Paul Bigsby book and NPR profile

Ambrose Verdibello · Post by **Ambrose Verdibello** » 9 Mar 2009 8:24 am

I don't know if anybody else caught the NPR interview with Andy Babiuk, author of "The Story of Paul A. Bigsby: Father of the Modern Electric Solidbody Guitar." Anyway, interesting stuff with sound clips of Murph, Speedy and others.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =101583548

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 9 Mar 2009 6:20 pm

Thank you for the info and posting the link, Ambrose, somehow I missed that.

Richard Terry · Post by **Richard Terry** » 10 Mar 2009 7:13 am

Ambrose, thanks for the post. I missed the broadcast. I had just been posting a bit in a Non pedal, Magnatone thread about Ethel Starr of Starr Studios Fresno California back in the 1950s who owned a Bigsby. I need to get that book, so thanks.

Richard Terry

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 10 Mar 2009 7:34 am

Thanks for the link ... I ordered that book just the other day

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 10 Mar 2009 6:50 pm

Little known fact about Paul Bigsby, he was an avid motorcyclist like so many other steelers.

He designed the "Big Tank" Crocker during his stint with the Crocker Company.

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 10 Mar 2009 8:43 pm

I'm impatiently waiting for my copy of the book to get here!!!

Casey