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Topic: 1949 Bigsby D-8 on eBay |
Mike Scaggs
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Nashville, TN
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 10:52 am |
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I moved this to the Pedal Steel section from For Sale: Instruments because I don't like giving free advertising to Ebay. Besides, I think the purpose of Mike's post was to discuss the now-famous instrument, not to sell it.
Wish I had the money. What a gorgeous piece of steel guitar history!
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Colm Chomicky
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Kansas, (Prairie Village)
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 4:37 pm
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I had the money last week, but I bought a new furnace and central air unit for the house (my wife said that was the right choice) 
Nice handles on the end plates. Was wondering if handles would be helpful on a modern steel or just get in the way? |
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Chris Lucker
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Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 5:58 pm
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Colm
A bit of a correction. If you look closely, the handles are not on the endplates; they are on aluminum laminated OVER the endplates.
Apparently it's a bitch when someone drops a Bigsby.
Chris |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 11:51 pm
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| All Bigsby consoles had the handles on the endplates, this one only has the laminates to hide the damaged endplates. And that's probably why there are no vol and tone control knobs anymore. As for my experience, the handles com in handy ( no pun intended ) when assembling the pedals, rack and rods on a Bigsby triple neck. |
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Mike Scaggs
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Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 12:48 am
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Thanks B0b..
You're right, It's not mine to sell I just though it was a great example of an old Bigsby that folks might want to see. I love all vintage instruments and there smell!
Mike |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 5:06 am
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 7:42 am
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My first Sho~Bud came from Shot with handles on the end plates.
Erv |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 7:51 am
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Actually, the end castings on this Bigsby guitar are not damaged, never were, but were originally cast with some pourousity. miniscule holes like you will find on many older Sho-Buds. This hurts nothing but some folks didn't like the way it looked. These castings were laminated with thin sheet aluminum just to cover the pourous castings. Never was any damage to this guitar that I have ever been aware of.
Believe me, the guitar is much better looking today and is much stronger becaues of this small update.
Could it be reversed? You bet it could, but why? You would just be uncovering a lot of holes. This guitar is much better than most Bigsbys of this age, very playable and sounds as good as it looks. I have no stake in this but it does seem as though the reputation of this wonderful little guitar goes down every time it is put up for sale, undeservidly so. This guitar sold to a very descriminating collector 5 years ago for over $6500.00, so I feel anything near this price is a bargan.
Bobbe Seymour |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 6:44 am
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And one price fits all.
Is this not the Holy Grail of steel guitars? |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 7:31 pm
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OCTOBER ebay AUCTION:
This is a very rare 1949 Paul A.Bigsby Handmade Two-Neck Pedal Steel Guitar (originally made for Country Recording Legend and 'Steel Guitar Hall of Fame' artist "Bud Isaacs" and delivered to him on November 22, 1949) with Original Hardshell case. Serial number #112249.
CURRENT ebay AUCTION:
This is a very rare 1949 Paul A.Bigsby D-8 Two-Neck, Five Pedal Steel Guitar with Original Hardshell case. Serial number #112249. Beautiful birds-eye maple wood throughout. Refinished with the 'end caps' being re-laminated. This one has been verified that it was once owned first by Ernie Ball and then Roy Lunn and Bobbe Seymour (history verified by Bobbe Seymour).
What happened to Bud Issaics... -LLL- |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 7:41 pm
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| It hasn't sold yet! I think it's a very fair price - just a bit more than a new MSA Millennium. I'm amazed that it's still there. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 7:47 pm
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Just because it may have been made for Bud it doesn't mean he took posession of it. He may have decided he wanted wood necks after this aluminum model was built, and let E. Ball have this one and took the next one, a wood neck guitar. This would explain everything. But there may be an even more likley explanation.
It is impossible to understand and know every twist and turn of history 66 years later.
The more I dig into these perks, the more I uncover that I don't know. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 8:04 pm
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| Bobbe are all 5 pedals original?? Are were several added later?........bb |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 8:14 pm
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Bobby Boggs, I have no idea when they were installed, but most assuredly were installed by Paul or Rudy Farmer in the '50s. The ones on the guitar now are the ones that have been on it for many many years. Obviously all Paul's original parts.
This steel is turning out to be a real steel deal, if someone doesn't get it soon you can rest assured that I'll be giving it a home again. The parts on it are worth much more than this asking price now. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 8:27 pm
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| Bobbe if I had your money I would just pay the man.Thanks for the info......bb |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 8 Nov 2005 11:00 pm
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| Guys, this guitar originally had two pedals when Ernie Ball first had it and played it in Tommy Duncan's band. I have pictures of Ernie playing it on a gig with Tommy. Dunno who had the pedals added and when but that is a fairly common thing to find in Bigsbys. |
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