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Topic: Bigsby lap steel? |
Brent Knudsen
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 25 Feb 2015 6:06 pm |
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Hello
I am new to the forum
I got this a few years ago off EBAY and Ive had 2 people tell me it may be a Paul Bigsby
I found 1 photo online of one his that sure looked similar (although it was a pedal steel) but the same wood (rock maple?) and the machine head assembly was identical
The only info I had from the estate sale was that it was bought used in 1952 and the fellow had passed away and he was in charge of selling his belongings
I bought it from central California where Paul Bigsby lived and built his beauties
If anyone has any info I would sure appreciate it |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2015 6:13 pm
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The good news is there are 2 or 3 of THE authorities on Bigsby in the world right here on the Forum...almost daily.
Be patient, they'll see this soon.
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Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer |
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Brent Knudsen
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 25 Feb 2015 6:26 pm
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| Rick Abbott wrote: |
The good news is there are 2 or 3 of THE authorities on Bigsby in the world right here on the Forum...almost daily.
Be patient, they'll see this soon. |
Thanks Rick |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 9:45 am
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That doesn't appear to be a Bigsby made steel guitar to me, but I cannot identify the maker. It's a nice piece of wood, but neither the fretboard, tuner mechanism nor pickups appear to be those used by Mr. Bigsby.
I've moved this from the Forum Feedback section into Steel Without Pedals so more people can have a go at trying to identify it.
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A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 10:08 am
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| glued up 4/4 maple stock. that does not look like bigsby to me....but i am not the expert. it is a cool old guitar though. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 10:09 am
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Not a Bigsby. Ask the men who own one (with apologies to whatever is left of the Packard Motor Co.). 
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 10:13 am For what it's worth...........
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In MY opinion, this guitar simply does not measure up to the high quality standards that Paul Bigsby established early on.
The wood is not the same(?)......
Too much glitzy tin or chrome plating........
The volume and tone knobs are too clutsy.........
The phony fret board is not of his stature.........
The only thing similar that I detect are the tuning pegs. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 11:18 am
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ah...no
i'm sure its a nice steel though - looks like good work
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Brent Knudsen
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 26 Feb 2015 12:02 pm
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Thanks to all of you for responding
I'm just curious to find out where it's from |
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Brent Knudsen
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2015 12:27 pm
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Yeah I know
Me neither |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2015 12:29 pm
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| The keyheads were professionally cast by somebody, who is unlikely to have stopped at those two? And it has that 50's vibe, Modern Space-Age Plexiglass! fingerboards and all. Keep digging... in the meantime you've got a guitar to play too! |
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Brent Knudsen
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2015 12:34 pm
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| Well thank you very much |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2015 12:47 pm
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He likely took the key heads off something else.
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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