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Topic: What will happen to "The Blade"? |
Mitch Ellis
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Collins, Mississippi USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2015 6:31 pm |
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I was wondering if The Blade would be placed on display in a museum or has it's future been decided yet? There has been a lot of amazing music played on that steel by "The worlds foremost steel guitarist" the great Buddy Emmons. It's a legendary instrument for sure.
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Hook Moore
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South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 2:59 am
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Buddy told me 4 or 5 years ago that he gave the Blade to his son Larry. If nothing has changed since, I guess Larry has it with him now. I agree, its a great guitar and a very important part of steel guitar history.
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 3:35 am
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| Without Buddy's playing, it's just another guitar. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 5:22 am
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What Donny said. I can't tell much difference between Buddy's records from one guitar to another. It might as well go to a museum, for its history exceeds its merits as a guitar.
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 7:45 am
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I dimly recall Buddy saying that he had an arrangement in place whereby it would go to a museum (CM Hall of Fame, perhaps?) and a substantial sum would go to Peggy. I either read this here on the Forum or in 'Ask Buddy'; I can no longer remember.
In the event, of course, Buddy survived her but I wonder if that agreement is still valid.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 7:58 am
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under the circumstances, i think the blade deserves a certain reverence and respect inspite of the downer comments posted.
it was a tool that inspired and enabled one of the greatest artists in history!
buddy said that certain instruments bring out something special in you that can make you play better than others. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 9:56 am
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| I agree with Chris. It may not be the greatest push pull ever made, but it must have something that made Buddy hang on to it that long, the sentiment of Peggy buying it back aside. Just the history of it makes it special.. Brownie & Blackie may have just been two other Strats if Clapton hadn't used them, but the fact that he did is kind of the point. |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 5:12 pm
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Well it might BE the greatest Emmons ever created but it will never be "just another steel," the same as Duane's Burst or Jimmie's white Strat.
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Wally Moyers
From:
Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 5:27 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
under the circumstances, i think the blade deserves a certain reverence and respect inspite of the downer comments posted.
it was a tool that inspired and enabled one of the greatest artists in history!
buddy said that certain instruments bring out something special in you that can make you play better than others. |
Totally agree! |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 7:12 pm
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| That guitar was played by the Master on how many records? Whether or not you believe in mojo, that guitar has mojo. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 Nov 2015 7:15 pm
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
| What Donny said. I can't tell much difference between Buddy's records from one guitar to another. It might as well go to a museum, for its history exceeds its merits as a guitar. |
Me too. Even on the Zum, I can't tell. Actually, even when he played the MCI or EMCI. He still had that sound. But the Blade is special. As special as any other steel guitar in the CMHOF. All of those would be just another guitar if they weren't played by the famous steel guitar player.
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