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J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 11 Jan 2019 11:54 am

Damir, I have a cassette of Ben Jack and maybe a CD. I will see if I can find. I know I have an LP of Jerry Jay & The JayWalkers with Ben. Made at his BeJay Studio. Will be in touch, J.R.

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 11 Jan 2019 12:05 pm

Jerry, Please correct me here if I am wrong but Bob White was married to Sammi Smith of the "Help Me Make Thru The Night" song in the early days. And I have a Bob White LP from back in the day that Ben recorded at BeJay Studio. J.R.

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 11 Jan 2019 12:12 pm

Yes, Bob was married to Sammi Smith. Their daughter songs so much like her mother it is scary. I got her to sing on â€œThe Little Oâ€™ Opreyâ€ recently. She is hesitant to sing. She has no clue how good she is!
Jerry

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 11 Jan 2019 2:37 pm

wow wow wow... that is some great info , thanks guys ...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 11 Jan 2019 10:13 pm

J R Rose wrote:Damir, I have a cassette of Ben Jack and maybe a CD. I will see if I can find. I know I have an LP of Jerry Jay & The JayWalkers with Ben. Made at his BeJay Studio. Will be in touch, J.R.

JR I could find only a couple songs of Jerry Jay & The JayWalkers on the internet... and thats with no steel guitar... this is some rare stuff looks like it ...

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 12 Jan 2019 8:26 am

Damir, I found the LP's and the Cassette I mention above. Picture's on the album also. Trying to take pictures and post them but I got to find better lighting to stop the flash on them. Will work on it today. Will let you know. J.R.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 12 Jan 2019 8:55 am

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 12 Jan 2019 11:14 am

Damir, I sent you a personal e-mail on your personal e-mail. J.R.

J R Rose · Post by **J R Rose** » 13 Jan 2019 8:22 pm

Ben was a first class Gentleman and a great picker. Wish I knew how to share these recordings with you fellow forum members, this was recorded in 1995 with Maurice Anderson playing Bass. Awesome, J.R.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 14 Jan 2019 8:12 am

awesome stuff... thanks JR

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 14 Jan 2019 8:28 am

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 17 Jan 2019 1:11 pm

ttt...

Chance Wilson · Post by **Chance Wilson** » 18 Jan 2019 1:55 am

I had another Bigsby similarly reworked by Dick Miller with the second owner's decal name under a refin. Dick had added a NOS changer & a couple of pedals & polished all of the cast parts. Didn't Ben Jack have 3 Bigsbys? Good luck with your sale.

Todd Higgins · Post by **Todd Higgins** » 19 Jan 2019 9:14 pm

The conversation is all music store related not steel but...

https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/ben-jack

Todd Higgins · Post by **Todd Higgins** » 19 Jan 2019 9:17 pm

Cool guitar! This is the only Bigsby product I own. A number of years there was a guy selling them on ebay. He sorta milked them out one at a time over a fairly long period of time if I remember right. I've had this once 10 years maybe. It's fairly small.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 25 Jan 2019 12:37 pm

may be interested in taking a nice ZUM Hybrid, Franklin or new MSA Legend in partial trades...

Billy J Bonner · Post by **Billy J Bonner** » 26 Jan 2019 7:39 am

Wow that beautiful wish I had 15,00 dollars to put a down payment on it! LOL

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 10 Mar 2019 12:08 pm

ttt...

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 11 Mar 2019 5:32 pm

Breathtaking guitar. I know whoever buys this will be very happy. I love just looking at my Bigsby, which is my prize possession. Oh but to play it!! Surprised you havenâ€™t sold this by now. Just a killer guitar.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 11 Mar 2019 5:36 pm

thanks Abe, Bigsby sure is a special instrument, Iâ€™m too surprised it didnâ€™t sell by now at this price, but thatâ€™s ok, Iâ€™ll just keep enjoying it

... I did some search on YouTube for Bigsby videos, and curiously enough, there is only a handful of videos available... I find that interesting, such an iconic instrument, and only a few videos, mostly Bobbe Seymour, if it wasn't for him, there would literally be almost no videos of Bigsby steels on there...

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 12 Mar 2019 9:03 am

They are far and few between, but there are some... hereâ€™s Lee Jeffries on his...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvdFBAylfhg

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 17 Mar 2019 4:03 am

Abe Levy wrote:They are far and few between, but there are some... hereâ€™s Lee Jeffries on his...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvdFBAylfhg

brilliant ...

love that video, and music... and Bigsby sounds great too... thanks for the link Abe... I love my Bigsby, and it is in good company as well...

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 21 Mar 2019 6:38 am

ttt...

Abe Levy · Post by **Abe Levy** » 22 Mar 2019 3:00 pm

$8500???? And this is still here!?!? This is a fantastic price for this guitar. If I had the cash it would be sitting right next to my other Bigsby.

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 22 Mar 2019 3:55 pm