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Steven Meyrich

 

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Post  Posted 28 Apr 2015 3:00 pm    
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There's a Moyo S12 for sale on Craigslist here. Anyone know about these? Any advice welcome, thanks.

Steve
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2015 4:47 pm    
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Beautiful instruments, designed and built in Colorado. There were only a handful of them made, I believe.
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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 28 Apr 2015 5:33 pm    
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Pretty high quality. Very unusual appearance.
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Steven Meyrich

 

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Post  Posted 28 Apr 2015 5:36 pm    
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Thanks for the replies on this.

I asked the seller about the copedant and he seems to think they were set up in a D9 tuning. Does that ring a bell with anyone - I think the builder was Glen Taylor.
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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 29 Apr 2015 10:13 am    
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That builder sounds right. Great player.

They were one-of's, I think, and I would bet you could get any tuning or copedant you wanted.
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Rex Thomas


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Thompson's Station, TN
Post  Posted 29 Apr 2015 7:41 pm    
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I noticed Moyo was off the links list. Did he just stop?

Had a cool, woody sound to them. Unique for sure.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 1 May 2015 2:16 am    
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https://youtu.be/xVE0tp-Hx7A








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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 1 May 2015 11:48 am    
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Wow. Had not seen the guitar shaped one.
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Colm Chomicky


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Kansas, (Prairie Village)
Post  Posted 2 May 2015 10:29 am    
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Glenn Taylor played his Moyo several years ago in St. Louis in the Jazz Room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFh-bFtKKE
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Glenn Taylor


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Post  Posted 3 May 2015 7:47 am    
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I heard that that instrument was on craigslist--it's an older one, but it was working well when I sold it a few years ago. You can email me if you have questions.
I'm still building some steels (just finishing #16), but they're pretty much for my own amusement. These days I spend a lot more time playing music (and living the dream in general) than building pedal steels.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 3 May 2015 8:05 am    
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Colm Chomicky wrote:
Glenn Taylor played his Moyo several years ago in St. Louis in the Jazz Room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFh-bFtKKE


thank you so much, wonderful song
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 3 May 2015 8:06 am    
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Glenn Taylor wrote:
I heard that that instrument was on craigslist--it's an older one, but it was working well when I sold it a few years ago. You can email me if you have questions.
I'm still building some steels (just finishing #16), but they're pretty much for my own amusement. These days I spend a lot more time playing music (and living the dream in general) than building pedal steels.



Glenn, what a wonderful instruments, can we see some more pictures please?

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Glenn Taylor


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Denver, CO, USA
Post  Posted 3 May 2015 12:30 pm    
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here are a couple shots of #15:

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this is #14:
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Damir Besic


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Nashville,TN.
Post  Posted 3 May 2015 7:14 pm    
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wow, no cross shafts? beautiful guitars...
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 4 May 2015 2:03 am    
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I love the profile and what was done with the machine head. Beautiful wood.
This could be called a 'fatback; it has a sturdy appearance that would seem to reduce 'cabinet drop.'
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Steven Meyrich

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 7 May 2015 1:27 pm    
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Thanks for the many responses and Glenn I will be in touch with you.

Steve
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Rex Thomas


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Thompson's Station, TN
Post  Posted 7 May 2015 3:59 pm     Good to read….
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Glenn:

I definitely understand wanting to get out & pick more, but I sure am glad to hear you're building now & then. Love the unique sound of those insts. Cool
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Eric Watts

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2019 4:34 pm    
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I love my Moyo volume pedal and have read every post about Moyo pedal steel guitars. I was hoping Glenn could explain some of the design features used over the evolution of these amazing instruments!
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Stu Schulman


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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
Post  Posted 30 Jan 2019 12:12 am    
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I got to hear Glen and his wonderful band at last year's Denver Steel Guitar Show....awesome playing and a beautiful steel guitar.
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Bob Carlucci

 

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Candor, New York, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jan 2019 1:49 am    
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Colm Chomicky wrote:
Glenn Taylor played his Moyo several years ago in St. Louis in the Jazz Room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFh-bFtKKE


Guy is great player for certain.. Was he using a wood bar in this video?
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Eric Watts

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2019 11:04 am    
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Does sound like it might have been a hardwood bar. Or possibly Delrin or nylon. I have made several polymer bars but they all sound fuller with longer sustain. Glen's style is not based on a long sustain in that video though..
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Glenn Taylor


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Denver, CO, USA
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2019 5:36 am    
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That was a hard rubber bar on 'Blue Bossa'.
I've built 16 pedal steels so far--Moyo#17 is on my workbench:





It has a little ways to go.
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Jon Light (deceased)


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2019 6:16 am    
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I'm so happy to see that you are (still? again?) building, Glenn! I've circulated pictures of your beautiful guitars.
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Eric Watts

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2019 3:12 pm    
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How do you shape those heavy sides into your convex guitar body shape? It seem like your guitar won't have any cabinet drop!!! The string nut end just holds the string???

More pictures Glenn, I love your style of design.
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Glenn Taylor


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Denver, CO, USA
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2019 6:33 am    
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Shaping the body involves some sawing and lots of belt sanding. Not sure what the final shape of the new one will be, but it will be a bit different. Although the big aluminum pieces are pretty much ready, I will finish most of the hardware for the undercarriage before I glue the sides and fretboard together.
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