Bud Carter..Memorial Service Info...

Al Brisco · Post by **Al Brisco** » 13 Mar 2015 8:24 am

My heart sunk when I got the phone message from Bud's wife informing me that Bud died at 8:00 P.M. yesterday.

In my mind he was one of the most knowledged people regarding pedal steel guitar in the world!

He had 100's of ideas that he never got a chance to develop!
God Bless
Al Brisco

Bob Poole · Post by **Bob Poole** » 13 Mar 2015 8:40 am

Prayers for Bud's family...we're gonna miss him.

pdl20 · Post by **pdl20** » 13 Mar 2015 8:54 am

My Condolences to Family and all his friends. Im sure God has a place for him with all the steel players we have lost these past years. RIP Mr. Carter

Tracy Sheehan · Post by **Tracy Sheehan** » 13 Mar 2015 11:43 am

I worked for Maurice Anderson and with Bud Carter back in the early 70s at the old MSA factory. We stayed friends all through the years. Both are missed along with John Fabian I knew but not as well as Bud and Reece. I miss them all.

I never got to know many of the Dallas pickers as I coulden't stay off the road which I loved to do back then. Tracy

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 13 Mar 2015 11:51 am

RIP Bud Carter. My Condolences to Family and all his friends. He will be sorely missed.

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 13 Mar 2015 12:35 pm

This is sad news. My thoughts and prayers are with Bud's family. May Bud Carter rest in peace.

Spencer Scott · Post by **Spencer Scott** » 13 Mar 2015 1:29 pm

We used to meet up at the Dallas show every year,I would hand him a book on English history something he just loved to read. I am going to miss him he was a great friend. My condolences to his family.
Spence UK.

Buddie Hrabal · Post by **Buddie Hrabal** » 13 Mar 2015 1:32 pm

Bud built my first new guitar while working for MSA in Oak Cliff area of Dallas.It had a wooden neck and the tailpiece was filed down for the tuning keys to fit. This man was a genius. There is probably not a steel made today that doesn't have some of Bud Carter's
workability. RIP my friend.

Post by **Joey Ace** » 13 Mar 2015 1:37 pm

Words can not express the loss to our community.
RIP Bud Carter. The world is a better place because of you.

Susan Alcorn · Post by **Susan Alcorn** » 13 Mar 2015 1:41 pm

This is such sad news. As I write this I'm sitting behind one of those guitars that bears his signature. He was a revolutionary designer and builder of pedal steel guitars as well as a great and under-rated musician. My deepest condolences to his family.

Hal Stackhouse · Post by **Hal Stackhouse** » 13 Mar 2015 2:44 pm

This is so sad. When I became an MSA dealer back in the 70's Bud came into Reece's office and did all the measurements he needed. Reece had him build a custom Vintage XL 12 string for me. Bud was such a great guy to work with when I needed something.

Rest in peace my friend you will be greatly missed.

Hal Stackhouse

Louie Hallford · Post by **Louie Hallford** » 13 Mar 2015 4:27 pm

Bud Carter built my first pedal steel while he was working for MSA.in the70,s.

While I never owned a Carter I spent a lot of hours in and out of small shop where he Worked for the Fabians.

He along with Bobby Bowman were two of the most skilled people I knew working on steel guitars.

I consider Bud the the most expert builder, technician, in the business. A great guy.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 13 Mar 2015 5:45 pm

What awful news. Bud was a genius. My thoughts go out to his family, friends, and the whole steel guitar community.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 13 Mar 2015 9:15 pm

Close to 20 years of my steel playing career were spent behind 2 MSA guitars that had his signature underneath.

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 14 Mar 2015 1:56 am

I'm just one of the steel-players lucky enough, and justly proud, to own a steel-guitar with his surname on the front.

Thanks Bud, for your inventiveness, diligence, ability to innovate, design skills and insight, your love of the instrument itself and the desire to build great steel-guitars.

RIP and Godspeed. My sincerest condolences to his friends and family. He will me misssed, but never forgotten.

Jerry Gleason · Post by **Jerry Gleason** » 14 Mar 2015 2:02 am

So sorry to hear about this. Bud was a terrific guy and and a great engineer, but also a great musician. I shared a story on Facebook about a time that I was having a phone conversation with John Fabian, and I couldn't keep my attention on what he was saying because of the incredible steel playing going on in the background. I finally asked who was in the shop playing, and he said "Oh, that's just Bud, messing around". I almost asked John to be quiet so I could listen.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 14 Mar 2015 3:33 am

We learned of this news in the Dallas Show yesterday, and his absence was very conspicuous as he always performed every year. Bud was a little man, but was a giant in the world of steel guitar construction. Many of his ideas have been copied and incorporated in modern pedal steels. RIP Mr Steel Guitar.

Bob Simmons · Post by **Bob Simmons** » 14 Mar 2015 5:10 am

RIP good friend to all

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 14 Mar 2015 6:23 am

Is there an obit somewhere out there?

Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) · Post by **Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)** » 14 Mar 2015 6:34 am

I don't even know where or how to begin to express my sadness and heartbreak at this news. Bud was one of the greatest friends and innovators the steel guitar community ever knew. My deepest sympathies, condolences and prayers go out to his family, friends, loved ones and all who knew him. Rest in the arms of the Lord, Bud.

Doug Childress · Post by **Doug Childress** » 14 Mar 2015 7:32 am

So sorry to hear of Bud's passing. He worked on a D-10 Carter for me last year and I got to visit with him. He was so kind and helpful through the whole process. Prior to my arriving he had been running a chain saw and cutting down some trees on his property. I thought, "Man I hope I can do that when I am his age". A true gentleman and expert in the field of pedal steel guitar. May he rest eternally with the angels.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 14 Mar 2015 7:54 am

So sorry about Bud. He was a great inspiration to me when I first started playing and helped me a lot. My condolences to his family. RIP Bud.

Post by **Joey Ace** » 14 Mar 2015 8:07 am

From his SGHOF plaque :

BUD CARTER

A RECORDING, CLUB AND CONCERT PERFORMER FOR OVER SIX DECADES. IN 1967 BUD CREATED
â€œTHE CARTER CHANGERâ€. THE ALL-PULL MECHANISM THAT BECAME THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
HIS DESIGN WAS REPLICATED IN PRINCIPLE AND IN FACT ON NEARLY EVERY PEDAL STEEL PRODUCED
THERE AFTER. BUD WAS THE PRIMARY DESIGNER OF THE MSA, THE MCI AND THE CARTER BRANDS.
AS A BUILDER, WRITER AND SPEAKER, HE SHARED HIS MECHANICAL INNOVATIONS WITH THE WORLD
OF PLAYERS AND BUILDERS. HE REMAINS STEELâ€™S FOREMOST ENGINEER OF HIS TIME.

BORN: MAY 31, 1931 SULLIVAN, MISSOURI
INDUCTED: 2009

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 14 Mar 2015 11:48 am

Oh this is very sad news. As others have said, Bud was a true gentleman, very sweet and interested in assisting you in any way he could. I spoke with him by phone a couple years ago and he gave me over an hour of his time. The call ended with Bud saying please call again and let me know you are doing. Gosh, he seemed so full of life. I hate to hear this news. My condolences to Bud's family. You will be missed Bud.

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 14 Mar 2015 5:28 pm

Such heartbreaking news. My sincerest condolences and most fervent prayers for Bud's family and friends. These are the things that make getting up in years hard to deal with.

Physical aging is nothing compared to the emotional pain of loved ones passing away! May God comfort all the hearts who are saddened by Bud's passing.

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Bud Carter..Memorial Service Info...

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