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Topic: Buddy's little rose |
John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 19 Feb 2009 2:01 pm |
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In the mid 80's I bought an old desk, and amongst the tidbits inside was a little rose, made of fabric.
Years later I noticed Buddy Emmons had placed an identical little rose on the front apron of his "blade".
Is there some significance to these little fabric roses ?
Last weekend I was setting up my steel for a gig and noticed a small mark, dead center, on the front apron. I have no idea how it got there. When I thought about covering it with something, the first thing I thought of was this little rose; I still have it.
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 2:02 am Bud?
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HI MICHAEL,
I don't believe Buddy Emmons allows even his closest friends to call him "BUD".
You may do so at your own risk. 
ROGER |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 2:40 pm
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I seem to remember Buddy writing about this either here, or on the ask Buddy section of buddyemmons.com
But I can't recall the story.  |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 3:24 pm
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Neil Flanz has a little rose also. I think it's more esoteric than the diamond horseshoe ring. 
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 20 Feb 2009 3:40 pm
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Decades ago, someone stuck a sparkling shamrock sticker on the front of my old guitar, and it's still there!  |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2009 3:41 pm
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Both Buddy and Phil Baugh had the little roses on their guitars. I'm assuming it was some charity/donation thing.
At the convention I gave Buddy the one on that was on the Blade. He used the table cloth in his booth to center it on the apron. The last time I saw the Blade it was still there... 
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Ernie
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Tommy Young
From:
Ethelsville Alabama
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 11:25 am
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WOW THIS isn't right all these guy's telling that BLACK is best,now here you go showing the REAL THING and its a rosewood color.That is so inconsistent with most threads on here. A lot of them still believe that ""THE BLADE""is black.. glad you posted a picture of the ""THE REAL THANG""
PS::ERNIE, what does the sticker on the keyhead end say can't make it out from ALA.
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 7:10 pm
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| As far as I can remember the rose was handed out at the Wembley Country festival back in about 1980,Maybe something to do with Rose Morris.. I had one on my guitar for years . when I removed it , it left an imprint on the guitar that I could never remove, |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 7:31 pm
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The red rose definitely sounds best. I put a yellow rose on the front apron of my Emmons guitar... black, no less... and the sound was drastically diminished. When I put the red rose back on, the guitar once again came alive.
Incidentally, wish me well in my new career as a used car salesman.
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 8:53 pm
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| PS::ERNIE, what does the sticker on the keyhead end say can't make it out from ALA. |
Something like Pembrook Pickin parlor.. I had one back in the day. Made you sound like Buddy even on a black guitar. 
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2009 1:03 am
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Bobby is right, it's a sticker from the Pembrook Pickin' Parlor.
BTW: The first rose Buddy had was on the first rosewood LeGrande. The one on the Blade was later. I think at the end of the convention in '83...
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Ernie
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 24 Feb 2009 5:51 am
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Ah yes, the Pembroke Pickin' Parlor. What was that fellow's name? Bruce something? He used to come to our shows when we toured the New England area. Somewhre in the files I have a couple copies of that little magazine he produced back then.
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2009 9:01 pm
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I was given a rose exactly like that to wear on my lapel when I was a pall bearer at my friend's funeral.
Thanx,
Jim |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 2:09 am
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| Herb Steiner wrote: |
The red rose definitely sounds best. I put a yellow rose on the front apron of my Emmons guitar... black, no less... and the sound was drastically diminished. When I put the red rose back on, the guitar once again came alive.
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But Herb, "The Red Rose Of Texas" just doesn't sound right.
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 2:41 am
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I personally don't like anything added to my guitar fronts. Just the factory logos |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 7:22 am
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The rose is still on Buddy's old Legrand. Don't know what he used to attach it, but it's really stuck on there!
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Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 8:21 am
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I got one of those little embroided
roses once for being a pallbearer
at a funeral, just peel the back off
and it sticks to anything.
Rick
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Austin Tripp
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 10:35 am
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I want one.
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 12:17 pm
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| Sometime in the early 80's I got hold of a sheet of these little roses and we all stuck 'em on the headstocks of our guitars and basses. Some of them are still there after all this time. I don't remember where they came from... |
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Dave Diehl
From:
Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 4:23 pm
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Strangely enough one of those made it's way on my guitar also. I was hoping someone would have the answer to the original question.
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 7:03 pm
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I beleive that is an "Alberta Rose".
Seems to me I read that on one of Buddy's
Canadian tours someone from Alberta gave him
that or he asked that it be sent to him
and it was.
Roy
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 6:18 am
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Austin,
You may try somewhere like "Hobby Lobby", or a similar craft type store that sells stick on letters, etc.
BF
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 12:32 pm
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Ditto on the Hobby Lobby, or maybe Michael's craft store, Austin.
I showed this thread to my pal Phil from the ol' days, now playing over in England. He sent me a pic of his rose, 26 years residence on his P bass.
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