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Topic: Norm's Guitar? |
Walter Stettner
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Vienna, Austria
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 12:46 am |
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Great concert by Hag & the Strangers from 1978 at ACL. Man, what a tight band!
Anybody knows what guitar Norm was playing at the time? It is a strange looking D-12 with Norm playing great as usual. 
Kind Regards, Walter
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forrest klott
From:
Grand Rapids Mi USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 3:51 am
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Hi Walter,
Was it green? If so, I believe that would’ve been the Rustler that he’s owned for many years.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 5:54 am
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Yes, it's got a wild paint job.
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forrest klott
From:
Grand Rapids Mi USA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 6:28 am
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| Yep, that’s the one! Pretty sure that was a hallmark of Rustler guitars, don’t think I ever saw one that wasn’t tricked out like that other than maybe a student model. |
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 6:44 am
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Unless he's got a wild hire, Norm still owns that green Rus~Ler
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 6:46 am
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| I believe it was a D11, and the last time I spoke with him - about 2 years ago - he said he still has it. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 8:08 am
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Uhh...
Russler?
Rus-ler?
Rustler?
The mind boggles.  |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 8:44 am
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| Fred has the correct spelling. |
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Walter Stettner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 30 Jun 2019 9:33 am
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Thanks for the info, guys, much appreciated!
Kind Regards, Walter
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Bill Lowe
From:
Connecticut
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 7:32 am
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 7:54 am
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It sure puts that leisure suit to shame! 
Erv |
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forrest klott
From:
Grand Rapids Mi USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 9:03 am
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| Ah...the ‘70’s!!! |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 12:14 pm
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I bought this S-11 RusLer in 1976, brand new.
A friend of mine bought a green D-10 RusLer right after that. It was the same as Norms except for the pin striping.
I still have my RusLer and it plays as well as it did when I first bought it. |
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 5:44 pm
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John, I believe that you have played that guitar many times at the PSGA shows over the years. Am I correct?
Hope you are well!
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 2 Jul 2019 10:22 pm
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Hey Craig,
Yes, I played that steel many times for the PSGA shows. Actually, I played it comtinuously for 26 years. It never broke down and sounded great! A very reliable steel guitar.
And, thanks for asking, I'm doing fine.
Hope you're OK too. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 7:22 am
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I would like to see a picture of what they look like under the hood.
Erv |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 9:21 am
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I would like to see a picture of what they look like under the hood.
Erv |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 9:27 am
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Barry,
Thank you!
I thought maybe it would resemble a ZB.
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Don Kuhn
From:
Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 11:10 am
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| It seems like evry time I saw Hag or a pic of the band the lead player is sitting down was there a reason for that, he's a fantastic lead player. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 11:50 am
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He's tired.  |
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Don Kuhn
From:
Poetry/Terrell ,Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2019 12:12 pm
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Oh  |
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Rick Jackson
From:
Carson City, Nevada
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Posted 4 Jul 2019 6:39 am
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| Fred Justice, first time I met you was in Dallas when you played your Rustler. Do you still have it? It was "tone to the bone".....rj |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2019 8:02 am
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| Don Kuhn wrote: |
| It seems like every time I saw Hag or a pic of the band the lead player is sitting down was there a reason for that, he's a fantastic lead player. |
My guess would be that the band was patterned after the Texas Playboys. I don't remember Roy sitting before Eldon and Tiny joined the band. |
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Bart Bull
From:
New Orleans, USA/Paris FR/Berkeley USSR
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Posted 4 Jul 2019 1:08 pm
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I've got, thanks to the SGF, a Rus-Ler SD-10 painted just like Norm's (i.e.; Lowrider Candy Apple Green with badass white pinstriping).
Not only is it built like a tank, not only does it stay in tune under any and all circumstances, not only is it an awe-inspirational aesthetic marvel . . . but it also miraculously makes me play exactly like the redoubtable Mr. Hamlet: Concise; Precise; Perfectly In Pitch; Minimal but Ever-Musical. Always.
Ahem....
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