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Topic: An old SUPRO- owned by Mr. Barney Kessel |
Barney Roach
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Del Mar, California, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2022 1:32 pm |
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I thought this was just too cool not to share. This is at The Amigo's Vintage Guitar Show in Costa Mesa, CA. It was purchased at Barney Kessel's estate sale. All of the magazines in the photo have Barney's home address on the mailing labels too. Seller said that Barney did the modifications on it, and used it for recording sessions.
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 5 Jun 2022 4:03 pm
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Very cool. Barney Kessel was always one of my favorites. He did some great records with Oscar Peterson and Niels Henning Orsted Pederson, among so many others. I'd like to hear what he did with lap steel!
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Barney Roach
From:
Del Mar, California, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2022 4:14 pm
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Thanks David- I would too!! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 5 Jun 2022 7:31 pm
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That is pretty cool. I know quite a few heavy guitarists who are well known but no one knows they own or play steel. It doesn't surprise me that an Oklahoma man like Barney would know a bit about it. Not at all.
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Mikiya Matsuda
From:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 6 Jun 2022 2:16 am
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Like a lot of players in the LA studios, Barney had a Tele and likely a number of instruments to use on sessions when something unusual came up. I expect he played it in the most rudimentary manner or perhaps, like Tommy Tedesco, tuned every instrument like a Spanish guitar. He was devoted to the guitar and spent several hours a day in practice.
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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