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Topic: Inherited Wright Custom — help w/ info? |
Rachel Sutherland
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2022 8:44 am |
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Hi folks, I inherited a 10 string single neck Wright Custom from my great uncle, Wayne Wells, who used to play in the Phoenix area possibly as early as the 50s-70s(?). That’s just about all I know. Would love to hear anything you can add on history/quality/value of this. Not for sale but curious. Many thanks!
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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 27 Mar 2022 9:54 am
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I know others will have a better answer, but Chuck Wright was the man behind Wright Custom and the original Sierra steel guitars. he built his first pedal steel in 1948 and used the name Wright Custom until 1960 when the name was changed to Sierra. some history here: http://sierrasteels.com/history.html
sometime in the early 70s until 1974, he reverted back to Wright Custom. it looks like your guitar was built during that interim.
it certainly resembles the more common Sierra-branded guitar though I've never seen this feature:
assuming it's in good working condition, these are high quality guitars with a great reputation. hard to put a value on it, but I'd say somewhere between 2-3k at least. perhaps more due to rarity. does it have any knee levers?
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Rachel Sutherland
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2022 7:16 pm
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| Thank you so much for the background, that is really helpful. What you see in the photo is what was in the case, which has a Fender badge on it. I would love to hear it someday, so I’ll look into what equipment I’d need to get it working, hopefully. Thanks again. |
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