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Topic: Pedalmaster and Roy Thomas |
James Sission
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Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2021 1:22 pm |
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I have been seriously considering the purchase of an S10 Pedalmaster guitar. A friend of mine, Jody Sanders, used to play one so I know they are pretty nice guitars. Anyway, I called the phone number on the old Pedalmaster website to ask about pedal rods to raise that guitar if I can buy it. I reached Roy Thomas who informed he was the former owner of Pedalmaster. He is 98 years old and was as pleasant as a man as could be. We talked for a while and he told me the story of how Jeff Newman died. He also directed me to a person who can help me out if I buy the guitar. Mr. Thomas also told me he has a sister that's 103 years old. I'm just sharing this as a matter of fellowship amoung steel players and to say that Mr. Thomas is a real super guy and I can only imagine that he paid close attention to detail when he built a guitar. He certainly is very alert and in very good spirits for a guy knocking on the door of 100 years old. Funny thing, we ended up taking about his move from Odessa Texas to Abbyville Louisiana in 1955.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 23 Jun 2021 1:49 pm
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That's great - isn't life wonderful!
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Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 23 Jun 2021 2:53 pm
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Roy built me a SD10 in late 90's I think. He is a great man and was a very particular builder. It was a great guitar. Don't know why I sold it. Just one of those moments.. Would like to know where it is now. It was a wine and pearl grey in color.
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2021 6:30 pm
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| I was able to speak with Roy back in 2020 during the pandemic. What a pleasant and caring man. He was not only sharp as can be but detail oriented. I didn't buy the steel his son was selling as it was a modified Jackson unable to be upgraded. Roy was very honest and truthful about that guitar. It was a pleasure talking with Roy. |
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