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Topic: "Cowboy" Eddie Long's new Signature BMI Model |
Dan Burnham
From:
Greenfield, Tennessee
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Posted 11 May 2009 11:08 am |
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I have had some email request so I thought I'd post some photos of the new BMI "Cowboy" Eddie Long model.
These were taken at my house before delivering to Cowboy before the ACM Awards...
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And last but least the cockpit shot....
This one is a All Pull 8 & 5 12 String Model 25 Inch Scale.......
Dan (BMI)
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BMI S12 Zane Beck's Tuning
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 11 May 2009 11:27 am
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bravo...
compact, classic modern vintage...the perfect everything in a nutshell package. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 11 May 2009 12:10 pm
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aya-uhh. That's a nice 'un allright. Got a first rate picker behind it too  |
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Chet Wilcox
From:
Illinois, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 May 2009 4:07 pm
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| It is Beautiful Dan, Chet |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 11 May 2009 8:21 pm
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| Now that I like. I'd have got the one that raises on the right and lowers on the left however. I love the southwest inlay. |
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Dwight Lewis
From:
Huntsville, Alabama
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Posted 12 May 2009 1:08 am Cowboy Model
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet. 
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Dan Burnham
From:
Greenfield, Tennessee
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Posted 12 May 2009 6:59 am Thanks Guys
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Cowboy really likes this one. We had to build it especially heavy duty for cowboy because he so hard on a steel guitar.
Dan
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BMI S12 Zane Beck's Tuning
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Paul Redmond
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 May 2009 9:56 pm
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Dan, Don, and company, you outdid yourself on this one!!! And a 25" scale to boot. Doesn't get much better than this!!! A tip of the hat, people!!!
PRR |
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 May 2009 10:32 am
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What a beauty. The guitar not cowboy.  Ask eddie if he
remembers breaking the LKL off my Super Pro in Paris
Tn a few years ago.Actually several years. Granted the Super Pros were know for Pot metal mounts. Dan the steel looks great. |
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Dan Burnham
From:
Greenfield, Tennessee
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Posted 15 May 2009 6:25 am Thanks
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Chuck,
Cowboy remembers that and started laughing...........
Dan
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BMI S12 Zane Beck's Tuning
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 15 May 2009 9:32 am
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| Dan, gorgeous guitar. Can you post Eddie's copedent? Is this ext E9? |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 15 May 2009 10:11 am
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Good looking Steel Dan. Cowboy should be proud.
Give me a call, I need to ask you something.
BD
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Positive Grid Spark amp
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Honor our Vet's.
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 15 May 2009 1:16 pm
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| Cowboy Eddie Long may be soley responsible for putting steel guitar back in the fore front of modern country music. The musical arrangements with Jaimie Johnson (he plays with Jaimie) feature Eddie Long predominently in both the arrangements and the mix. He IS the lead instrument for Jaimie Johnson. His BMI guitar cuts right through the mix and sounds great. |
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 16 May 2009 2:06 pm At the show last night
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I took a couple cell phone pics at sound check and at the show last night.
There was some serious steel picking going on and it was hot in the mix.
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 May 2009 3:09 am
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I neglected to say that when Cowboy severed my LkL
he was smokin it up with hot licks. One of the guys
in my store was listening to some cuts off a cd called Goin to Church by Buddy Church of Memphis. He
asked me to listen to the steel man and I said that's Cowboy. The got the sleeve to check it out.
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Dan Burnham
From:
Greenfield, Tennessee
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Posted 18 May 2009 10:07 am Here you go
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Bill,
email me your cell phone number please.
Bo,
Thanks for the shots.
Kevin,
Glad you liked the concert and thanks for the kind words.
John,
Here you go but take off the compentsators. Those were just for expermenting. Cowboy is not using them. Here is his copedant.
Chuck,
Cowboy is the roughest player I know. Anybody that can break a Sierra while playing, well that is saying a lot. He is one of the best all around players I've ever heard,
Dan
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BMI S12 Zane Beck's Tuning
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Ben Turner
From:
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 May 2009 6:50 pm Re: Thanks Guys
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| Dan Burnham wrote: |
| We had to build it especially heavy duty |
How much does this steel weigh? Those end plates & corners look especially beefed up!
One other question, what kind of rig was he using at Murphy's Nightlife in Florence, SC? It appeared to be a couple power amps and some effects. It looked like he kept tweaking a small mixer on top? If he was playing through a Nashville 400 like above I sure didn't see it. I couldn't get real close, it was wall to wall. Here's a blurry pic, Had to zoom in.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 May 2009 4:14 am
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| Kevin Hatton wrote: |
| Cowboy Eddie Long may be soley responsible for putting steel guitar back in the fore front of modern country music. |
Did something happen while I was at the Wal-Mart? |
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 31 May 2009 5:36 am Bmi
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I played one of those Universal 12 BMI for years, good playing Steel and great sound.
Don is still making a great steel.
Eddie picked a good color combination, I like the inlaid.
Dan you should have called me over to see it, we're 12 miles apart. ha ha
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 31 May 2009 6:05 am
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Hey Donny,
I think Kevin was referring to the way Cowboy is mixed way up front through the entire Jamey Johnson cd. The steel is the primary lead instrument on almost every tune and he gets to noodle his way thru to the next song.
When compared to the usual nashville production this is a whole different deal. The cd sounds like it was intended to be a demo (a very good one) with string noise, comments, extra picking Etc.. Compared to what it usually costs to produce a master session, this is an example of what can be done with new digital gear, a good band, great tunes, and open minded producer. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 May 2009 9:55 am
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That's quite alright Bo, I just thought I missed something important! I realize that Eddie's "up front" style may not be the norm, but with Kevin's glowing comment, I thought he might have done back-to-back performances on Letterman and Leno or something.
There's several singers with steelers that do this "up front" style today. (Jake Hooker, Justin Trevino, Miss Leslie, and Curtis Potter come to mind.) It's good to hear it from anyone, but we have to accept it'll never be the "Nashville norm" again. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 31 May 2009 10:13 am
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| you don't 'have to' accept it...obviously you won't be helping change it with that attitude.... |
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