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Topic: A Bigsby with 6 necks? |
Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 25 May 2019 7:21 pm |
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A Bigsby with six 8 string necks?
Came across this on Abe's West Coast steel mid century facebook page. A great page for steelers interested in that time period. Thanks to Abe.
At first thought it was two steels until a closer look. Then thought it might be a photoshop fake, but can't see any signs of that.
Anyone know anything more about this Bigsby? Pedals or no pedals? When it was made? Does it still live? Missing in action? Cut up into plank steels?   
I'm not looking to own it, not with my bad back!  
Just find it very interesting.
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Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 25 May 2019 10:55 pm
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Still looks like two triples to me. The bridge ends are different and the nuts don't line up.
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 25 May 2019 11:25 pm Two X 3?
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Two X 3... Maybe.
That would sure make more sense.
My eyes are still not 100% recovered from recent eye surgery. 
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 May 2019 11:32 pm
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| Great photo! Seems to me that you'd need arms longer than a gorilla's to play that thing if it's really six necks. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:00 am Q
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Here's the same dude.
Maybe he combined these 2 Bigsbys into a single unit. Or maybe these 2 guitars are what resulted after he cut the 6 neck steel in half?
Quite the craftsman either way.
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:11 am Knuckle Draggers
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| Jack Hanson wrote: |
| Great photo! Seems to me that you'd need arms longer than a gorilla's to play that thing if it's really six necks. |
I think they call them Knuckle Draggers?
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Abe Levy
From:
California, USA
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Posted 26 May 2019 2:04 am
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That’s Lee Jeffries and it’s two triples sitting close together. Hilarious!
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 26 May 2019 3:24 am Thanks Abe
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Thanks Abe,
Guess my eyes are still way less healed than I thought!
Still can't figure how he reached all those necks or even stayed sane trying to remember all the tunings.
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 26 May 2019 4:03 am
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| If that indeed was a 6 neck instrument, I'd be interested to see the case for it. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 26 May 2019 6:07 am
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Andy,
I'm sure that guitar was never played. It was just set up that way for giggles.
Erv |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:10 pm
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| Yes, that's Lee Jeffries. He definitely didn't own a 6 neck bigsby (he would have mentioned it for sure) and you can see it's 2 different guitars anyway - the 3 necks closest to the camera have obvious pins olding the fretboards on whereas the other 3 don't. |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:28 pm
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| David DeLoach wrote: |
| If that indeed was a 6 neck instrument, I'd be interested to see the case for it. |
I believe that would be this:
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:39 pm
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| ...and the nuts don't line up. |
There is bound to be a specialist one could see about that.
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Gene Tani
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Pac NW
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Posted 26 May 2019 12:47 pm
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The Cheap trick guy had 9 necks https://www.pinterest.com/pin/351491945890334674/
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Landon Jarrel
From:
Space
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Posted 26 May 2019 9:56 pm
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| Seeing the photo of Lee Jeffriess with Vance Terry is fantastic! |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 26 May 2019 11:07 pm At least it's funny
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Well I might be half blind for a while longer, but at least it's turned into a funny thread.
To think I was going to delete the post when I realized I'd been mistaken!
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 May 2019 2:54 am
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| I guess my response to this is WHY !!! |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 28 May 2019 6:52 am
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My response is WHY NOT.
Erv |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 28 May 2019 3:57 pm
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| I guess I would never remember even three tunings these days, to be able to sort it out. How about a 6-neck frypan ? |
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Tommy Martin Young
From:
Sacramento-California, USA
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Posted 30 May 2019 8:06 pm
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Built for at least 8 necks...might be overkill on 6. Works best on really....Really slow ballads.
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 May 2019 1:30 am
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The humor on the forum is unbearable1 THE ONLY REASON I subscribe!!!!
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