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Daniel J. Cormier
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Lake Charles, LA, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 8:43 am |
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Heard that Roy Thomas is closing the door at PedalMaster Steel Guitars. Age plays hech on all of us.Sad day for us.
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Daniel J. Cormier
Rittenberry with Tone to the bone,profex or tubefex and what ever amp, hilton pedal, BJS bars. Email at kajunsteelman@yahoo.com. |
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Larry Rafferty
From:
Ballston Spa, NY
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 11:02 am
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Yes, I have also heard that Roy has closed up his shop. 3 years ago, (when Roy was 85 years young), he sold me his personal SD-10 that he had played in his home since building it in 1995. It has beautiful tone and plays very smooth.
I don't think there is enough room to say all the nice things about him that should be said. Roy was and is the perfect country gentleman, and I wish him all the best in his well deserved retirement.
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Mullen D-10 8x5; Sho-Bud Super Pro D10 8x6; PedalMaster 5 Star SD-10 3x5; Dekley D-10 8x4;
Sho-Bud S-10 3x1; Fender Lap/Floor Steel; Peavey Power Slide; Supro Lap Steel; Peavey Nashville 400;
pair of Peavey Vegas 400's; Peavey NV112; Webb 614E with matching extension cabinet; Fender Twin Reverb and 3 cats.
They laughed when I sat down to play, cause' somebody pulled my chair away... |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 1:47 pm
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Roy is a great guy, and built one of the best guitars. I bought one from Roy in 04. I like my Mullen, but wish i would have kept my SD10 Pedalmaster. Roy, hope you have a great retirement. Larry Baker
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Mullen G2 SD10 3 & 5 The Eagle
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Paul Redmond
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 5:39 pm
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WHOA,guys!!! Roy is not retiring...he's just re-treading and keepin' on rollin'!!!
Roy is not planning on building any more NEW guitars. However, Roy is not the kind of man who is content to sit around eating popcorn and watching Oprah on TV. He has decided to do only custom guitar work, repair work, re-building, and setup work. Right now he has a ton of this work in his shop and has no plans of giving that up for anything.
So, Roy isn't fading off the radar screen...he's just taking some pressure off himself. He told me once that he is a workaholic and spends at least part of every day of the week working in his shop as he has done for some six decades or more.
I hope this clears up any misconceptions.
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 8:11 pm
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| I have been playing a Pedalmaster for a lot of years. Great guitars and Roy Thomas is one of the greatest guys on this planet. Jody. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2011 5:39 pm Roy thomas pedalmaster guitars
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| I love my pedalmaster plays great, I was hoping to get another one from him, since he is retiring I will not be able to. |
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Kevin Shiflett
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2011 3:45 pm
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I was just at his shop about two weeks ago and he was talking about all this. One reason he mentioned was that his long time supplier for legs has quit making them due to the cost of quality chrome plating.
But ya, he is not going away, just scaling back. |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2011 11:01 am Roy Thomas
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| Whatever Roy chooses to do, I wish him the best. A great man, and a great builder. |
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ROBERT MYERS
From:
HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2011 1:19 pm
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I wish Roy the very best and I'm sure glad I've got this one.
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Bob Myers Pedalmaster Classic 8 & 7 Profex2 Peavey M7000 Power Amp 2 15in speakers Nashville 400 Digitech RP 100 67 Fender Duo-sonic 69 Fender Mustang |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 10 Apr 2011 5:43 pm
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I stumbled on to Roy's shop several years ago while on a 'Best Little Whorehouse...' tour - he happened to be situated right behind our hotel!
I spent a lovely afternoon noodling on a steel in the shop and just chatting away with him. A thoroughly nice man who made me feel so welcome that day.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2011 5:48 pm Pedalmaster steel guitars
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| All I know is Roy builds the best steel guitars, my steel guitar shows no cabijnet flex, it stays in pitch and goes right back to pitch when the pedals are released, no signs of cabinet drop. Steve Black. |
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