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Topic: Buddy Emmons' first pedal steel guitar. |
Mitch Ellis
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Collins, Mississippi USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2015 5:39 pm |
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I heard on the radio that the first pedal steel that Buddy Emmons made had a built-in cigarette lighter and ash tray. Does anyone have any info or pictures? Thank you.
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Russ Wever
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Posted 7 Jul 2015 9:34 pm
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Dunno if it was indeed his first,
but his Bigsby had the cigar
lighter and ashtray.
~Rw
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Richard Alderson
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2015 8:57 pm If its not on the internet it doesn't exist
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I have no idea who this belonged to, .....but it does have an ashtray.
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2015 9:32 pm
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I have a T-10 Bigsby with the ash tray. Here's a few of Buddy.
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 1:55 am
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| Great pictures of 'Buddie.' I always enjoy these. |
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 8:42 am
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See Ernie Renn's post below...
Last edited by Dave Grafe on 13 Jul 2015 12:33 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 8:46 am
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 9:35 am
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| Russ Wever wrote: |
Dunno if it was indeed his first,
but his Bigsby had the cigar
lighter and ashtray.
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Where exactly is the guitar cigar lighter? Anyone have a close-up? |
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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 9:52 am
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From the Buddy Emmons Q&A:
When did you first add pedals to your guitar and what did they do? My first pedal guitar was a Bigsby eight string triple neck with four pedals. Speedy West was my favorite steel guitar player and I heard he was playing a Bigsby, so I ordered one like his.
Paul Bigsby was making one pedal steel a month with a two-year waiting period. I ordered mine in 1952 and received it in 1954 while working in Detroit, Michigan.
A few months before my delivery date, the song Slowly was released. I recognized the intro and turnaround as a pedal sound so I called Mr. Bigsby and asked him to put the "Slowly" tuning on the outside neck.
The original E9th tuning from the top was E, B, G#, F#, D, B, G#, E. Pedal one pulled the B to C# and the G# to A. Pedal two pulled the D to E, B to C#, and G# to A. Both pedals down gave you an A6 chord. The third pedal lowered the Bs of an E6 tuning for an F# ninth chord. I don't remember what the fourth pedal did.
Did you ever use a coat hanger? I never had to deal with coat hangers. The Bigsby was my first experience with pedals.
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Bill Ford
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Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 9 Jul 2015 3:43 pm
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I read somewhere that BE switched the B, and G# strings to do a back slant for the pedal sound, he also did a session using this setup,he made it sound like he had the "Slowly" pedal.
BF
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rpetersen
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Iowa
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Posted 11 Jul 2015 5:31 am
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A friend of mine once owned a Sho-Bud that he bought direct from Buddy - It had the flip out Ash Tray - Never had heard of a lighter on any of his steels
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Brett Day
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Pickens, SC
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Posted 11 Jul 2015 5:33 pm
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| He had a nonpedal Fender steel, then his first pedal steel was a Bigsby. |
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 11 Jul 2015 7:03 pm
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| I'm sure the lighter sat in the ashtray. Just a regular old lighter, nothing out of the ordinary that required 12V or anything... |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2015 12:39 pm
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Erv, I have that album too. I bought it at Picketts music store in Columbus Ind. in the late 50's or early 60's.
Did you notice that the picture on the album is done from the reverse side of the negative, so it is backwards?
When your sitting at a Multi-Kord the pedals are always on the left end. I have not known of Harlin Bros. to ever have made a left handed Multi-Kord.
My understanding is that Multi-Kord was just for picture purposes only, and was not one Buddy actually ever played, although I have heard that he has played one. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 13 Jul 2015 5:01 am
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| Bill Ford wrote: |
I read somewhere that BE switched the B, and G# strings to do a back slant for the pedal sound, he also did a session using this setup,he made it sound like he had the "Slowly" pedal.
BF |
This is the song in question, Buddy playing E9 pedal sounds WITHOUT pedals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsTqzoOwEg |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2015 6:32 am
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| Jussi Huhtakangas wrote: |
| Bill Ford wrote: |
I read somewhere that BE switched the B, and G# strings to do a back slant for the pedal sound, he also did a session using this setup,he made it sound like he had the "Slowly" pedal.
BF |
This is the song in question, Buddy playing E9 pedal sounds WITHOUT pedals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsTqzoOwEg |
He actually omitted a string! Here's a link to TAB on Buddy's site:
http://www.buddyemmons.com/Believe.htm
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