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Topic: Tone old Buds an old Emmons PP |
Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 5:30 am |
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I know it’s a true Fact that Dick Overby found the tone in his old Sho Bud that inspired his playing style. It’s like you could buy tone for your vocal chords who would you choose Merle Haggard or Tiny Tim!
How can two pedal steels from the same era sound totally different.
Why cant the tone of the Bud an Emmons push pull be recreated today in modern steels.
Two young Twin brothers going too Belmont college came too check out my for sale steels yesterday both are accomplished musicians.
I have Franklin, Msa, Zum Rittenberry, Emmons push pulls, Carter, Gfi an Jacksoan more.
I try my best too explain for a beginner it would be best too start with a modern all pull steel an this way you could spend there time practicing rather than constantly tuning.
After spending hours playing all these steels they choose the old round front brass barrels behind racks.
Why , it all comes down to tone it’s obviously the answer. If they had not had a chance too here the difference an compare they would have chose a modem all pull steel.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 5:43 am
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It’s just a fact most of us search for tone in a steel.
An many of us had the best steel for tone an let the steel go in the search for better tone an playability.
Nothing new here just eye opening for me when put too the test that two young musicians
Wanting a steel with good tone chose a old Bud hands down because of tone. |
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Nicholas Cox
From:
CA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 7:48 am
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| Price tag has something to do with it I’m sure. |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 8:43 am
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I've seen videos of the kids going to Belmont and East Tennessee State for music performance, they're basically pro level players going into college.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 10:07 am
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| Well we can’t all wear the same size shoes right? |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 10:30 am
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Johnie King said:
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| It’s like you could buy tone for your vocal chords who would you choose Merle Haggard or Tiny Tim! |
Well put - I'm still laughing! 
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 2:32 pm
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| No price had absolutely nothing to do these young men were looking for a instrument with tone. |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2020 5:16 pm
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| "Yeah Sho Bud". I will stay with Buds, no questions asked!!!! I played live last night at a indoor dance hall for the first time this year. All of our shows were all canceled this year because of the virus. Never realized how great my tone was until last night. It was like not hearing from a good friend for months. When I was playing constantly you really don't notice your tone. Almost 40 years with Sho Buds. NV 112 and a Steel Guitar Black Box. Sounded like Angels humming. |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 6:15 am
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| Thanks Kevin |
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 12 Oct 2020 4:24 pm
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I've had more than 25 guitars in my career. Some good sounding, some great sounding and a couple not so great. The absolute best sounding one is the 68 Sho-Bud Permanent I currently play. It's just got some magic that I have only heard in a handful of guitars over the years.
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2020 10:05 am
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| Johnny Cox wrote: |
| I've had more than 25 guitars in my career. Some good sounding, some great sounding and a couple not so great. The absolute best sounding one is the 68 Sho-Bud Permanent I currently play. It's just got some magic that I have only heard in a handful of guitars over the years. |
Same with me Johnny about owning lots of guitars and I’ve had close to 50. Still, the best two out of all of them would be a Sho Bud pro II I had and my Emmons push pulls. Both different but both great. Either just have something special to me that most guitars don’t have, however, I did own a teal Zum that had that something special too.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
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