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Topic: Looking for lap steel guitar. |
Ted Beauvais
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Nebraska, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 6:52 pm |
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Looking for lap steel guitar made for my aunt: Ione Ray. Would appreciate any information anyone might have.
Ted Beauvais
Crete, NE beauvaiselectric@windstream.net |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 7:52 pm Wow, who isn't looking for a steel like that!
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Ted, offhand, I'd say that was a Vega steel. They are the only ones that made anything close to that beautiful oddity, except maybe for the ultra rare swept wing aluminum Ricky's that seem to exist only in pictures today, and even those are hard to find...
Could that have been a one off home made piece?
Is that your Aunt in the photo? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 17 Mar 2009 10:08 am
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| Wonderful, Photo! What year was it taken? Can you tell us any more about your aunt's career in music? |
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Ted Beauvais
From:
Nebraska, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2009 9:13 am Ione Ray lap steel
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 [/img]The lap steel was made by Smokey Ray, Ione's husband. The picture is from the 40's. Apparently she sat in with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at one time, but I'm not sure what instrument she played. She also played 12 string guitar among others. She passed away in Alburquerque New Mexico around 1990. Would have played in Smokey's band around Louisiana. I will get more info. form my sister later. The guitar dissapeared in New Mexico. |
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