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Topic: Ugliest steel you've seen? |
John Cox
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Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 1:55 pm |
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I know opening a can of worms since everyones humor in this differs a bit, but I got to ask,Whats the ugliest steel you've seen?
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 1:59 pm
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EASY!!! Bobbe Seymour's push-pull----whenever
Bobbe sits behind it  |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 2:11 pm
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Oops I thought this read who is the ugliest Steel player I have everseen.(I'll leave Smiley alone)I guess the ugliest steel I ever have seen was Paul Mannings up in New England. He made it himself and although it had toilet chains for rods and a sheet metal hinged cover over the tuning keys, funny as it looked Paul was a super sounding and great player.Many people tried to see what was in his "secret box". He passed on a few years back and his playing is sure missed. I don't know where the Steel wound up at,someone should hang on to it..Damn thing sure was ugly tho. 
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Larry Miller
From:
Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 2:21 pm
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| An old homemade one with "California Joe" on the front of the cabinet |
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David Cobb
From:
Chanute, Kansas, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 3:35 pm
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| The S-10 in one of Jeff Newman's teaching video's, the guitar with the mishmash of colors and stripes. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 4:13 pm
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| That would be my old Blanton S-10 on a D10 body,It started out bright white,and then I airbrushed a Flaming meteor on it.I got bored with that and painted lizards,frogs and snakes,then painted part of it Orange fading into purple.It looked a little like Dante's inferno.I have a Carter D-10 with only a Woody Woodpecker stiker on it now,Whew! |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 4:49 pm
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Dave Frye showed up at a jam once with a bright yellow Sho-Bud S-10 that had been hacked up by some self-styled mechanic back east. That was pretty bad.
But I think the prize has to go to just about any Gibson Electraharp. Those things are hideous, IMHO.
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 4:49 pm
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Steve you BIG DUMMY! You are wrong, I'm so ugly, I make my steel look good!
The worlds ugliest steel? I know what it is but how can I say it here? Some times a ugly steel could be a great one, Sometimes a beautiful steel can be a horrible one.
Hey Joan, are we talking ugly to see, or ugly to hear? Possibly both? |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 5:37 pm
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Bobbe, I'm not gonna argue with you. It's a philosophical issue anyway. OK, I'll give you that it's a beautiful ax. How about if we just say, it keeps you from looking so pitiful???
Oh yeah, will it play LOUD???? |
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 5:41 pm
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| Charlie Day (Jimmys nephew) had and probably still does have an old Blanton very much like the one described above. ( Maybe they're the same guitar!) I think it was a double neck and then made into a single and painted blue over something else. He had coat hanger wires and all kinds of stuff under there but it played and didn't sound too bad. I seen an old Sho-Bud once at Duane Marrs that had been under water and they were trying to iron out the body for refinishing. The finish was all gone and it was warped bad. Seems like Jeff had a wet towel over it and was using an iron to get the body back to being straight. I'm not sure if that one ever turned out or not. A guy came in the bar once with one of the basket weave Emmons p/p's and it was ugly for sure and I don't think there was anything wrong with it. It was just born ugly! |
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 5:54 pm
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| Hands down, without a doubt, the ugliest steel I ever saw was a green formica Marlen. The mica had a matte finish to it and had sort of a leather grain look to it. Maybe fugly would be a better word................... |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 6:07 pm
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Other than mine, I've been trying to place the guy that was here in the 80s, worked quite a bit, and did jingles for radio stations. It'll come to me.
He had a leather overlay for a fender that made it look like a capgun.
Other than that Richard Edge had a 63 FTSB that had a carved overlay, but the way the guy played, hey...
Just enlisted my neighbor to make some mother of pearl hearts clubs etc for my winter project.
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 7:34 pm
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I once saw a Sho-Bud Maverick that was painted robin egg blue. Then had fish all over it and covered with a clear shellac. Pretty ugly!!!!
Greg |
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Gary Walker
From:
Morro Bay, CA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 8:27 pm
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| At the Napa CA steel show in May of '68 Zane Beck was playing what looked like a 4 X 10 plank with pedals and was playing the coolest chords. If your eyes were closed, you would bet he was playing the most beautiful steel ever made. There could've been termites inside and splinters were also a danger but he was soothing the ears. |
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Winnie Winston
From:
Tawa, Wellington, NZ * R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 8:28 pm
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Ugly?
two come to mind:
* A Wright Custom with a Brads-rack that looked like it was stolen from a garden supply shop that sold trellises and outdoor furniture
* A Wheeler where every aluminum piece was anodized a different color and the pedals were red, white, and blue.
JW[This message was edited by Winnie Winston on 11 August 2003 at 09:28 PM.] |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 11 Aug 2003 10:01 pm
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| The Whitney. They are supposed to be wonderful, and only a few were made, but Lord, were they butt ugly. |
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Mike Sigler
From:
Give Em A Try !
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 3:49 am
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| I saw one a guy showed me on the road he had glued indoor/outdoor carpet on, a did a pretty good job of it! Ugly as sin! and you had to vacume it once a week |
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Jim West
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 5:17 am
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| Any steel in the same picture with either Madeline Albright or Helen Thomas. |
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George McLellan
From:
Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 5:55 am
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| I'd have to say Jeff Newmans' John Deere steel he had at the ISGC. He was wearing overalls. I don't know if that was a gimic or if someone tried to market them. |
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Joe Casey
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Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 7:01 am
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Come to think of it ,Lee wheeler showed me a multi string doubleneck once that I swear was a d-16 0r 24. probably never sold it because the bar would be too long and heavy to play the darn thing. true story when wheeler had his little shop on (a street corner on lower broad).
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Greg Vincent
From:
Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 7:48 am
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| Um... check out the Sneaky Pete thread. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 8:30 am
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But it has a great history. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 8:33 am
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| ---> Pedal Steel |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 12 Aug 2003 9:02 am
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| ABM, made in Germany! They´re not only ugly to look at, but sound like crap as well! |
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