The Steel Guitar Forum

Ted;
I don't know for sure about Bud's Bigsby, but; when I first met him and actually set~in with him at a dance~hall he was working in ’70, in Lynnwood or Compton, Ca. he was playing a Fender 800 and ‘was’ tuned to an A6 at that particular time! We had a great time that day! I wonder if he remembers those good-ole days!

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“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
’05 D–10 Derby
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15”
Current Equipment

<SMALL>In listening to Bud again, I think that he was playing non-pedal, however. Do you agree?</SMALL>

Ben,
I will have to concur with Jim Bob Sedgwick,in his posting,immediately following yours.

Bud also played on an album by Grady Martin & his "Winging Strings",on a series called "Dance-O-Rama" (Decca # DL 5566) put out by Decca Records,now,MCA. There was a series of 7 albums,which included:
Milton Brown & his Brownies
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
Spade Cooley & his Buckle Busters
Adolph Hofner & his San Antonians
Tex Williams & his String Band
Billy Gray & his Western Okies

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Bud's Bigsby was a D8 woodneck and the E9 tuning was like this:
E

B........C# }
G#.......A } Pedal #1

F#

D........E } Pedal #2
B........C# }
G#.......A }

E

Both pedals down, it's a big fat A6.