D 12 9&8 Dekley w/case

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 7 Nov 2011 10:59 am

Bill Stroud's pride and joy D12 made for him. Great sounding and playing steel. Loaded with changes.
A bargain at 2000.00

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 7 Nov 2011 5:05 pm

Buddy Cage from The New Riders may be interested.
This looks like his old axe.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 7 Nov 2011 7:27 pm

Very nice Chuck. Looks great!

Russ

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 8 Nov 2011 1:20 pm

Chuck, I'll have to say that that's the nicest looking Dekley I've ever seen! It looks like the pickup(s) have a woodgrain cover on top of them or is that just a reflection?.......JH in Va.

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 8 Nov 2011 1:31 pm

Yes a woodgrain cover to match.

Mike Pace · Post by **Mike Pace** » 8 Nov 2011 1:48 pm

I agree Pete. This is probably as close as one can get to Cage's old axe without the help of Larry Hilt. It's been close to ten years, two guitars, and nothing seems to pass Buddy's litmus test....

Dennis Wireman · Post by **Dennis Wireman** » 13 Nov 2011 5:53 am

man a loaded Dekley with alot of history behind it and a fine fellow to do business with what more could you want.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 13 Nov 2011 6:01 am

Larry Hilt was the 'H' and I was the 'S' of "H-S Custom Signature". I have to say that this guitar is at least as nice as the one I built for myself. Bill was asking a lot more for it before he passed, and it was worth it. This is a great bargain basement price on an awesome guitar.

After I left Dekley and moved to Texas, Larry Hilt built a few "Hilt" guitars, one of which was for Buddy Cage. While there were a lot of design modifications from the Dekley, a lot of the external cosmetics were the same, or close to the Dekley.

I only got a chance to look at a Hilt once for a few minutes, and I don't remember what he changed.

Matt Teske · Post by **Matt Teske** » 13 Nov 2011 11:45 am

Chuck,
email sent

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 13 Nov 2011 12:26 pm

Dang, I would sure love to own that guitar!! Even though I don't know what I'd do with 2 necks.

I've only played U12s since the early 70s.

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 15 Nov 2011 3:57 pm

Steel sold. Waiting on funds
Thanks to all who looked.