Angela Generose
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2012 12:31 pm |
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Hello,
I'm a PSG novice and have a question. I have an Ernie Ball pedal steel guitar for sale (pictures below), but am not sure of the model or how much it is worth. I bought it about 10 years ago and can't remember how much I paid for it. From what I've read, it looks like there weren't many EB PSGs made, but that there is a "Black Eagle" Steel guitar - that might be it? Thanks for your help!!
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 13 Sep 2012 3:01 pm
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That looks like the one I tried to learn on back in the late 1970s. Three pedals, three knee levers, keyless tuning system.
Here's one from eBay that didn't sell at $650, so I'd guess you'd get less than that.
Here's a discussion on the Ernie Ball Forum, with a comment by Mr. Ball's grandson:
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My grandfather taught hawaiin guitar in the thirties and forties. After my grandparents divorced my grandfather had a batch pad where all of the cats of the day hung out. My father soaked it all in and in addition ot hawaiian he was a big western swing fan. Heis real name was Roland Sherwood Ball. He got the name Ernie while making his debut on a live radio broadcast. My great granfather was Ernest R. Ball who was a very very famous songwriter. He wrote When Irish Eyes Are Smiling nad many other big songs. The Dee Jay said "we have a new steel player who goes by the name of Sherwood Ball, ut his grandpa pa was Ernest R. ball so Lets just call me Ernie Ball. It stuck.
When he was 19 he went on the road with the Tommy Duncan band. Tommy Duncan was Bob Wills bandleader and most of the band were Texas Playboys and this teenager from California on steel. He was staff guitarist/steel guitarist at disney and ktla in la.
In the 70's about the time of earthwood he bought out a steel guitar make named Chuck Wright and produced a limited number of custom steels. When Chuck Wright left the company Dan Norton and Ron Saul made this good quality enttry level steel. It was using the technology from the volume pedal, Just a bigger aluminum extrusion.
The maple neck was tone wood.
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Here's a previous discussion on the forum.
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