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Topic: GIBSON Steel guitars.................. |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 11:45 am |
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Some folks would have you believe that GIBSON made some of the most beautiful, non-pedal, steel guitars ever marketed.
I'm without shame, one of those folk. There's a photo of one on the Marty Robbins post here on the SGF. Roy Wiggins and Don Helms, of course, both played them.
What's your opinion, as to pure beauty?
Any strong or favorable points about that model?
Any short comings?
Saw a look-alike a couple of years back at Scotty's St. Louis Convention.......and it surely was as pleasing to the eye as the actual Gibson units. |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 1:13 pm
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Any steel guitar sounds only as good as the player who is picking the strings. Gibson, Fender, Guyatone Emmons, Sho-Bud all can sound like the voice of an angel in one person's hands; however, they can also sound like a tortured cat in another's hands.
Either you can feel the music that comes from it or you can't! |
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 3:42 pm
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I've had several models of Gibson console steels that were truly works of art. Many of their lap steels are gorgeous as well. Their own distinct feel, tone and vibe as well different from Fender and others.
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Stop by the Steel Store at: www.markvanallen.com
www.musicfarmstudio.com |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 7:43 am
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This was my first electric lap steel, a Gibson of course:
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 8:22 am WHO..............is it?
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Who is the person/firm that is currently making the look-alike Gibson double necks?
The one I saw up close in St. Louis was truly a beautiful work of art. |
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Len Ryder
From:
Penticton B.C.
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 8:52 am
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Ray:
I also had a Gibson Grande.(D- It really was a pretty instrument till I started to drill holes attempting to fabricate pedals. Even with that, I'd like to have it back.
Len |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 1:26 pm
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1938
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 2:48 pm
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Ray check this out.
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78 Emmons PP,Great tone.82 Emmons SKH #56 |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 3:22 pm PLEASE tell us more.............
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I'm confused about the pedal set-up. Might you explain more about how they operate.
Thanx for sharing. |
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 3:46 pm
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Ray Its not mine I just came across it when I was doing a search for C6Th G or D for the first string. Just though you might enjoy looking at it.
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78 Emmons PP,Great tone.82 Emmons SKH #56 |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2013 6:41 am
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Here's another of my Gibsons:
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 30 Apr 2013 8:38 am
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Wow, Billy...
A vintage Gibson pedal steel and a Yamaha YC30 in the same pic... |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 30 Apr 2013 8:52 am
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Chas - a ten-string Gibson lap steel in 1938?   |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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