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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 5:07 pm |
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Bud thanks for building both my carter d10 s
back in 2006, I play them all the time and they
are the most trouble free best sounding steels
i have ever owned but more than that thanks
for the honest professional way you did busines
at Carter guitars. |
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Stephen Cordingley
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 29 Apr 2011 8:27 pm
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I really like my Carters, too. They are pretty trouble free, sound very nice, play smoothly ... all around quality items. They don't seem to get discussed that much here, and perhaps don't have the "wow" factor that other current (and vintage) makers generate. I guess it's just a quiet respect for a proven and reliable product. (steady resale values seem to confirm the favourable reputation.)
I see other brands for sale, and am curious, but I can't find anything so lacking in the Carters as to tempt me away... |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 2:34 pm
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| some of my favorite players play carters. interestingly, carters and msa's have become two solid mainstays of the industry. |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 3:16 pm
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I think Carter has some "wow factor" despite Stephen's previous comment. 
I got this D10 here on the forum last year.
It plays and sounds as good as it looks!
Thanks Bud.
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Carson Leighton
From:
N.B. Canada
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 3:21 pm
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| Carter steels are second to none in my book..They are reasonably priced, very well built, have an excellent tone and stay in tune as well as any other steel...They are also a dream to play on...The action is super smooth,,at least on mine, thanks to Bud, John and of course, Ann, for their great service... Carson |
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Terry Winter
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 30 Apr 2011 10:08 pm
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I play two Carters and have never had any problems and if I do I've got Al Brisco there to help. Can't get much better than that. ( I had both custom built)
Terry |
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 May 2011 1:27 am
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My humble and most sincere thanks to Bud Carter for the design and build, and to Ann and the late John Fabian for their unfailing kindness when I was purchasing my beautiful clear laquer, sausage-quilt maple Carter D10 (photos below).
and here she is a little closer up,
and just one more from the changer-end.
Such a beautiful machine on which to play the least amount possible in the most tasteful manner I can manage!
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The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being. |
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Damien Odell
From:
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 May 2011 2:05 am
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| Ned, that is gorgeous. |
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Damien Odell
From:
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 May 2011 2:06 am
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| Ned, that is gorgeous. |
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 1 May 2011 6:38 am
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Thank you, Bud. My Carter s12 7x5 is sweet and fun to mess around with. I have enjoyed it since April 2004.
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Sherman L. Willden
It is easy to play the steel guitar. Playing so that the audience finds it pleasing is the difficult act. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 1 May 2011 12:08 pm
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I've seen no incentive to change, except to put on an Alumitone PU because they are an actual advancement. I like to play way up high on the bass strings sometimes and that's kind of the "acid test" to me, and the Carter/Alumitone works fine. All the pedals and knees always do what they're supposed to....
I actually didn't understand what "cabinet drop" was until I played a few steels belonging to other people, because my Carter didn't have any that can be heard or measured. Though, I've never had it banging around the bottom of a bus or trailer for thousands of miles, and I do suspect that that's actually where a lot of "wear" (and cabinet drop) on steel guitars comes from, more so than playing. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 1 May 2011 2:33 pm
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what is 'sausage-quilt'? i've never heard that term.
is that what pigs in a blanket use when they get cold? |
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Elton Smith
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 1 May 2011 3:56 pm
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What a beautiful guitar!In the cabnet shop we call that curly maple.
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Gibson Les Paul
Reverend Avenger
Paul Reed Smith
Fender Telecaster
MSA S10 Classic
ShoBud
Old Peavy Amps |
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Elton Smith
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 1 May 2011 4:05 pm
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By the way did you know that type of wood grain is not natural growth?Its sort of a freak of nature.Thats why its so hard to come by.
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Gibson Les Paul
Reverend Avenger
Paul Reed Smith
Fender Telecaster
MSA S10 Classic
ShoBud
Old Peavy Amps |
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 May 2011 6:11 pm
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Sausage-quilt is a term that is fairly new to me as well, perhaps because the pattern is slightly reminscent of sausages in a bunch. Sure looks purty though! (Duncan Hodge reckons this is the most beautiful steel he has ever seen, but I'd say there are steels from several makers which look as good and maybe even better. Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beer-holder!)
Here's another piccy!
Magnificent engineering and construction. I am one proud owner/player.
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The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being. |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 May 2011 6:46 pm
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Well, I have two of them. One I bought new in '96 and an '03 I picked up about three years ago. I had Bud to add some knee levers for me and they are now alike. I have had them on stage with other guitars and I like mine better. Keep in mind that I am just a weekend wannabe.
I wouldn't trade either of mine. Come to think of it you couldn't buy either one off me. |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 2 May 2011 1:37 am
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Sherman, My Carter is identical to yours, Black (Universal)
I got it as a used guitar here in UK in 2003, it's a 2000 model. The previous owner had never played a pedal steel before, and to take on a Universal as a first guitar was too much for him. All I did was replace the Pickup with a Wallace TT. He had ordered it with a Lawrence 712, but for me it was just too bright, and I wanted a single coil back in it's place. Over the years since I started playing pedals (1970) I have had all the major brands, I still have a Sho-Bud Universal (I had a conversion done to a S-12).....I echo all the previous entries here on the Carter. Great mechanics, light, good tone...all that one wants, and a good price too.
Micky Byrne U.K. |
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Martin Weenick
From:
Lecanto, FL, USA
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Posted 2 May 2011 4:16 am Sausage Quilt
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CHRIS, sausage quilt is another name for quilted maple which grows on the west coast. It's expensive. Martin.
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Robbie Daniels
From:
Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 2 May 2011 7:29 am
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I have a D12 Carter built for me in December 2005 with 8 and 6 configuration all polished aluminum and it looks great, mahogany and white. I have never had to make aditional adjustments and it comes out of the case virtually ready to play. Only time tuning is required is when I have to compensate for temperature changes on the strings. I played MSA's from 1968 until I had my Carter built in 2005 and the MSA and Carter have been more than excellent for me. Bud designed and built great guitars.
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Carter D12, MSA S12, 12 String Custom Made Non-Pedal, Evans FET 500LV, Evans SE200, Peavey Nashville 400, Fender Steel King |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 2 May 2011 12:25 pm
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Ned,
That is a beauty.
chris, I laughed so hard a tear rolled out!
Keep em coming. 
Clete |
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Joseph Barcus
From:
Volga West Virginia
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Terry Winter
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 2 May 2011 8:19 pm
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Ned, Your steel is the same as mine except I opted for aluminum necks. They are so easy on the eye and smooth to play.
Terry |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 3 May 2011 7:30 am
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Anyone ever notice how few pro model Carters show up in the FOR SALE ads.
I have told Bud thanks several times in person. |
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Isaac Stanford
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 3 May 2011 4:58 pm Quilted maple
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Here's a photo of my maple Carter taken at a recent show. It's a great instrument.
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 4 May 2011 1:05 am Re: Quilted maple
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Isaac, thats a real beauty!
If you didnt tell us it was a Carter, how else might we identify it?
Did you remove the name plate, or was it made without one?
Clete |
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