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Don Barnhardt
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Posted 15 Sep 2012 12:24 pm |
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| I'm hoping someone is familiar with instruments Roy Wiggins played. I got a lead today on one of a pair of lap steels that Little Roy supposedly owned and played. I have no idea what make the instrument is. I saw Roy in person once with Eddy Arnold about 60 years ago and I think he was playing a Gibson double neck. Roy Wiggins was one of my favorite steelers when I was in my teens and I would be interested in this guitar. I learned a long time ago not to buy or trade for music instruments on faith alone so any input you fellows can give me will be appreciated. |
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Dennis Coelho
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Wyoming, USA
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Posted 15 Sep 2012 3:55 pm Topic: Roy Wiggins guitars
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| On the cover of Scotty's book of Wiggin's arrangements, Little Roy is playing what looks to be a custom double eight. It has raised fingerboards and shaped raised pegheads. Perhaps something similar to the double Sho-bud that Jerry Byrd had made. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 15 Sep 2012 4:12 pm
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Don Barnhardt
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Sep 2012 5:51 pm
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| Michael you always have a wealth of information. thanks |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 Sep 2012 2:15 am
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| I worked for Roy, at his Nashville music store, in the early 70's. He didn't have any single neck lap steels that I know of. |
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Don Barnhardt
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2012 7:48 am
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| Gents...I appreciate the help and prompt response. I Googled up a Youtube of Roy and they had a picture of him with I think Eddy Arnold. Anyway he was standing up playing what appears to be a Gibson 150-H. Thanks again for the help and as far as I'm concerned this can be closed. |
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Dave Mayes
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Oakland, Ca.
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Posted 16 Sep 2012 5:49 pm
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Don't close this thread yet....
I picked up a VHS tape on eBay of Little Roy Wiggins doing a great job of "finger syncing" a bunch of his hits.
On my tape he's playing his "Little Roy" double 8 that he uses on a bunch of the YouTube postings. My tape has a number of somewhat fuzzy closeups of Roy's guitar. Roy's guitar clearly has horseshoe pickups and what may be the Shot Jackson silver Jerry Byrd fretboards.
On one of the Youtube videos Roy says this guitar was built for him by Derby Steel Guitars.
I highly recommended everyone keep an eye out for this Ebay treasure...if only for the "naughty nightie" contest that accompanies one of Little Roy's performances! |
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Thiel Hatt
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Utah, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2012 6:53 pm
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| About a year before his death the band I was with (The Country Classics) was playing at the Rose Center in Morristown , Tennessee. Roy Wiggins was there, and I sat out one set (on the pedal steel) and Little Roy joined the Country Classics and played about a 45 minute set. He was playing his double neck Sho-Bud that Night. I say him at the Smokey mountain Steel Guitar shows and each time he was on his Sho-Bud. I also visited his shop in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and he had the Sho-Bud set up there and would play it for customers. What a neat guy ! |
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