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Topic: who is this steel player |
Daniel McKee
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Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 3:01 pm |
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| ive ask about this before but never for sure found out. I found a video on youtube title the faron young show part two in the end part i want to know who the player is he is playing a bigsby on ray prices song i saw my castles fall today i think someone said it might be buddy emmons but i couldnt tell in the video. |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:01 pm
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That is Jimmy Day playing the Bigsby belonging to Buddy Emmons (or Buddie Emmons at that time).
That guitar has the changes on the audience side neck that Buddy Emmons had. That is a pretty good identifier.
Most triple neck Bigsbys with changers at that time had changes on the middle and inside necks alone. The proximity of the outside neck to the front apron, and the clutter of the big pedal cranks, and the fact that the cable itself did not even emerge from its cable end fittings until it was about the entire width of a neck from the front apron made it difficult to route changes to the audience side neck.
There is no name on the apron because Emmons had an apron screen for that guitar. Emmons stated that he wanted a Bigsby resembling Speedy Wests, so he had his name inlaid on the apron screen. The screen would cover the space between the front legs from the bottom of the apron to the top of the pedal rack.
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:05 pm
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| Oh, and you can tell that is Jimmy Day because you can see his footprints in the cheesecake. |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:19 pm
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| yes that was the video i knew it didnt look like buddy emmons. i dont think he did but did jimmy day ever own a bigsby also is buddy emmons bigsby still around. What tuning did he use on the middle neck. |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:26 pm
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Daniel
Here is a quote from Buddy Emmons:
"When I ordered my Bigsby I wanted it exactly like Speedy's, so it came with his tunings and a maple panel with a name inlay. The middle neck originally had an E6th tuning. When Slowly came out I called Paul Bigsby and told him to put the Isaacs tuning on the front neck, so I never knew what Speedy's third tuning was. I'll Never Be Free was one of the first songs I learned after getting the guitar. The F# 9th tuning also worked well with Oklahoma Stomp.
I never owned a double neck Bigsby although I used Walter Hayne's double ten on Hearts In My Dreams by George Jones. There's a chance that photos of the session may have been taken with me playing Walter's guitar. I used my Bigsby on all the Columbia singles and Seasons Of My Heart by Jimmy Newman. For lack of other names, I'll say that anything between 1955 and late 1957 was cut with the Bigsby."
Yes, the Bigsby is still around. I count five owners and a greater number of players since Buddy Emmons had it. It has wood necks now. Shot Jackson cut the necks and put in wood inserts.
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David Higginbotham
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Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 5:45 pm
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| Definitely Jimmy Day! Style alone gives it away but it shows a good shot of his face. |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 3:11 pm
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This is pretty trivia-type stuff, but the tall blonde standing on Ray's left looks like Cathy Copas, Cowboy's daughter who had a short-lived singing career as well.
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Don Euton
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Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 6:39 pm
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| Yes. That was a very young Jimmy Day, he may have been 20 years old, with a young Ray Price. What a GREAT combination in the 1950`s and 1960`s! |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 1:02 pm
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| on the youtube video of hank thompson on a show called star route he is singing whoa sailor who is the steel player and what kind of steel is he playing. |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 2:39 pm
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On the Star Route show, it's Bert Rivera playing a Wright Custom.
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 2:51 pm
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| i noticed it had a front panel with a name on it but i couldnt read the name |
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Don Euton
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Texas, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 3:35 pm
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| Bert Rivera may have played a Bigsby, but his name is on the bottom of a Wright Custom on a David Wright post. |
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 11:39 am
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I assumed Bigsby for some reason. I defer to those who know better. Gotta love that solo on Green Light. Always liked that tune with the extra beats.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 1:25 pm
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| Larry Bell wrote: |
Didja notice that he's playing the Emmons setup? He's rocking from right to left.
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Nope, that guitar did not have split pedals, it had the Isaacs E9. But Jimmy's rockin' allright!  |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 3:43 pm
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Are you SURE?
I guess that makes sense -- seems like it was the Sho-Bud days when they were split, but, at about 1:22 doesn't it look like he's holding a pedal and rocking his foot from right to left on another?
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 3:48 pm
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Larry
He may be hovering over the second Isaacs pedal, but he is playing one. So maybe what looks like a rock is his selecting the higher Isaacs pedal. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 1 Feb 2010 10:43 pm
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| Yes, according to Buddy, he split the pedals on the Fender, not the Bigsby. |
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