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Topic: An olde question that has never been answered..... |
Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 8:47 am |
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Back in the 1960's or thereabouts.......TROT-MORE steel guitars were manufactured and were to be endorsed by none other than JERRY BYRD.
JERRY used one for several years (see Jerry Byrd-Fan Club.com).
Since so very few were actually manufactured and SOLD, why has it been so difficult to determine who the owners of this model guitar might be? It's like the TUCKER automobile......
I have one........... Who else might own one? |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 8:54 am
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I know one of the busiest guys on our forum has one, maybe he'll post about it. Forgetting if he got the dbl. 6 that we've seen here or not, but they are interesting, scarce, and if JB went with one you know they don't suck.
Now Ray, let's see your Tucker!  |
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 12:08 pm
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from the archives
Jerry Byrd, "Master of Touch and Tone" personally used this guitar on the road in the mid 50"s : " Trotmore"
He and the late Ira Trotter of Nashville at the time, collaborated in design and production of this and a single neck model.
In a personal letter, Jerry told me he used it on a few instrumental recordings. But before ever getting up into production, he was asked by Rickenbacker to design and signature a console model under their name which led to my direct purchase and procurement of this guitar from Jerry back around 1956.
To the best of my knowledge, aside from a single lap model which Jerry has been photographed with, this double-neck is the only one of it's kind they ever produced.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 12:21 pm Some say metal guitars don't stay in tune...................
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Tell us, please.......
Do you have any tuning problems with your Trot-More? |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 12:23 pm
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| Also in the archives, wasn't it determined that there may be at least 6 that were made? |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 9:11 am Okay Ron...................
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I'm aware of the archives info' however on this occasion, I was attempting to learn WHO in the SGF might own one of these gems.
You should have rec'd the photo layout on "the TUCKER" automobile yet, you've said nothing. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2011 9:29 am
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| I'm still amazed by the story that came with the pix, kinda speechless. They sure would have revolutionized the industry even further had they continued and might have become the greatest car manufacturer in history. Stunning how as much innovation this country has produced, we've probably lossed/tossed/stifled/hidden so much more. http://www.laubly.com/1948tucker.htm |
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