The Steel Guitar Forum

It's probably Curley Chalker on those, as well as on Sixty Minute Man. I haven't looked at the liner notes of that album in years, but that's what I remember. But yes, Dusty is on those other tracks too.

It's Jack Evins.

Slowly was the first hit song utilizing the E9 1 to 4 chord pedal change, but it wasn't the first time Isaacs used it on the record. Apparently this Red Foley song was recorded slightly earlier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtWt7DV1s2s

Don Davis and Hank Garland teamed up and built Daland pedal steels in the mid 50s. Only a handful were made, here's Don playing which I believe is the # 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esNDABJ53s

Whoa, a single neck original Bigsby with a Hise lever/changer! :eek: Looks pretty darn mint too. There was one similar on ebay several years ago ( without the cam lever ) and it drew several grands. edit: here: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1026402&sid=4a730eebef8e892730c984e82...

Damir, I've played mine on stage many many times. Mostly here in Finland and Sweden and one tour in Germany years ago. I took it to US couple of times also but I don't like to take it on the gig anymore if I have to fly since I don't want the original case to be damaged. If I had a proper flight cas...

There's two, mine and Phil's. Then there's a one PA Reissue in London and at least some point there was a T8 non pedal guitar in Portugal that was made out of real Bigsby parts but not made by PA.

Steve: Keep looking around on Youtube. As of a few years ago, they had at least 2 other vids with Buddy and Jimmy: Take an old cold tater and wait; from the same TV show as the link you just posted, introduced by Carl Smith I'm comin' over tonight; not sure what the original source on this is, but ...

Here's a couple of tunes he played on while in Detroit. Note that he is playing a non pedal guitar with a special tuning to get the pedal sounds on the Jimmy Work tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsj2UVMVvO8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrq78e49QA

Yes, Jimmy Day.

I saw Johnny Farina in Spain at Screamin' Festival two years ago. Just two days before there'd been a rumor that Santo has passed away. We all wondered how he'd feel playing all those songs if his brother has just passed. Then he explained on stage before the show that it was their cousin, also name...

Picture is so blurry that can't say anything for sure. The body looks like a Bigsby and if the inlay says Bigsby then it most likely is. However, the pedal rack, necks, fretboards, PU's are not Bigsby, the keyheads probably either. Looks a lot like one of Shot Jackson's Bigsby conversions, which wou...

Frank Freniere wrote:Looks like John is playing a Bigsby with 10 pedals! Can't make out the number of necks, tho ...

It's not a Bigsby, I believe he made it himself. At least the one in the last picture ( dark colored guitar )is a Hughey.

It's the guitar in this ad, right??

It's hard to see from that pic I posted but yes, he's using three finger picks.

Here's Tom in 2005 at Greenbay Rockin' 50s Festival playing with The Texas Playboys. Tommy Allsup was on guitar and Leon Rausch on vocals. That's the custom built guitar he's playing that was mentioned in an earlier post, and as you can see, he's using a volume pedal. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/...

The caster legs are actually back legs, that's how PA instructed to set up his guitars. You can see the ferrules on the crutch rubber legs, they are there to prevent the pedal rack from sliding up the legs when you press the pedals. The rack should be below the ferrules. On this guitar they are just...

The front neck changer is not a Bigsby made. Due to its' bulky design, the volume ( or tone ) pot is also removed about an inch. You can see the hole in the end plate where it was originally. Also, the serial # indicates that the guitar is actually made in 1958, not -55 like the ad says. Aside from ...

Early Buds didn't have any serial #s. The decal says "Madison, Tennessee" right? If so, pre- 64, but since it appears to have PU's made by the Statosphere company, I'd say late 50's, probably a -58 or so. Judging by the screw holes underneath, someone has tinkered with the original set up ...

Who knows about the steel guitar in the picture? Is it the same one as on the record? I seem to think it's not the same for some reason...maybe a thread I read some time back. It's a double 9 string Sho Bud. There was a discussion about it years ago. Buddy had said that the front apron wood was exc...

Pete passed away quite a few years ago. Herb: Don't know if you've seen these pix. I ran down Pete's obituary within the last year--in the Wichita Falls paper if I recall. He worked a long time for local government there if I remember correctly. First pic; Tex Ritter band in 1946 with Spud Goodall,...

Buddy also said that he got the idea to the Night Life intro from turnaround on Barney's version of Midnight Sun ( at 24 seconds in the clip ):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0RfInuSQGc

I was there last August with my girlfriend. We stayed in an AirBnB room at Palmerston Place. I remember it being very affordable and nice and we always walked everywhere except one day when we took the bus to the beach in Portobello. Really nice city and tons of things to see during the festival.

bOb - You are correct. "The Walkin' The Floor" cut I posted is the later more often heard Charleton version. "The Next Voice You Hear" is the Emmons / Drake Permanent. The Emmons' version would be on the ET Bear Family Box Set "Yellow Rose of Texas" The guitar Emmons' ...

"Ask Buddy" section on Ernie Renn's excellent and informative BuddyEmmons.com website: http://www.buddyemmons.com/board_toc.htm “The only Bigsby instrumental I recall recording on the E9th tuning was Flint Hill Special, and it didn't have split pedals. I first split the pedals on a Fend...