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Mule Ferguson


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Post  Posted 20 May 2013 10:59 am    
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The Merle Travis Bigsby Steel. From The Story of Paul Bigsby. Notice the case!





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Herb Steiner

 

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Post  Posted 20 May 2013 4:31 pm    
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Pete Martinez, and LA steel player that worked with Tex, Jimmy Wakely, and others, told me that he had a Bigsby console made soon after Joaquin's T-8 that had the case be part of the stand of the guitar.

Pete moved back to Wichita Falls in the early 50's, but hung on to the Bigsby. It was stolen in the mid-80's and he lost all interest in playing steel after that.
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basilh


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Post  Posted 18 Jul 2018 3:27 am    
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I read on FarceBook that this guitar is in a storage unit in France ??

CLICK THIS to view and buy——>
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Eric Stumpf


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Newbury, NH 03255
Post  Posted 23 Jul 2018 4:03 am    
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Did he ever play steel on a recording?
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Deke Dickerson

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jan 2019 1:59 am    
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Hey Basilh,

Sorry to throw you off about merle Travis' Bigsby steel guitar! I posted some photos of it but I didn't want to reveal the location with my phone's GPS, so I said I was in France to throw off any would-be steel guitar thieves who might track it down using GPS positioning!!

Travis' Bigsby steel is actually in Southern California....yes, in a storage unit.

Deke
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Drew Howard


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Post  Posted 19 Jan 2019 8:12 am    
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