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Topic: My First Steel Guitar............ |
David Hartley
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 8:41 am |
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I found this picture of me (when I was 17) with my first steel.
Can you guess what make and model it is?
Also..... I wonder who has it now?
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 8:44 am
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A Curnow...Mustang?  |
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David Hartley
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 9:03 am Hi
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Frank.........
No it's not.... |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 10:25 am
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Would it be a Denley?
I see you had the same right hand positioning then as you do today. But the hair is different...it was like..bigger in those days?
Great idea for a thread.."Me and my first steel"
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 10:46 am
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Davey what I want to know is, whats that black stuff growing out of the top of your head? 
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Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 10:49 am
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| David, I want to let you know your version of "Crazy Arms", on You Tube, is outstanding. I have never heard anyone play that song any better--excellent. It raised the hair on the back of my neck. Keep up the good work! I am sure you will love your new Justice Guitar. People have told me I needed to buy that purple Justice guitar I used on You Tube, because it was the best sound they had heard me get. |
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David Hartley
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 11:28 am Hi all..
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Bent......
No, it's not... You ought to have seen me when i had permed hair and a beard then!
Fred......
Youre not allowed to make hair jokes without guessing what the steel is.... , ha ha..
Booking my flights tonight for Dallas.....
Keith H......
Many thanks for your comments on Crazy Arms. It is tabbed out if anyone is interested..
Well, go get that Justice if its still available. Thats what I say..
All, keep guessing about the steel type.... |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 12:24 pm
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Framus?
Can you give us a hint whether it was made in the USA? |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 12:39 pm
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| Fred Justice wrote: |
| Davey what I want to know is, whats that black stuff growing out of the top of your head? |
It must be an imposter, the real David Hartley doesn't have that stuff on the top
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David Hartley
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 2:55 pm Hi
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Frank......
Not a Framus, and it is an american built steel..
Marco....
I was young once and long hair was fashionable... Any hair would be fashionable now...
Bent...
You said..."Great idea for a thread.."Me and my first steel"
So, while you're thinking about what my first steel was, maybe we could extend the replies with pictures of yourselves with your first steel guitars too...
Oh, and there maybe a few UK players who know what my first steel was, so please let the thread run on until someone else has the right answer.... Remember, it must be the make AND model....
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Dearl Roughton
From:
Chocowinity, N.C. US
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 3:14 pm
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| David I had long hair when I was younger and now it is very thin. But one thing is for sure hair or no hair you sure can play that steel. You are a great inspiration. |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 5:07 pm
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Ok here we go with "Me and My first Steel"
Here I am in 1972 with my brand new Sho-Bud 6139
Duane Marrs shipped it to me in Norway.
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 9:12 pm
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David is it a ZB ?
It doesn't look it in the picture so this is just a guess based on how popular the ZB was in UK . |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 1 Nov 2012 10:52 pm
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| A Dekley, maybe? |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 1:24 am
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There aren't many photos of me playing my early, home-made steels, but I've found this one, from about 1988, playing my sixth home-made one.
I sold it to a bloke from Stoke-On-Trent in about 1996, maybe he still has it
The first steel that I actually gigged was the green one in this photo, 1984
Here's a couple from about '87
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 2:38 am
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| Rickenbacker? |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 4:54 am
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| MSA..Too old to be a Dekley.. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 5:28 am
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msa sidekick or red baron??
p.w |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 5:47 am
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| A Cowger Cougar? |
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David Hartley
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 8:48 pm Hi
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Re.... My first steel.....
Someone was "getting warmer" but make and model was the question.. 
Here's a bit of help...... Don't go by looking at the front of the guitar, I modified it with red vinyl and strips of shiny aluminium.
Richard...
I love them old pictures, that green one with staggered pick ups; why did it have the tuning keys covered with a metal plate? |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 2 Nov 2012 9:08 pm
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| Well it has the lenghth of a ZB so maybe a Sho-Bud ? |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 3 Nov 2012 12:26 am
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Dave,
Some of my early steels used a keyless system that I designed.
It was quite ugly, even by my standards, so I made a metal cover for it.
Here's a couple of pictures of later versions of my keyless tuners
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David Hartley
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Posted 4 Nov 2012 3:26 am Hi
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Have you stopped guessing?
No one has the full correct answer yet, although someone was close...
Make and model? |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 4 Nov 2012 4:41 am
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| ZB Student..... |
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David Hartley
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Posted 4 Nov 2012 4:59 am John Roche Wins The Prize...!
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Hi John.
Yes it is. I thought I would jazz up the plain aluminium front when I got it home.
I wonder who has it now though?
Oh. sorry, there isn't a prize for guessing right.... |
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