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Topic: Robbins Pedal steel |
Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 24 Apr 2014 1:43 pm |
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| Only Robbins I can think of is forum member Dave Robbins, in Nashville. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 26 Apr 2014 8:52 am
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and he is a notorious tinkerer and player. known as one of the few people who knows how to adjust an emmons legrande lll's anti-detuning compensator.
wouldn't surprise me if he's dabbled in building or customizing. |
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Casey McKinnon
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Toronto, Ontario
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Posted 26 Apr 2014 9:32 am
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Here's a screenshot of his face and steel. The lighting guy on Leno really knows how to capture that "steel face" doesn't he? 
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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Posted 26 Apr 2014 7:25 pm
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love Waylon and Willie, reminds me of the interview with George Jones when he said "this music today ain't too bad, but they need to find a different name, because it sure ain't country" ...
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Johnny Cox
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Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 26 Apr 2014 11:28 pm
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Don't know about the guitar but the player is Robby Turner. I would recognize those hands anywhere.I think the label actually says "Robby's"
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
"YANKIN' STRINGS & STOMPIN' PEDALS" since 1967. |
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Tommy Minniear
From:
Logansport, Indiana
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Posted 27 Apr 2014 8:16 am
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| I agree with Johnny that it is Robby Turner playing, which makes what I was told make even more sense; that this guitar is a Robbins steel guitar. They were built by a "Cory" Robbins that was building pedal steels in the Memphis area for awhile. It is my understanding that Duane Marrs was lending a helping hand, as Duane was known for doing, and that the guitar is/was heavily Marrs steel guitar designed and influenced. |
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Don McGregor
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 6:32 am
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| I've got a D-10 Robbins with 9 pedals and 7 knees. It's a great instrument. Wish i knew more about it. I did know that Robbie turner played one for a while, and that they were made in Memphis. Now I have "Cory" to go along with the Robbins name, and that Duane Marrs was involved. Thank you. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 11:42 am
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Robby lived in Memphis as a teenager, I believe. Anyway, that's where I met him when he was about 15, as big as he is now, playing the living hell out of a D-12 Sho~Bud Pro II at a joint called "Bad Bob's."
It was the kind of place where if you didn't have a gun when you walked in, they'd issue you one, or you could find one somebody dropped on the floor.
Anybody here remember Bad Bob's?
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Tim Hurst
From:
Newport, TN
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 12:18 pm
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I remember Bad Bob's in Memphis well. Used to go out there on weekends when I was in dental school at University of TN Center for Health Sciences. Saw Ace Cannon, Barbara Mandrell, Faron Young, Wayne Kemp, and lots of others. Some of my classmates who weren't into country music went with me on occasion and were surprised at how good the music usually was. Waylon and Willie showed up one night after their concert at Mid-South Coliseum and got up and performed.
I don't recall it being such a rough place when I was there in the late seventies. Maybe it relocated at some point before or after, or had a change in management somewhere along the way. |
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 12:57 pm
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Awww, it wasn't that rough of a place, I was just exaggerating colorfully.  But I did consider it a "joint," rather than a dance hall or listening venue. 
It was in an apartment complex, or next to it as I recall.
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Chris Robbins
From:
Biggsville Illinois
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Posted 29 Jul 2014 6:14 pm
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| What a great name for a steel guitar. |
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 12:21 am
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 2:45 pm
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| Damir Besic wrote: |
love Waylon and Willie, reminds me of the interview with George Jones when he said "this music today ain't too bad, but they need to find a different name, because it sure ain't country" ...
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Nice deep tone on that Robbins. First to hear of the brand. Marrs associated.
Robby's hands, (the left in particular) first thing I noticed in the photo. Says much.
The Possum is still on people's minds. With Shooter Jenning's latest release, having grown up around George, found out later in life how Jones' work was not clear to him as an adolescent.
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Don McGregor
From:
Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 3:16 pm
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| I'd still like to know more about mine. |
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 3:22 pm
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I agree with Chris Robbins that it is indeed a great name for a pedal steel! 
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 6 Aug 2014 8:42 pm
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| Cant say I have heard of this brand or any brand being built in Memphis so I hope someone can share more information. |
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Amos Rosenstein
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2019 10:56 pm
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Amos Rosenstein
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2019 11:01 pm
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So I bought this guitar from a guy who bought it in Nashville. He's a great player and I'm pretty sure this is the same steel Robby Turner played!
I live and play in NYC. |
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Don McGregor
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 26 Mar 2019 5:34 am
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| Cory tells me he built my Robbins D-10 for Ned Davis while Ned was playing with Eddie Rabbit. I purchased it a bunch of years ago from my friend and fellow Memphis Richard Ford. |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 26 Mar 2019 6:12 am
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| Chris and Larry nailed it. |
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2022 10:50 am
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Bringing this post back from the dead because a new student just came in with a Robbins and it was STELLAR.
Not only did it have great tone and sustain but it felt great to play with terrific pedal and knee lever action. It also had, by a long shot, the most positive/accurate feel-stop I've ever experienced.
If anyone knows more about these guitars than what's been said above, I'd sure love to hear it. |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 19 Jul 2022 11:32 am
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I played tons of different guitars, but never Robbins, don’t know nothing about them, it would be interesting to learn more about them for sure …
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John Drury
From:
Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2022 1:58 pm
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| Damir Besic wrote: |
| I played tons of different guitars, but never Robbins, don’t know nothing about them, it would be interesting to learn more about them for sure … |
Damir,
Me either, thought I'd seen them all!
Dumplin is right though, those lunch hooks belong to Turner, I knew immediately, at first glance! Wierd! I'd bet my Mullen on it!
J. D.
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Amos Rosenstein
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2024 1:46 pm
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| Amos Rosenstein wrote: |
So I bought this guitar from a guy who bought it in Nashville. He's a great player and I'm pretty sure this is the same steel Robby Turner played!
I live and play in NYC. |
Does anybody know where to service a pedal steel guitar like this Robbins in the NYC area or anywhere in the northeast? |
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