Endicott steels

Tim Johnson · From: Cadiz, KY, USA

Just wondering if anybody had any info on the steels built by Rex Endicott. What years, pictures etc. Thanks

Tim Johnson · From: Cadiz, KY, USA

Dave Zirbel · From: Sebastopol, CA USA

I believe this is an Endicott played by Leo LeBlanc. I don't know anything about them. I believe they can be heard on Mid sixties Red Simpson records. It sounds like a Fender on steroids!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVde-adOo7U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq0zYo26gEM

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Stu Schulman · From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)

I was Leo's roommate on the tour where I played guitar for Jerry Jeff Walker.Leo loved that Endicott guitar...It didn't have a roller nut,which never made sense to me but Leo kept it in tune,If you can find the first Danny O'Keefe record Leo absolutely shines on"I'm sober now"Leo was a very nice guy,legally blind yet nothing stopped him,He learned the bus systems well. Winking

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Skip Edwards · From: LA,CA

I knew Leo, too...he was a cool guy, and I enjoyed working with him.
Did he have his necks or his pedals reversed? Have a look at his left foot in the above pic...

Tim Fleming · From: Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)

I have that guitar sitting in my living room now.

Leo's son, Thomas, gave it to me to goof around with - I had no idea what I was getting into!

It was FILTHY; it had been sitting gathering dust for years!

Egad! What have I gotten into?

The Badge:

Even has a built-in ashtray! Check out the grunge in the keyhead...

Looking a bit better now, but it needs some major mechanical work:

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Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

Ha! Cool ole axe. That pull out ashtray is cool too. Had I thought of that 35 yrs. ago when I was still puffin', I'd have probably fitted my old Emmons with one.

George Macdonald · From: Vancouver Island BC Canada

I had a D10 in the early 70s. They were made in So Calif. where we lived at the time. Traded mine for a single 12 MSA to a friend. Looked like it had a lot of Sho Bud parts.

Joachim Kettner · From: Germany

Kevin Hatton · From: Buffalo, N.Y.

Those are ZB fret boards.

Alan Bidmade · From: Newcastle upon Tyne UK

Thanks Joachim. Never tire of hearing Danny O'Keefe - and a great steel part!
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Herb Steiner · From: Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064

I remember Rex playing in clubs around LA back in the early 70s, before I moved to TX and he relocated back to OK. Good player and a very friendly guy. The only Endicott (I guess I've been spelling his name incorrectly for years) guitar I ever saw was the one he was playing onstage. Looked like a Sho~Bud knock-off, as does this one.
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Bruce Derr · From: Lee, New Hampshire, USA

I like Leo's playing on John Prine's first LP. Was that done with the Endicott as well?

Tim Fleming · From: Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)

Skip, yes the pedals for the E9 neck are on the right of the pedal board!

Also yes, there are no roller nuts - we'll see how that works out.

And the correct spelling is Endecott (see photo of the badge).
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John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

Kinda Shobud-looking! Gumby keyhead, and Ducktail changer, but the points look a bit pointier!
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Dave Zirbel · From: Sebastopol, CA USA

Tim, thanks for posting those photos! If it's not too much trouble a couple of pics of underneath would be cool.

Thanks
Dave
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gary pierce · From: Rossville TN

This topic brings back a lot of memories. I took lessons from Leo, and in trade I built him a case for this guitar. The lower neck was D9 with the first string at #10. He said he watched it go up an air line conveyor and fall 8' landing on the end one time, and it survived.

Tim Fleming · From: Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)

Dave, I'll post some underside pics as soon as I can get around to cleaning it up.

Gary, I have the case too (which I'll photograph and post a pic).
The guitar in it's case must weigh 100 lbs. (you built a very heavy-duty case)!
I don't know how the heck Leo could carry this thing around town on busses. He must've been a very strong guy!!!

T
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