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Topic: Old PSG called VanDomland |
Bill Maynard
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Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 2:58 am |
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I recall seeing and hearing a player in the Flint, Michigan area use this PSG. As I recall it was named VanDomland. The steel player was a fellow by the name of Ray Scearce? and he was very good. Anyone hear of this PSG from way back? Who built them and where were they built?
Thanks for the response.
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Jerry Erickson
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Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 4:57 am
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| I think the name was just Domland and I believe that they were made in Denver,CO. I used to teach at Guitar City in Lakewood,CO and remember seeing some literature on the Domland guitars. It's possible that Terry Bethel played one of these, maybe he'll see this and set us straight. |
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c c johnson
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killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 5:56 am
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| I have a pic of Terry playing one. They were quite ornate and I thought of becoming a dealer however I had too many irons in the fire. The name is Domland. CC |
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Barbara Hennerman
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 6:10 am
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 7:41 am
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Early Domlands were big, beautiful, heavy guitars. The first ones were cable-operated, similar to Fenders of the period. Later, they went to a rod mechanism, but they were still big and heavy. The early Domlands put even the Sho~Bud guitars to shame in the looks department!  |
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 7:43 am
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Does anyone have a picture they can post?
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Al Udeen
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Hendersonville Tn
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 8:44 am
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| When I was living in Denver 63-66 Don Edwards of Guitar City was distributing Domland Guitars, I bought one of the early ones from Don, I remember him saying that, these were made in the mountains by Willie Domland, I later returned the guitar to Don & he sold it to Terry Bethel, who has it now! Al Udeen |
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c c johnson
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killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 9:16 am
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| I'll send the pic snail if anyone wants to post. CC |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 10:00 am
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I have an old album of the "Hushpuppies",which was Ferlin Husky's band,with Terry on steel. From all indications,he seems to be playing a D-8 Domland steel. Its really hard to tell,because the photo is very "restricted".
I don't know,exactly,when the album was done,but its not stereo,& states Terry's age as "28". If anybody out there knows how old Terry is now,do the math. That'll give you an idea how old the guitar is.
BTW,EXCELLENT album!!
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 10:29 am
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I had a friend, Fred Warner; when I lived in Pa. back in the ’60's who I think played a Blonde D–8 Domeland. I haven't heard that Brand~Name since. It weighed about a ton and had double cross~bars with gears on them for reverse/lowering results, rather than the swivel like Sho-Bud. The case was made only of drumcase type fibre. Very flexible material! PSG has really come far since then!
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 11:41 am
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I forget what they list Jimmy Peppers age as on that Hushpuppy album but Peppers is the same age as me, now, 67.
A side note, the instrumental "Punchy" was named for Peppers. Punchy was Pepper's nickname in the band. Terry Bethel's was "The Flea"..... Peppers told me what they called Jimmy Capps but I don't remember.
Terry's sound on that album sounds like a Sho-Bud and similar to the Sho-Bud sound that Buddy Charleton had in those days.
I've got a copy of an old Ernest Tubb syndicated TV show and Charleton and Steve Chapman are playing that song as they come back from a commercial break. E.T. asks them where they got the song and Charleton says they got it from Ferlin Husky's Hushpuppy Band. |
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 27 Jul 2005 3:56 pm
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They list Peppers as 26,which would be 41 yrs ago.(1964) That would make Terry 69!  That's back when you could buy albums,both,in "mono" & "stereo".($2.98 & $3.98,respectively)
('Course now,knowin' Peppers like I do,he could be lyin' 'bout his age.) 
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Paul Norman
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Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2005 5:35 pm
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| I think 26 plus 41 equals 67 |
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John Maggard
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Cincinnati Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2005 7:07 pm
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Picked up a Domland D10 on ebay several weeks back as a playable restoration project. I had to fabricate new pedal rods and re-cable the C6 neck, but it plays and sounds good at this point, although only through a small practice amp so far while I rebuild my old SuperReverb. The changer fingers are strange and primative - the strings go through the rectangular finger rather than over it - and I'm reworking the two bolt-on knee levers this weekend. At some point I need to disassemble the changers for cleaning and will figure out the electronics; the 'stereo' function was taken out some time ago from the looks of it. In answer to the prior post I can send some pics to anyone interested; it is a GREAT looking guitar and is every bit as heavy as everyone has said!
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Smiley Roberts
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Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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Posted 7 Aug 2005 6:21 am
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Paul,
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| That would make Terry 69! |
Terry's 2 yrs older than Jimmy,which would make him 69.
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