Here's the page of the Bigsby catalog that describes the Hise:
A couple of pictures of the guitar in question disappeared from this thread. I'm sure several of us would like to see them again.
Bigsby Special Pedal Steel Guitar... Any information ???
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Mr. Blair, Thank you sir, for the image of the Hise Tone Changer.
Here is one of Hise's patents. He had several. I'm not sure of this is the one for the Tone Changer in question.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US246 ... US2467086A
Here is one of Hise's patents. He had several. I'm not sure of this is the one for the Tone Changer in question.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US246 ... US2467086A
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The Hise Tone Changer was a very popular accessory on Carvin Hawaiian steel guitars back in the '50s and early 1960's. They were also sold outright by music accessory companies like Ed Sale Music and Chesbro music. I've got the old catalogs around here somewhere, but as I recall they sold for about $30. They worked just "okay", as they required some fine tuning whenever the lever was activated, but they did give fairly quick access to alternate turnings.
The patent pictured above isn't for the tone changer, but a design for a pedal activated tone-changing guitar, one somewhat similar to the Harlin design.
The patent pictured above isn't for the tone changer, but a design for a pedal activated tone-changing guitar, one somewhat similar to the Harlin design.
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I had this guitar for many years, made in 64 with 9 pedals, it took me quite some time to sell it once I arrived at the 'thinning the herd' stage. Things could have changed but there weren't many buyers out there for these 3 or 4 years ago when I was selling. At the risk of sounding a little flakey I can't remember the exact price I finally sold it for, it was either 10,500 or 12,500.
It was 77 lbs in the case so I also paid a packing company close to $400.00 to pack and ship it from VA to Nevada as I wanted to make sure it arrived in good shape.
Good Luck, looks like a nice guitar you have.
edit....I hadn't noticed Bill Hatcher's post earlier in this thread when I made this post. The Reverb link he provided was for this guitar. I first listed it at 16,500 here on the forum and gradually decreased the asking price before moving it to Reverb where I continued to lower the price. I'd actually forgot I still had the add up when a truly interested buyer finally appeared.
It was 77 lbs in the case so I also paid a packing company close to $400.00 to pack and ship it from VA to Nevada as I wanted to make sure it arrived in good shape.
Good Luck, looks like a nice guitar you have.
edit....I hadn't noticed Bill Hatcher's post earlier in this thread when I made this post. The Reverb link he provided was for this guitar. I first listed it at 16,500 here on the forum and gradually decreased the asking price before moving it to Reverb where I continued to lower the price. I'd actually forgot I still had the add up when a truly interested buyer finally appeared.