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Topic: "Wheeler" pedal steel, eh? |
John Drury
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Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 5:16 am |
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| John Billings wrote: |
| John, the first roller nuts that Shobud made used string ball ends. My Fingertip has them. |
John,
I didn't know that the early Buds had them, interesting. I did notice that some of those guitars used guitar tuning post bushings for spacers underneath.
I had seen a few fingertips come and go when I worked for Bobbe at the old SGW store in Goodlettsville but never really looked at them that close.
I have seen earlier Madison Sho~Bud guitars with gumby heads and no rollers at all.
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 5:37 am
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John,
I think I might have met you in Goodlettsville. I stopped in one day to show Bobbe my Kline. At that time, it was the first he'd seen. You're right about the Madison guitars. My '59 does not have rollers. The first run of Fingertips used the ball ends. Later ones had "real" rollers. Here's a pic of my Fingertip.
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 8:33 am
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Ball~Ends might not be the best choice, but; it'll “Get’er Done”!
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 10:01 am
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I remember being serious about buying one of his Wheeler Guitars.
We corresponded a few times and Lee seemed like a nice guy.....al.
P>S> I'll look around all my steel stuff and see if I have his brochures around here...
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Robert L Brown
From:
Brownsville, TX USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2011 11:26 pm Wheeler Pedal Steel
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| Yep, sure have heard of that guitar. I own one. My first - I have had it about a year now. Plays good and sounds good. Looks like it was made in the 70's. |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Dec 2011 7:11 pm Wheeler Psg
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| How About Some Pictures Robert? |
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Don Blood
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2011 11:18 pm
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| Lee also had a pawn shop on Broadway in Nashville in late 70's or early 80's. I remember looking at a 6 string banjo he had there. |
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Bas Kapitein
From:
Holland
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Mark Fasbender
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Posted 19 Feb 2012 4:01 am Re: Wheeler Steel Guitars
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
I remember as a kid riding up to my friendly bicycle shoppe and just two doors away, on the corner of North Killingsworth and something else, was this guitar shop. He used to feature psychodelic colored pedals and fret markers and for whatever reason, before I even fully understood what a pedal steel guitar was, I was offended by the general appearance of the guitar.
Then, he just sorta went away......... |
god thats the funniest thing ive read in a while. lol |
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