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Topic: This is bad...even for eBay |
Cartwright Thompson
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2008 4:24 pm |
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I like 8 string guitars, but not at that price! 
I seriously doubt that the Buddy Emmons story is true. There are people who aren't above forging his signature.
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John Groover McDuffie
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LA California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2008 4:24 pm
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Interesting that they didn't post a picture of the front, where a LOGO might be.
I expect the B.E. claim is totally specious, but notwithstanding that it looks like it could be a fun little guitar for an A6 tuning or something like that.
Of course it would have to be about $1200 lower in price to get me really interested. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 30 Jul 2008 5:27 pm
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The signature looks like "Bully Emmons"!  |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Jul 2008 6:21 pm
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Knowing that Buddy used to/wanted to be a boxer, maybe Bully Emmons is right.
But seriously folks, I have a photo that is autographed by Buddy about 2 feet from where I am now sitting. There are some similarities to this autograph, but not close enough to make me believe it. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 8:03 am
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He also has a Carter Starter up for sale at about a third of what he's asking for this mess. Obviously, he's trading very heavily on the autograph ...  |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 8:38 am
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| i wouldn't think buddy would have been bothering to develop an 8 stringer in '84...even if he had time in that era. however....?? |
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 8:47 am
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I have a couple of Buddy's signatures and this one isn't even close to what I have.
Don |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 9:25 am
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Maybe it was really signed by "Buddy Ebsen" and that would fit in with the Wizard Of Oz pricetag.
Greg |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2008 9:42 am
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| At least it doesn't have a case....... |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 1:09 am
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That's not Buddy's signature. He signed under my Sho-Bud S-12 when he played a Convention here in England. It's nothing like that on that guitar 
Micky Byrne United Kingdom www.micky-byrne.co.uk |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 3:55 am
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Buddy Emmons building an 8-string, 4-pedal guitar???
Wouldn't that be sorta like Bill Gates building an Atari 2600?
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 5:07 am Mickeys with Mickey
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Yep, Ive got a signature on my D12 PP..No handwriting expert needed...Yeah, thats really kinda sad...  
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Micky Byrne
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United Kingdom (deceased)
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 6:14 am
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| No handwriting expert needed...Yeah, thats really kinda sad |
It's also really kinda fraud as well. In this case it probably won't matter, since no self-respecting steel player would have any use for this guitar anyway .... |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 8:36 am
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Like I said, no "self-respecting" steel player.
Just kidding, b0b!  |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 8:59 am
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What, you don't like this? I find it quite "respectable". In fact, it's one of my favorite instruments. 
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 9:18 am
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| I wanna hear Buddy's son play that fancy professional saxophone. |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 9:19 am
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wow
thats a beauty bOb!!!! |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 10:53 am
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| i wasn't even aware buddy had children. does he have a son? |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 12:22 pm
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I informed the seller that his guitar was "absolutely not" made by Buddy, and he promptly closed the auction. I think it was probably an honest mistake. He believed what he had been told. He's not a steel player.
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 12:35 pm
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Just curious...do we actually know for a fact Mr. Emmons didnt make this guitar?
Granted it seems highly unlikely, but did we get absolute confirmation from the Big E himself?
I can see a builder of fine race cars, cobbling a go cart from a lawnmower engine in his garage just for a laugh one day when he's bored or waiting for parts |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 12:37 pm
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| Ben Jones wrote: |
Just curious...do we actually know for a fact Mr. Emmons didnt make this guitar?
Granted it seems highly unlikely, but did we get absolute confirmation from the Big E himself? |
Yes. The builder at this point is unknown. We only know that it wasn't Buddy Emmons.
Last edited by b0b on 1 Aug 2008 12:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2008 12:39 pm
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thanks for the clarification bOb.
I shouda known better....  |
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