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Topic: Bobby Blacks DC-16 |
John Drury
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Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 5:57 am |
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Years ago I had asked Bobby for some help on tunings to use on my Rick and he sent me three of his favorites, C-6, B-11th, and an interesting A-6 w/a skinny string on the bottom that he patterned after a tuning he got from Juaqin, along with some other information that you just can't find in the books. He is a very helpful and generous man.
He also sent me a photo of his beloved DC-16 wich is in pristine condition! He also has an original stand that he said he found in a pawn shop out on the road somewhere.
His guitar is the brown one, mine is the silver. I got it from Cope McDaniel who was a regular at the old Ryman. I believe he said he used it a lot with Tater, and some others on the Opry.
It was brown like Bobby's and had a keyhead full of holes on the back neck from various coat hanger type pulls wich I had to cold weld. The switch and plate was trashed and I replaced it with a trimmed down LeGrand plate and a Tele switch W/top hat knob. Head covers look black in the photo but are actually chrome. I painted it silver, stripped the fret boards and re-did them in black.
Blacks guitar is a much fancier version of DC-16
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John Drury
NTSGA #3
"Practice cures most tone issues" ~ John Suhr |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 11:47 am
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| He must like those guitars. I saw him play a set of Hawaiian music at one of Jerry Byrd's Ho'olaule'a's and he had a teal colored version. |
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John Drury
From:
Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2008 12:55 pm
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Ron,
Seems like I remember a picture in some magazine of him with that steel. He probably keeps a beater for the road.
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John Drury
NTSGA #3
"Practice cures most tone issues" ~ John Suhr |
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