 Feb 2000 9:46 pm

So it's a 1000 instead of a 400? I gotta start paying more attention to pedal steels

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Perhaps they thought they could make twice as much money if they had two guitars to sell, or perhaps the other half of the guitar was damaged beyond recovery.

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fulvio · Post by **fulvio** » 22 Feb 2000 4:01 pm

thanks to everybody
for the info
thanks to Jon to help me with the pictures
and to Brad to explain in better english
what I meant in my second post
cheers

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 22 Feb 2000 7:35 pm

If it's half of a Fender 1000, it's a newer model than mine, which was a '59 or '60. Check the pickups

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basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Feb 2000 5:19 am

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