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Johnny--so sorry to hear about Jerry. We became pretty good friends in the last year of his life. I wish I had met him sooner, but glad I got to know him before he passed. Would love to connect wit ...

Hey Basilh,

Sorry to throw you off about merle Travis' Bigsby steel guitar! I posted some photos of it but I didn't want to reveal the location with my phone's GPS, so I said I was in France to th ...

I'm just now seeing this post--I just want to thank Bob for hosting the party in Portland. That was a really special night. And yeah, as far as "steel guitar mancaves," that has to be the ...

Maybe we have to post this in the "STEEL GUITARS FOR SALE" to get anybody to care, Russ? (no, Speedy's steel isn't for sale, but would love to see some people as excited about this as I am! ...

Thanks Andy--I love me a good guitar mystery!

Andy, my guess is that it's probably a combination of eras.

After all, knee levers weren't even a CONCEPT until the early 60's, right?

If I had to lay money on it, I'd say the steel itself was b ...

John, I'm certainly one of the ones that looks forward to more photos of this thing! When you take photos of the front, can you also take some more detailed photos of the "PA Tone Levers"?? ...

Hi there everybody--I'm writing the biography of Merle Travis and trying to see if Marian Hall's husband, Larry Landers, is still with us. All the phone numbers I have don't seem to work, which isn't ...

Thanks for the good words, everybody!

Honestly, my biggest motivation for trying to own Speedy's guitar is because it broke my heart to see it displayed at the country music hall of fame in such pi ...

Just FYI for the members of this list. here's a rare as hen's teeth Bigsby part:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/311424114019

Hope it finds a good home! thanks!

Peter--

I just read your post. Thanks for the good words! I thought I would clarify one thing, though. The Lefty Frizzell Bigsby guitar was listed for $350,000 when it was for sale a few years b ...

Jim--

I wasn't the one who estimated the price on the Bigsby. I believe the people at Heritage were getting that figure because that's what they listed in the "Vintage Guitar Price Guide" ...

Friends--I'm reporting to the list from Nashville. I've known about this for some time, but can now reveal it publicly--believed lost, not seen since 1956, Speedy West's original 1948 Bigsby T-8 peda ...

Howdy you all,

Thought I would post to the forum info about the upcoming Guitar Geek festival! We've got an incredible lineup this year including a reunion of the HELLECASTERS, Nokie Edwards of t ...

hey there gang,

This Saturday night, December 3rd, we'll have NOKIE EDWARDS with VENTURESMANIA! The show is at Joe's Great American Bar & Grill, 4311 W. Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91505.

In addit ...

No problem, glad to help!

Matt--

The fretboard on the Merle Travis famous 1948 Bigsby solidbody appears to have been taken off of his 1920's Gibson L-4 (check out the dot pattern on the 12th fret, different than the playing ...

Hi guys--

I know I'm a little late to this thread, but though i would throw this out there as a possibility. The Bear Family CD lists "Dusty Stewart" as "guitar player" on the ...

I was going to interview Chuck when I went up through the Northwest earlier this year, but the tour got cancelled. Next time I am heading up that way I hope to spend some time with him. Such an inte ...

I know that Chet came out to the West coast in 1957 to play at a Gretsch event sponsored by Jimmie Webster.

I heard this story from Tommy Turman, who had developed a pedal-type attachment that ra ...

P.S. This was in 1967, just as a frame of reference.

Just to throw this into the thread--first recorded example I know of a steel guitar doing the organ this is Norm Hamlet w/Merle Haggard & the Strangers, who played his pedal steel through a Leslie ...

Those Alvino guitars were brought down from Utah by noted collector Lynn Wheelwright, who knew Alvino very well and wound up purchasing a bunch of Alvino's instruments from the family.

Hi mark, yes, on the inside of the CD booklet I talk about the recording chain, and it may look like some fake retro b.s., but in this case it's actually true. The JW record was recorded live to an A ...

Thanks for the kind words on jeremy's CD. It was one of the easiest recordings I have ever done, because the level of musicianship was so high. All I had to do was turn up the faders and that sound ...

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Topic: Jerry Case
Deke Dickerson Replies: 9 Views: 3808	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 31 May 2024 4:49 pm Subject: Jerry Case
Deke Dickerson Replies: 9 Views: 3808	Johnny--so sorry to hear about Jerry. We became pretty good friends in the last year of his life. I wish I had met him sooner, but glad I got to know him before he passed. Would love to connect wit ...
Topic: Merle Travis Bigsby Steel Guitar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 5 Views: 5407	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 1:59 am Subject: Merle Travis Bigsby Steel Guitar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 5 Views: 5407	Hey Basilh, Sorry to throw you off about merle Travis' Bigsby steel guitar! I posted some photos of it but I didn't want to reveal the location with my phone's GPS, so I said I was in France to th ...
Topic: Newly Restored "Speedy West Bigsby"
Deke Dickerson Replies: 30 Views: 12463	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 1:55 am Subject: Newly Restored "Speedy West Bigsby"
Deke Dickerson Replies: 30 Views: 12463	I'm just now seeing this post--I just want to thank Bob for hosting the party in Portland. That was a really special night. And yeah, as far as "steel guitar mancaves," that has to be the ...
Topic: Speedyâ€™s Bigsby in Wilsonville, OR 11/29, 6-9pm
Deke Dickerson Replies: 15 Views: 4710	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 26 Nov 2018 5:45 pm Subject: Speedyâ€™s Bigsby in Wilsonville, OR 11/29, 6-9pm
Deke Dickerson Replies: 15 Views: 4710	Maybe we have to post this in the "STEEL GUITARS FOR SALE" to get anybody to care, Russ? (no, Speedy's steel isn't for sale, but would love to see some people as excited about this as I am! ...
Topic: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Nov 2018 6:21 am Subject: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	Thanks Andy--I love me a good guitar mystery!
Topic: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Nov 2018 10:13 pm Subject: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	Andy, my guess is that it's probably a combination of eras. After all, knee levers weren't even a CONCEPT until the early 60's, right? If I had to lay money on it, I'd say the steel itself was b ...
Topic: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Nov 2018 8:35 pm Subject: You Got To Look At This
Deke Dickerson Replies: 68 Views: 14249	John, I'm certainly one of the ones that looks forward to more photos of this thing! When you take photos of the front, can you also take some more detailed photos of the "PA Tone Levers"?? ...
Topic: Hey steelers--need help with Marian Hall
Deke Dickerson Replies: 2 Views: 1153	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Jul 2018 8:44 am Subject: Hey steelers--need help with Marian Hall
Deke Dickerson Replies: 2 Views: 1153	Hi there everybody--I'm writing the biography of Merle Travis and trying to see if Marian Hall's husband, Larry Landers, is still with us. All the phone numbers I have don't seem to work, which isn't ...
Topic: FYI: Speedy West's Bigsby now owned by Deke Dickerson
Deke Dickerson Replies: 25 Views: 14821	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 May 2017 9:31 pm Subject: FYI: Speedy West's Bigsby now owned by Deke Dickerson
Deke Dickerson Replies: 25 Views: 14821	Thanks for the good words, everybody! Honestly, my biggest motivation for trying to own Speedy's guitar is because it broke my heart to see it displayed at the country music hall of fame in such pi ...
Topic: 1950s Bigsby steel guitar fingerboard for sale on eBay
Deke Dickerson Replies: 0 Views: 1707	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 17 Aug 2015 7:36 pm Subject: 1950s Bigsby steel guitar fingerboard for sale on eBay
Deke Dickerson Replies: 0 Views: 1707	Just FYI for the members of this list. here's a rare as hen's teeth Bigsby part: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311424114019 Hope it finds a good home! thanks!
Topic: Bigsby sale last week at Heritage Auctions
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 4272	Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 May 2012 7:27 pm Subject: Bigsby sale last week at Heritage Auctions
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 4272	Peter-- I just read your post. Thanks for the good words! I thought I would clarify one thing, though. The Lefty Frizzell Bigsby guitar was listed for $350,000 when it was for sale a few years b ...
Topic: Bigsby sale last week at Heritage Auctions
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 4272	Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 May 2012 7:23 pm Subject: Bigsby sale last week at Heritage Auctions
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 4272	Jim-- I wasn't the one who estimated the price on the Bigsby. I believe the people at Heritage were getting that figure because that's what they listed in the "Vintage Guitar Price Guide" ...
Topic: Speedy West's 1948 Bigsby steel guitar has been found!!!
Deke Dickerson Replies: 43 Views: 30373	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:25 pm Subject: Speedy West's 1948 Bigsby steel guitar has been found!!!
Deke Dickerson Replies: 43 Views: 30373	Friends--I'm reporting to the list from Nashville. I've known about this for some time, but can now reveal it publicly--believed lost, not seen since 1956, Speedy West's original 1948 Bigsby T-8 peda ...
Topic: CA: Deke's Guitar Geek Festival #9--coming Jan. 20-21
Deke Dickerson Replies: 2 Views: 1572	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 10 Jan 2012 6:21 pm Subject: CA: Deke's Guitar Geek Festival #9--coming Jan. 20-21
Deke Dickerson Replies: 2 Views: 1572	Howdy you all, Thought I would post to the forum info about the upcoming Guitar Geek festival! We've got an incredible lineup this year including a reunion of the HELLECASTERS, Nokie Edwards of t ...
Topic: NOKIE EDWARDS of the VENTURES live in Burbank, CA Sat Dec 3
Deke Dickerson Replies: 5 Views: 1584	Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 30 Nov 2011 1:58 pm Subject: NOKIE EDWARDS of the VENTURES live in Burbank, CA Sat Dec 3
Deke Dickerson Replies: 5 Views: 1584	hey there gang, This Saturday night, December 3rd, we'll have NOKIE EDWARDS with VENTURESMANIA! The show is at Joe's Great American Bar & Grill, 4311 W. Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91505. In addit ...
Topic: Bigsby electric 6 string scale length
Deke Dickerson Replies: 3 Views: 2368	Forum Section: Music Posted: 24 Nov 2011 9:46 pm Subject: Bigsby electric 6 string scale length
Deke Dickerson Replies: 3 Views: 2368	No problem, glad to help!
Topic: Bigsby electric 6 string scale length
Deke Dickerson Replies: 3 Views: 2368	Forum Section: Music Posted: 24 Nov 2011 7:27 pm Subject: Bigsby electric 6 string scale length
Deke Dickerson Replies: 3 Views: 2368	Matt-- The fretboard on the Merle Travis famous 1948 Bigsby solidbody appears to have been taken off of his 1920's Gibson L-4 (check out the dot pattern on the 12th fret, different than the playing ...
Topic: Al Murray - Steel guitar player with Curtis Gordon
Deke Dickerson Replies: 23 Views: 13095	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Nov 2011 9:29 pm Subject: Al Murray - Steel guitar player with Curtis Gordon
Deke Dickerson Replies: 23 Views: 13095	Hi guys-- I know I'm a little late to this thread, but though i would throw this out there as a possibility. The Bear Family CD lists "Dusty Stewart" as "guitar player" on the ...
Topic: Wright Steel
Deke Dickerson Replies: 27 Views: 11419	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 1 Nov 2011 9:59 pm Subject: Wright Steel
Deke Dickerson Replies: 27 Views: 11419	I was going to interview Chuck when I went up through the Northwest earlier this year, but the tour got cancelled. Next time I am heading up that way I hope to spend some time with him. Such an inte ...
Topic: Need Photo ID: Chet - Cliffie Stone '53 - West Coast
Deke Dickerson Replies: 33 Views: 16800	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jul 2011 1:11 pm Subject: Need Photo ID: Chet - Cliffie Stone '53 - West Coast
Deke Dickerson Replies: 33 Views: 16800	I know that Chet came out to the West coast in 1957 to play at a Gretsch event sponsored by Jimmie Webster. I heard this story from Tommy Turman, who had developed a pedal-type attachment that ra ...
Topic: edit
Deke Dickerson Replies: 36 Views: 13138	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 23 Jul 2011 1:05 pm Subject: edit
Deke Dickerson Replies: 36 Views: 13138	P.S. This was in 1967, just as a frame of reference.
Topic: edit
Deke Dickerson Replies: 36 Views: 13138	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 23 Jul 2011 1:04 pm Subject: edit
Deke Dickerson Replies: 36 Views: 13138	Just to throw this into the thread--first recorded example I know of a steel guitar doing the organ this is Norm Hamlet w/Merle Haggard & the Strangers, who played his pedal steel through a Leslie ...
Topic: Alvino Rey - My bonnie lies over the ocean
Deke Dickerson Replies: 7 Views: 2197	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:15 pm Subject: Alvino Rey - My bonnie lies over the ocean
Deke Dickerson Replies: 7 Views: 2197	Those Alvino guitars were brought down from Utah by noted collector Lynn Wheelwright, who knew Alvino very well and wound up purchasing a bunch of Alvino's instruments from the family.
Topic: Steel Guitar Caviar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 5965	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Aug 2010 6:29 pm Subject: Steel Guitar Caviar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 5965	Hi mark, yes, on the inside of the CD booklet I talk about the recording chain, and it may look like some fake retro b.s., but in this case it's actually true. The JW record was recorded live to an A ...
Topic: Steel Guitar Caviar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 5965	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jul 2010 11:08 am Subject: Steel Guitar Caviar
Deke Dickerson Replies: 12 Views: 5965	Thanks for the kind words on jeremy's CD. It was one of the easiest recordings I have ever done, because the level of musicianship was so high. All I had to do was turn up the faders and that sound ...