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Joe Smith
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Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 4:05 pm |
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I was listening to Bobbe play the new Jackson on YouTube.
Man, what a great sounding steel.
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 4:23 pm
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Joe,
I have no doubt the Jackson is a fine quitar! But our friend Bobbe could make a 2x4 with strings sound good! 
Larry
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Joe Smith
From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 4:34 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N5W1Zx0PgU
This is a link. Hope it works.
Larry, I totally agree with you.
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 8:31 pm
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Gee guys, my playing was awfully weak on this early morning post, the tone is with both pickups on. These are out of phase. The tone was to get this guitar to sound like Jimmy Day on the "Crazy Arms" cut he did on the Wright Custom in the mid '50s.
The other clip of the Travis style is also with both pickups on. (out of Phase). This creates a weird tone, but then once in a while, a tone like this is called for.
At a flick of a switch on the end plate, the guitar goes back to a "normal" sound, as in "other" good steel guitars.
Just thought I'd add this since this guitar will sound any way you'd like it to. Just flick the switches.
See it and hear it at the St.Louis show. "Jackson booth."
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Joe Smith
From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 2:12 am
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| Bobbe, are you going to post some more videos with different pickup settings? |
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Fred Eddie-Quartey
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 6:07 am
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| I can just imagine how cool the c6th neck would sound using just the front pickup behind the neck. |
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Doc Hall
From:
Galveston, Tx
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 6:23 am
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| At the Dallas show I went up to the room that Jackson had some guitars set up in. Bobby was playing and Dawn asked me if I wanted to play after Bobby. I said, "you've got to be kidding." Bobby's a great player and a good all around dude. But...then you know that! |
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 9:03 am
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Bobbe you post em and we will listen. That guitar sure sounds great but the driver is making it happen.
Thank you Bobbe. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 8:49 pm
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Y'all are a bunch of "slick talkers", I love youens! ! !
Bobbster! |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 8:58 pm
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Beautiful tone out of that Jackson, Bobbe. It reminds me a bit of the coil tap on my old Baldwin 'Bud: big, ethereal and full of warmth.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 3:54 am
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Bobbe, what a fine steel that is but I can't help but ask..
Are you playing Crazy Arms like the record ?
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 9:52 am
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Bobbe - when do we get to read the Seymour evaluation on this guitar? I gather it will be something along the lines of this;
Finish - poor, with inferior laminates to emulate real high quality flame maple.
Mechanics - Tuners not stable as they tend to move when a string is lowered. Changer system needs to be refined so that it is more like those on all other modern steel guitars.
Tone - Pick-ups are actually out of phase in one position. Too many variations with 2 pick-ups that could end up confusing the user.
Now you can sell it to me for a ridiculously low price, and I will do you a favour by taking it off your hands. |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 1:53 pm
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| At a flick of a switch on the end plate, the guitar goes back to a "normal" sound . . . |
Please . . . let it go back to normal. |
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Richard Damron
From:
Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Sep 2007 5:13 pm Bobbe and the Jackson
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I had the pleasure of seeing Bobbe play the Jackson in his shop shortly after he received it. Outta site!
Fred - You're on target. My humble assessment is that it makes the rest of us sound like screeching alley-cats in heat!
Lessee, now...How many pennies would I have to save in order to get one... |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Sep 2007 5:32 pm
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The St.Louis show was my first time to play my new Jackson in public, I was very happy with it's performance. Not at all used to it, and with a strange new pedal setup it still enshrined me with great confidence.
I also have a new GFI Expo that I like VERY much. These two guitars are very different, but this is what life is to me. I have pickup trucks, big cars, little cars, aircraft, three different motorcycles, and I'll tell you the truth, I couldn't live with just one steel guitar. Yes, the Jackson is the crown jewel, but then I love my Bigsbys, old Sho-Bud perms, and every thing. (and the GFI workhorse)
The Jackson will be used on my next "thumbstyle" CD, and more to come I'm sure.
No, I'm not going to burn my P-P yet, but this new Jackson guitar has me thinking!
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Grove City,Ohio
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Posted 5 Sep 2007 6:44 pm
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Bobbe, If you decide to unload your push-pull, send it to me,with 8 & 7.  |
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Jeff Evans
From:
Cowtown and The Bill Cox Outfit
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Posted 5 Sep 2007 7:50 pm
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First $45,000 takes it!  |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 9:12 am
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Jeff, I'd hate to, but I'd take about half that amount, possibly.
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Elizabeth West
From:
Surrey, B.C., Canada
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 11:49 am Bobby's Jackson Steel
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Here'sss Bobby
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Grove City,Ohio
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 5:26 pm
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| Bobbe, Nice Jackson guitar. What amp are you playing thru there on stage? A newer Nasville 112 with a different speaker? I'd heard someone say Peavey was going to offer the Nashville 112 with a 15" speaker. Then it would be a Nashville 115. |
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A. J. Schobert
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 5:46 pm
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What is the design on the fret markers?
They seem nice but a little high $$ |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 6:18 pm
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Too high? Get a ladder. Heres a guitar finally that you get what you pay for! Ha! Ha!.
The amp used on Scotty's show was a single Peavey Nashville 112. This amp is the pure stock Blue Marvel 12 incher. I tried to use two amps but the ground lift had disappeared and when I tried to hook them together, nothing but hum, wish the "sound crew" would have known this in advance, however, one amp proved to be the answer. Incredible amp for it's size and weight. I hope they never change it, in any way.
The fret markers on my guitar are musical symbols. In the future the Jackson guitars will be using the original Sho-Bud designed "card symbols". Pioneered by Paul Bigsby in the forties on his standard guitar necks.
I'll probably be changing my fretboards to the classic card symbols in the near future, but I sort of like the gold music type that are being used now.
The serial number of my guitar is " 0026-DJ" for all you number crunchers.
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 6:36 pm
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By the way, the band at Scotty's this year was the best ever, for me anyway, really great bunch of players and great personalities. I had no charts, didn't call the keys for most of the songs, and didn't play standard country tunes, until the end anyway. Rick Boyer, Ben Brogden (great old friend) on Bass (unstumpable), Paul (worlds greatest drummer), Bobby(Caldwell the mighty), Jimmy Queen(Mr. versital) and David Russell(Puddin')my personal comedian , Ya' jes gotta' luvum!
Thank you boys, you saved me again!
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A. J. Schobert
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 6 Sep 2007 6:43 pm
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I'm affraid of heights!
Non the less you have a very good looking guitar. Keep the fretboard on it for now. |
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