Sho Bud players around the world are grateful to Shot Jackson for his work and contribution to the development of the pedal steel guitar.
At a time when magazines like Popular Mechanics encouraged the "do it your selfer":::::guys were busy in the basement making their own pedal steels using rods,cables and coat hangers.
Shot Jackson in the early 50's was modifying Fender steel guitars in a professional manner.
The guitar has two pins that push up on the strings to achieve the 1 to 4 change.
Guitar has an extension rod so it could be played standing as well as .
It plays pretty well.
Love to hear from anyone that had one of Shots early creations.
it has been confirmed for me that my guitar is one that Shot Jackson modified .
I don't believe there is any record of how many Fender guitars he added this modification to but I believe the number is relatively small.
Bobby Seymour in a forum post indicated he only saw a few come thru his Nashville shop in all the years he was there.
Like Eric, I enjoy the history of the early days.
An interesting tid bit of information I came across relates to the actual pedal on the guitar.
An early business partner of Shots was a man named Don Davis who built Dragster cars in Nashville.
The actual pedal used on the guitars were originally built for dragsters.....how cool is that?
How this guitar ended up in Northern Ontario will forever be a mystery.
The fellow I bought it from was not a steel player.
He told me he traded an old chainsaw for it because he thought it looked interesting.
it has been confirmed for me that my guitar is one that Shot Jackson modified .
I don't believe there is any record of how many Fender guitars he added this modification to but I believe the number is relatively small.
Bobby Seymour in a forum post indicated he only saw a few come thru his Nashville shop in all the years he was there.
Like Eric, I enjoy the history of the early days.
An interesting tid bit of information I came across relates to the actual pedal on the guitar.
An early business partner of Shots was a man named Don Davis who built Dragster cars in Nashville.
The actual pedal used on the guitars were originally built for dragsters.....how cool is that?
How this guitar ended up in Northern Ontario will forever be a mystery.
The fellow I bought it from was not a steel player.
He told me he traded an old chainsaw for it because he thought it looked interesting.
Don Davis and Hank Garland teamed up and built Daland pedal steels in the mid 50s. Only a handful were made, here's Don playing which I believe is the # 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esNDABJ53s
