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Topic: Capri Steel |
Richard Paul
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Iowa USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2009 3:56 pm |
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| Looking in a "Country Song Roundup" publication Oct. 1966. A Capri pedal steel. Dual ten, 8 pedal, 1 knee lever, Dual core pickups, roller bridge, flourescent fretts, 40lb. Manufactured by A.H. Collins of Grifton, N.C. Looks like a nice steel. Anyone know any more about these? |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2009 9:03 pm
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Yeah, I knew Al, used to hang around his shop. He
was a machinist at DuPont. He packed all of his gear
in a U Haul and moved to Dallas, I think to work with MSA or someone connected with them. I heard he had passed away, but not long ago someone told me that was not true, so I don't know. He bought some
of his first parts from Bobbe Seymour, when Bobbe was
in Norfolk. Maybe he(Bobbe)can fill in some blanks.
He carried one of the first Capris to Nashville to try and get Buddy Charleton interested, but nothing came of it.
We(Claro Daughety & I) had a few of his leftover parts when he left. John D. Williams of Wilson, N.C. has a Capri body with Cherokee pickups and undercarriage that he still plays.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Craig Baker
From:
Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2014 7:46 pm
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The first time I met Bobbe Seymour, he was playing a Capri steel. That was in 1968 at the Frontier Room just outside of Trenton, NJ. He told me that he was involved in the manufacture of the Capri guitars and I recall he mentioned they were very similar to an Emmons, not a Sho~Bud. He also told me that the logo was taken from an old Chevrolet Caprice.
Pictures don't lie:
Best regards,
Craig Baker 706-485-8792
cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com
C.M. Baker Electronics
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024 |
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