The Steel Guitar Forum

Basil put me on to this chap,who apparently lived in Leeds in the 1960s, via a reply to my recent Irish Lap Steel question.

The pickups on my Fender triple look like his handiwork, as may be all of the non-standard parts - does anyone know any details of him?

They do sound reasonable through a MkII Mesa Boogie.

I have some dismantled views if anyone is interested, wooden formers with 2 annular magnets, quite crude.

Cheers Bob

Hi Bob, yes they do look like Cyrils handiwork, I used to have one of his pickups on a lap steel. He built it to my specifications. If you do a "find a person" search on www.bt.com and look for "Proctor- C" it gives 4 results. 2 are in Leeds one is in Otley and the other is a lady, so it could be one of the two in Leeds.I'm sure Baz would know, if he does I know he will respond when he reads this post.

Patrick