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Topic: Ry Cooder/Bigsby 6-string |
nick allen
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 12:37 am |
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Saw Mr Cooder & Nick Lowe in Paris yesterday (highly recommended to any other Europeans who have the opportunity). On a couple of numbers Ry was playing a Bigsby 6-string, which appeared to be in brand new condition... I've followed his career pretty closely, but never heard about this guitar before. Anyone know anything about it?
(Incidentally, hardcore Cooder fans will be shocked to hear that on one tune with the Bigsby, he was using a flatpick!)
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 2:08 am
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That's great that you got to see him play live with Nick, Nick.
He rarely plays live here in his home state of California!
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 6:30 am
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Gretsch made some Bigsby reissues in a small batch. I'm not sure if this is what he's playing or not.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 9:38 am
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perhaps Paul Warnick would know ?
Ry does'nt come often to Europa
i was lucky to catch him twice in the last 20 years (approx)
once w: his band w: the great gospel singin' bros, flaco jimenez & jim keltner
second time w: little village |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 25 Jun 2009 9:55 am
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| Didn't I read several years ago where Ry had at least one of the Bigsby reissues made from original parts--similar to what Herb Steiner has?? I think Paul Warnick had some connection to these? |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 1:07 am
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Ry took delivery of P.A. Re-Issue #2 at Scottys show back in 1996-It is a triple eight Bigsby with five pedals-He has used it on several recordings-A short time later We sent Him a Bigsby steel guitar pickup which He had mounted in one of His "Cooder-Casters"
Ry later said that He loved the sound He was getting in combination with a Teisco guitar pickup in the neck position of the instrument-I don't know if this is the one Ry was seen playing but since then I have received at least two requests by fans of Ry's in other countries who wanted to get a Bigsby pickup like His for their own-Unfortunately I could not help them out-perhaps Ry did find one of those Bigsby Spanish re-issues that were put out by Gretsch in limited quantities (made in Japan) from a few years ago |
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nick allen
From:
France
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Iain
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted 17 Jul 2009 7:44 am
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Can't offer any information about the guitar other than to say I saw him use it here in Edinburgh at a GREAT gig.
Tickets were insanely expensive but both he and Nick (both of whom I've liked a lot for a looong time) were singing really well and Ry's guitar playing was beautiful. Joachim C was drumming very nicely and sensitively, too. Fantastic gig and great to see RC again (must be about 20 years since I'd seen him standing up and singing with an electric guitar on).
Oh, the Bigsby guitar looked very nice! |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 18 Jul 2009 3:24 pm
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Last time I saw him was 1981. Too long. Little Village was one of my favorites.
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 18 Jul 2009 8:30 pm
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REMOVED
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"Wisdom does not always come with age. Many times age arrives alone."
Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 1 Mar 2011 10:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2009 3:24 am
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| One of the advertisers in Vintage Guitar Magazine has two of them for sale. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2009 3:25 am
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| One of the advertisers in Vintage Guitar Magazine has two of them for sale. |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2009 11:47 pm
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| ...and T.C just snapped one of them up-Any photos of the new horn T.C.? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 10:51 am
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| Spanish-necked Ricky? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 12:17 pm
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| yep, I'm no expert on Ricks but those were available! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2009 12:54 pm
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| Jussi, they were available, but not too popular I believe. I think the frets were just part of the Bakelite casting. You see them infrequently on ebay. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 3:36 am
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| I wish I had the money! |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 10 Aug 2009 8:20 pm
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why is this post so wide i can't read it?
i imagine he's playing that rick to be cool...not because it sounds good or is fun to play. |
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Iain
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted 14 Aug 2009 5:34 am
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| The Rick sounded pretty ruddy good in Edinburgh...and in that "Vigilante Man" clip posted above. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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