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Topic: Jerry Byrd model Excel Guitar??? |
Robert Shauger
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Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 4:22 am |
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| I have a chance to buy an Excel, Jerry Byrd model D-10 from a private party, but can't find a whole lot of info on this guitar online as far as pricing, etc. The guitar is 6 months old. Does anyone know it's approx. value, and are Excel's good pedal steel's? Thanks |
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Bill Stafford
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Gulfport,Ms. USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 5:59 am
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HI Robert, check with Scotty's music about pricing etc as he is the USA dealer for EXCEL. Their pedal steels are the only PSG with the extended 25 1/2" scale (Superb model). And the only psg with five raise and five lower capability. Scotty is the USA dealer and can inform you on prices, etc. My new EXCEL Superb S-14 is the very best steel I have ever had-period! And should you desire update info from new owners, contact Roy Ayres about his new EXCEL. (Roy is a forum member and just happens to be the steel guitarist on the origingal recording of hit songs like "Tennessee Waltz". And you may contact me direct for additional information should you desire. Good luck.
Bill Stafford |
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Clyde Lane
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Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 9:03 am
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There was a Excel Jerry Byrd D10 on ebay last week but I don't recall the price. It was a non-pedal guitar, maybe they all are. Sure was pretty though.
Clyde |
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 9:19 am
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Hi Bill. I just happened to stumble across this thread. I can add a little about the Excel, since I now have a few weeks of using my new Excel Superb under my belt. We are still on vacation in Tennessee, but I have found two groups of local musicians with whom I can jam quite regularly.
My Excel is unbelievable when it comes to staying in tune. Mitsuo Fugii tuned it up in Japan and transported it to St. Louis. It was delivered to me there as a surprise birthday gift from my wife, Laurie. It was perfectly in tune when I got it, and I took it directly to the Hawaiian show and played it without touching the tuning. I then brought it to the Memphis area, set it up for practice, then played it at the house a couple of weeks, then took it to a local steel club jam session. It was still in tune! It was the following week during a practice session that I had to touch the tuning up the first time. The supreme test was a few days later when I loaded it into the trunk of my car where it sat all day in the hot sum before I took it inside of a friend's house to play. It was STILL in tune. It is a "keyless" and if other keyless designs are anything close to Mitsuo's design, I will NEVER go back to a keyed guitar. My guess is that the solid rock maple body and neck and the keyless mechanism are the secret to its tuning stability. There is essentially no metal in the guitar to expand and contract with temperature changes. And, by the way, the tone is outstanding.
Thanks, Bill, for steering Laurie to the Excel when she asked you to help her get a new axe built for me.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 11:34 am
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| Moved to the "No Peddlers" section of the Forum. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 11:48 am
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I just re-opened it, because there's a confusion here. I'm sure that the Jerry Byrd model is non-pedal (Jerry would never endorse a pedal guitar), but you then asked if Excels are good pedal steels.
I also doubt that the Jerry Byrd model comes in a D-10 configuration, but I could be wrong about that. As far as I know, Jerry Byrd never plays more than 8 string per neck.
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 12:34 pm
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| Roy, I just have one question. Does Laurie have a sister? |
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Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 3:10 pm
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John,
No, she does not have a sister -- and don't get any ideas because she does have a mean husband.
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Clyde Lane
From:
Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 4:35 pm
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ebay item #3757714575. Auction is closed as of today. They were asking about $1500.00 for it. It was a D8.
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 8:21 pm
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click Here ... Nice guitar, and not a bad price at all. It's a D-8 without pedals. The Excel Jerry Byrd models are great guitars, world-class, really.
Is this similar to the one you're looking at, Robert?
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