Merle Travis Bigsby Steel Guitar

Mule Ferguson · Post by **Mule Ferguson** » 20 May 2013 10:59 am

The Merle Travis Bigsby Steel. From The Story of Paul Bigsby. Notice the case!

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 20 May 2013 4:31 pm

Pete Martinez, and LA steel player that worked with Tex, Jimmy Wakely, and others, told me that he had a Bigsby console made soon after Joaquin's T-8 that had the case be part of the stand of the guitar.

Pete moved back to Wichita Falls in the early 50's, but hung on to the Bigsby. It was stolen in the mid-80's and he lost all interest in playing steel after that.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 18 Jul 2018 3:27 am

I read on FarceBook that this guitar is in a storage unit in France ??

CLICK THIS to view and buyâ€”â€”>

Eric Stumpf · Post by **Eric Stumpf** » 23 Jul 2018 4:03 am

Did he ever play steel on a recording?

Deke Dickerson · Post by **Deke Dickerson** » 15 Jan 2019 1:59 am

Hey Basilh,

Sorry to throw you off about merle Travis' Bigsby steel guitar! I posted some photos of it but I didn't want to reveal the location with my phone's GPS, so I said I was in France to throw off any would-be steel guitar thieves who might track it down using GPS positioning!!

Travis' Bigsby steel is actually in Southern California....yes, in a storage unit.

Deke

Drew Howard · Post by **Drew Howard** » 19 Jan 2019 8:12 am