Guitars

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0070ce82egerdp.png"> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pedal Steel Guitar / Tunings"><U>PEDAL STEEL GUITAR / TUNINGS</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipment"><U>EQUIPMENT</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tunes Ive Written (and a few I Didnt)"><U>TUNES</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My CDs"><U>MY CD's</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>PHOTO GALLERY</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gig Schedule"><U>GIG SCHEDULE</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biographical Information"><U>BIOGRAPHICAL INFO</U></A></div> <bR> <div> ______________________</div> <bR> <div> to provide the author with feedback on this site please send EMail to <A HREF="mailto:larry@larrybell.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:larry@larrybell.org"><U>Larry Bell</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" background="00626611ezuady.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Welcome to LarryBell.org . . .</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to LarryBell.org . . ."><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Guitars</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0481cf00.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Fender Fat California Tele</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="617" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04b55190.jpg" border=0 width="597" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="605"><div>  -- this is a very versatile guitar, with a humbucker by the fingerboard and the Tele quacker pickup by the bridge.  Great action -- nice guitar.  It is the only electric guitar heard <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Info on My First CD"><U>on my cd</U></A>.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 486 WIDTH="605"><div> <IMG SRC="04c90e00.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Krempel MM-6/7 (1972)</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="644" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 339 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="04e604d0.jpg" border=0 width="608" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 134 WIDTH="632"><div> Guitar and pickup maker, Patrick R. Murphy, was in the service in Germany in the 1960s.  He met a German classical guitar maker named Rainer Krempel.  Pat introduced Herr Krempel to the Martin X-bracing patterns and worked with him to produce Krempel's first steel string guitars.  THEY ARE MONSTERS.  This is the loudest acoustic guitar with good balance and tone I have ever heard.  <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Info on My First CD"><U>Its characteristic tone is heard on my cd</U></A> -- especially on "When You Say Nothing at All".  Most of these guitars that made it to the US were distributed by Pat Murphy.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05080d20.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="466" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 486 WIDTH="632"><div> <IMG SRC="05173e00.jpg" border=0 width="371" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Dobro Round Neck, Model 113 (1971)</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="646" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 332 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="05380460.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="326" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="634"><div> This little box sounds really good for a roundneck -- really ballsy tone -- a lot like a squareneck.  <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Info on My First CD"><U>It can be heard on my cd</U></A>, especially on "When You Say Nothing at All".</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 486 WIDTH="634"><div> <IMG SRC="054e5e00.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>