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Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 5:11 pm |
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I know Rob seem to not have many friends here. But he give's us a look at three he just got.
http://youtu.be/SoX5M1Dsv9o |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 5:33 pm
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That's not a recent video but, hey, somebody has to hog and preserve the oldies for down the line. We'll never see those day's again.
They just better be somewhere exceedingly safe. |
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Dennis Smith
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Covington, Georgia, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 6:33 pm
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| Hi Ron. I didn't look at the date on the video. Today was just the first time it came up on a search on youtube. He'll never sell them and there all stored on his farm. I have the DVD of his collection it great to look at and good for reference on steels. |
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C. E. Jackson
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 6:37 pm
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Rob is a personal friend of mine. I generally see him at the Arlington Guitar Show in October each year. I have been to his warehouses and seen his collections. He truly has a fantastic collection of steel guitars. He collects many other instruments and other items. Periodically, we talk by phone about certain vintage steels that he, or I am searching for. I can say that he is fine gentleman and very courteous person.
Here is a link showing an overview of Rob's Collection:
Billy Connolly-Route 66-Steel Guitar Collection-Rob
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TXqKkcdqCw
C. E.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 6:38 pm
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Michael Hogan
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Posted 3 Feb 2014 9:06 pm I agree with C.E.
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| I met Rob at Arlington Guitar Show in 2013 and I found him to be very friendly and helpful. I agree with C.E. Rob is a real gentleman. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Rob Munn
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 3:10 am
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| That Billy Connelly always breaks me up. He's a hoot. So is that Rob guy. What an insane collection. Fantastic. Does he ever play them? |
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2014 4:10 am
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If I were young and stupid again,I would probably move to where ever he lives so I could volunteer to dust his steels for him.
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 8:29 am
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gentleman or not. How can someone love Steel guitar but be selfish about it. His collection of steel guitars should be sold or put in a museum.
So either other players can enjoy them
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Tourists can enjoy seeing them.
What a shame that someone could be like that especially since some of the models are no longer made and will never be heard again.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Erik Alderink
From:
Ann Arbor Michigan, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 9:43 am
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| These instruments will one day re-enter the market. And when they do, won't we be glad that there are so many that "survived"? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 9:51 am
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Guess he really believes whoever dies with the most toys wins.
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James Nottage
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 9:56 am Steel Collector
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The criticisms here of the collector seem odd and jealous to me. There are many important museums that exist because someone was passionate about a subject and collected related to it. The last post is on target. It is not a difficult argument to assert that many of these instruments have likely survived in a way better than they would have otherwise. And yes, some day the collector will be gone. Hopefully, the important specimens do end up in museums Hopefully, grateful players will acquire some. The man isn't being selfish. He is being passionate and dedicated. Often in this form people write and lament the declining number of players. We should all cheer for any effort to preserve the instruments, to preserve the music, and to advance both.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 12:40 pm
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It's a sickness called hoarding. To be honest, I feel sorry for the man.  |
It's generally a well known baby boomer thing called 'the bug' that most notably raises it's purty head when guitars are concerned and I just wish I was rich enuf to have an even worse case of it. But it would be nice if this and some other collectors were also players, they'd appreciate them even more.
We'll mostly all be long gone before the vintage pieces like these hit the market and the prices will be over the moons of Uranus.
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2014 1:19 pm
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guys, its not like he is hoarding all the worlds Stradivarius or denying working musicians a good living, or jacking the market prices up - he just collects random lap steels over a broad range and thats fine. i mean, if he was hoarding ALL the original ric frypans, that would be a problem. there are still and will always be plenty of used & cool vintage steels out there on the market you can buy for under $500. geesh - you guys need to price vintage pre-war Gibson F5 mandolins, 5-string banjos, Martin D-28s etc to see how good we have it being able to buy a nice original 30's Rickenbacher Bakelite for $800, or a 50's Fender Dual for $1000. the Ric's were $200 in 1930's money for crying out loud! that was the Depression even.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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