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Topic: Jonathan"s new steel |
Hap Young
From:
Yuma, AZ, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 6:00 am |
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| Two months ago I told you a story about a blind boy in my church who I thought could learn to play the steel. As it was imposible for his dad to go out and buy him one, I'm proud to say that some very generous fourumites came through and now Jonathan is the proud owner of his first (new) steel guitar. I would personally like to thank George Wixon who donated the Maverick Sho-Bud. He also went and shipped it to Canada to be overhauled, and when that was completed he paid to have it shipped here to me in Az. I would like to thank my friend in Canada who totally made over the guitar. He completely dis-assembled it, polished and cleaned all the parts. He took the covering off the guitar and got down to the original wood, sanded it down and varnished it. ( why in the world did Sho-Bud cover beautiful wood with such an un-atractive piece of covering, I'll never understand. You all know this generouse man and one who I'm proud to call a friend. His name is Wayne Brown of out west country pac seats. He and George also included a junior seat for Jonathan. As you can see from the link, Jonathan is a happy camper. http://www.outwestpacseat.ca/Jonathan.htm [This message was edited by Hap Young on 08 September 2003 at 07:30 AM.] [This message was edited by Hap Young on 08 September 2003 at 04:21 PM.] [This message was edited by Hap Young on 08 September 2003 at 05:57 PM.] |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 6:16 am
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Hap, what a happy story.I assume the boy is under 18 years old,if he is go to our website,www.swsteelguitar.com and get him his membership card,it's free membership to anyone under 18 and interested in steel guitar.You can register him online.Thanks,
Ray
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Steeling is still legal in Arizona
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 6:57 am
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hi hap,
great story!!. i just bought your m.s.a d10xl
from wayne. can't wait to get it here. any info on the guitar ??
paul wade 
msa d-10
evans amp
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Donna Dodd
From:
Acworth, Georgia, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 7:22 am
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Wonderful story! The community outreach stories I've heard about many of you steel players is very moving. Clearly, some have gone those extra miles, and inspire us all to do more (for the right reasons).
Thank you for sharing. By the way, the name you mentioned didn't surprise me in the least. (if we had a little smiley face with a halo, I'd insert it here).
GREAT humanitarian love!!
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 7:41 am
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indeed a Wonderfull Thread
you guys are GREAT |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Wayne Brown
From:
Bassano, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 2:48 pm
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here's the link to the pic's of jonathan ...my friend
thanks
wayne
http://www.outwestpacseat.ca/Jonathan.htm [This message was edited by Wayne Brown on 08 September 2003 at 03:53 PM.] |
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Hap Young
From:
Yuma, AZ, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 6:30 pm
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Thanks wayne for the link. I couldnt get mine to work.
Ray I sent in the info for a membership for Jonathan. In a year or two he will probably give us all a run for our money. |
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Lem Smith
From:
Long Beach, MS
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 7:24 pm
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My compliments also to the ones responsible for giving this deserving young man a steel guitar.
Now...I have a question. Do all of the Sho~Bud Mavericks that are covered with vinyl have such nice wood underneath? I'm with Hap...why in the world would they cover such pretty wood with the covering?
Now I've just gotta get a Maverick to take the covering off of it and see!!! 
Lem[This message was edited by Lem Smith on 08 September 2003 at 08:25 PM.] |
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 7:57 pm
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Me and George have recently become pretty good friends. Met here on the Forum. And then met,live, at the MASSBASH.
George is a smarty pants. Knows a lot about
BIAB. And knows even more than you can imagine,
about ever thing else!
Keep an open eye. GW has a very informative site. And George is, for now, capable and willing to be pretty much ONE on ONE.
GW knows his stuff.
Thanks Y'all......
Chapinski
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 8 Sep 2003 11:44 pm
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Yes Lem.
Underneath that junky brown covering is a piece of maple
i stripped mine years ago while i had it and it did look a lot better
Thanx for the link Wayne |
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Wayne Brown
From:
Bassano, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 9 Sep 2003 2:27 am
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not a problem crowbear ...people need to know about the spirit of this child...and how people that have never met ...like hap and george have made this world a better place
thanks
wayne |
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John P. Phillips
From:
Folkston, Ga. U.S.A., R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Sep 2003 3:40 am
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That's exactly why I'm so proud to be a member of such a loving brotherhood. Great thing you guys did. Folks deserve to know about this. (We knew it all along tho didn't we ?)
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JUST 'CAUSE I STEEL, DON'T MAKE ME A THIEF
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2003 4:17 am
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Great story.
Now does this young man have an amp.
If not maybe we should work on that.
Bill[This message was edited by Bill Ferguson on 09 September 2003 at 05:18 AM.] |
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Hap Young
From:
Yuma, AZ, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2003 5:45 am
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Bill,
Thanks for your concern, but his dad being a musician has enough amps. He just got a fender deville amp w/ 4 10 in speakers He said Jonathan could use that.As you can see from the smile on Jonathan's face , he is in hog heaven.[This message was edited by Hap Young on 10 September 2003 at 07:11 AM.] |
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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