Choice

Robert Harper · Post by **Robert Harper** » 2 Jan 2010 4:43 pm

If you woke up tomorrow and had the money to pay cash for a new guitar, what would you buy? When I say new guitar, new to you not necessarily off the floor new

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 2 Jan 2010 5:13 pm

Show-Pro SD10 in two-tone blue and blonde lacquer.

Roual Ranes · Post by **Roual Ranes** » 2 Jan 2010 5:42 pm

I assume you mean any guitar so I would buy a D10 MSA Millennium.........mind you I would keep my two CARTERS but would like to pick on that MSA for awhile.

Jerry Bull · Post by **Jerry Bull** » 2 Jan 2010 5:53 pm

I would buy a twin to my Carter except I would get the polished package.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 2 Jan 2010 6:17 pm

I'd buy a Sho-Bud Pro D10 which had been Cooped and had at least five pedals and four knee levers.

Of course, if I had an unlimited budget I would design my own pedal steel to my own specifications, and have an expert build it.

It would have a wider string separation, about like a Stringmaster, and the pedals and knee levers would be in the same position as my legs and knees. (Most PSGs don't seem to have been designed with my dimensions in mind...)

Justin Griffith · Post by **Justin Griffith** » 2 Jan 2010 6:39 pm

A lacquer Emmons P/P with wood necks set up by Bobby Bowman.
If it HAD to be new a 63 Madison Sho-Pro

This is going to be a fun thread.

Danny Hall · Post by **Danny Hall** » 2 Jan 2010 7:16 pm

Alan Brooks makes a good point. I don't know enough to make much of an educated guess but if I woke up with that kind of money, I think I'd fly to Texas and have a sitting with the good folks at Rains and have them build me a polished green lacquer SD-10 to fit.

Tommy Shown · Post by **Tommy Shown** » 2 Jan 2010 7:43 pm

That's a toughie, I like Emmons,but with some of the stories that I have heard. I also like the Mullen, If I go with a Mullen, I would have to see who would give me the best price, Herbie or Mickey. I also like the Rains. Or might even go with the Carter. They are all great guitars. Some many decisions. So little time.
Tommy Shown

Robert Harper · Post by **Robert Harper** » 2 Jan 2010 7:53 pm

There is without a doubt something different about an Emmons. I don't know if it was a push pull or what, but I was at Fulton Mississippi and I heard a vast difference between the Emmons and others Not saying better or worse just different. Does anyone make a push pull now?

Barry Hyman · Post by **Barry Hyman** » 2 Jan 2010 8:05 pm

I did that last May when I bought my Williams. S-12 extended E9th, 700 Series, five pedals and five knees, curly maple body and neck with natural lacquer finish. If I woke up tomorrow with loads of money I'd buy another identical one so I wouldn't have to pack and unpack every time I have a gig...

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 2 Jan 2010 8:46 pm

This one

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Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 2 Jan 2010 9:33 pm

I'd somehow persuade Jon Graboff to part with his blue carbon fiber-finish JCH D-10. That's the prettiest steel I've ever seen, and it is a JCH, after all!

A pipe-dream, of course; he'd never part with it....

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 3 Jan 2010 2:12 am

Well, since I already have a clear lacquer custom shop Carter D10 ("Blondie"), plus a beautiful black mica Fessenden D12 ("Blackie"), I'd have great difficulty choosing between a Zumsteel D10 or a Mullen Royal Precision D10, maybe with wood necks...or even one of Mickey Adams' pre-RP Mullen resorations. I have a great desire to own one or perhaps both of those brands at some time in my life.

The reality is there are so many truly great steels out there to choose from this becomes a very personal and agonising decision. Fortunately the scenario outlined is purely hypothetical.

For many of us, so are our choices on this matter.

Gianni Gori · Post by **Gianni Gori** » 3 Jan 2010 4:59 am

MSA Legend or Mullen D-10, not sure about which of them.... I love both

Justin Griffith · Post by **Justin Griffith** » 3 Jan 2010 6:06 am

Robert Harper wrote:There is without a doubt something different about an Emmons. I don't know if it was a push pull or what, but I was at Fulton Mississippi and I heard a vast difference between the Emmons and others Not saying better or worse just different. Does anyone make a push pull now?

I think you can get a new Promat, which is a dead ringer for an Emmons P/P. I have never seen one up close nor played one, but I have heard good things about them.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 3 Jan 2010 7:37 am

Seeing as money is no object (right?), I think I'll also get one of those immaculate push/pulls that Tommy Cass occasionally shows us here on the Forum.

I'd like 8+8, black, and I'd probably keep it at home rather than thrashing it on the road. Oh, and I'd like one old enough to have one of those very cool stick-on logos....

Bill Lowe · Post by **Bill Lowe** » 3 Jan 2010 8:24 am

showpro

and I agree with Roger. That JCH !!!!

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 3 Jan 2010 9:07 am

I hope Jon will forgive me 'pirating' this picture from an old Forum thread....

This is what I'd like - if not, I'll take a black one.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 3 Jan 2010 9:11 am

And here's the other steel I had in mind... (apologies to Tommy Cass in this case.)

admin · Post by **b0b** » 3 Jan 2010 9:36 am

I like so many of the modern guitars. It's hard to choose! Right now I'd gravitate towards an S-10 with 5+5 and a dark, pretty wood finish. Carter and Jackson are at the top of my list lately, but it changes from week to week. So many guitars, so little time.

I just got a new guitar recently, a Desert Rose S-8. Really nice! And I also have a Williams D-12 crossover and a Sierra Olympic S-12 that are really wonderful. Always looking for something different, though, and then there's no money for a while. $:\$

Cliff Kane · Post by **Cliff Kane** » 3 Jan 2010 9:43 am

If I could find the guitars: an Emmons Wrap Around, a Sho-Bud Permanant, and a Bigsby (I'll settle for a Clinesmith or a Wright Custom if I can't find a Bigsby). Time to pass the pipe.

Brad Malone · Post by **Brad Malone** » 3 Jan 2010 9:44 am

I'm with Barry and Larry, Even though I have a Williams 600 series S10WB: My fist choice would be one like Barry Hyman has a Williams S-12 extended E9th 700 series, my second would be a Show-Pro, my third would be an Excel, like Carl Dixion has, then a Mullen G2, then a Rains...wow, I guess I have to win the lottery...you can't make that much money working on the clock.

Bill Lowe · Post by **Bill Lowe** » 3 Jan 2010 9:54 am

Roger you are killing me. I have an SD10 hybrid Zum I might sell if I could find either one of those. $:\$

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 3 Jan 2010 4:22 pm

MSA all the way, there's always room for one more.

Bill Dobkins · Post by **Bill Dobkins** » 3 Jan 2010 5:11 pm

1 Rittenberry
2 Sho-Pro
3 Zum
4 Dekley

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