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Topic: Anapeg to Zumsteel . . . . |
Jim Gorrie
From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 12:23 pm |
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O.K. -- this is pretty trivial. This was born out of my curiosity -- I've been trying to compile an alphabet of steel manufacturers/builders.
I've come up blank on the following initials:-
H : I : N : O : Q : T : U : V -- and I don't suppose anyone from Xanadu or the Yukon has ever built a steel ? !
Anyone help with these initials ? 
(Apologies if this has been asked before.) |
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 12:32 pm
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Here's some of your choices for a new steel:
Zumsteel
Carter
BMI
MSA
Emmons
Performance
Excel
Mullen
Derby
Williams
Fessenden
Fulawka
Franklin
GFI
Remington
Wilcox
Promat
Pedalmaster
Rayline
Anapeg
Desert Rose
Nikaro
Rains
Sierra
Lamar
Kline
LaGarrett
Not counting the steels that are no longer being manufactured by:
JCH
Dekley
MCI/EMCI
Sho-Bud
Fender
ZB
Cougar
Mooney
Nashville LTD
All in all....I think I only helped by finding you a couple of "N"s.....[This message was edited by Joe Alterio on 27 December 2005 at 12:33 PM.] |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 12:36 pm
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| H - Harlin (How could you overlook the first?) |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 1:08 pm
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Ormston
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 1:18 pm
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Oahu
Iolana |
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 1:40 pm
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| How could I miss Harlin? I should be embarassed, seeing as I have been living in Indianapolis (where the Harlins were built) for a decade.... |
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 1:46 pm
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| Fuzzy, Marlen. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 3:15 pm
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| Tiesco |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2005 5:15 pm
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G-Gibson
M-Miller Custom
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Jim Gorrie
From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
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Posted 28 Dec 2005 10:22 am
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Thanks guys for filling in most of the blanks. . .
Joe :- That was a pretty comprehensive list. Here are a few U.K. builders (past and present) that may not be all that recogniseable Stateside :-
Bennett: Denley: Sheffield: Springfield: White: Wiggins:
Also, Jagiella, and WBS from Germany; Devis from Holland, and Linkon and MK from Canada.
I expect there is still another one or two to crawl out of the woodwork (steelwork ?)
Richard :- is Ormston "related" to Denley - or am I thinking of something else ?
Thanks all.  |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 28 Dec 2005 11:24 am
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Um...minor point: On my guitar it's spelled
: "Teisco."
How about "Guyatone" and "Rickenbacher" ?
Do they qualify?
Blake  |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 28 Dec 2005 1:12 pm
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Jim,
My Ormston was made by the Burns London Guitar Company for Denley.
Jim Burns' middle name was Ormston |
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2005 5:31 am
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Gee, I can't beleive we have forgotten the great Marlen Pedal Steel Guitars, lots of those still around & still sounding great!!
Ernie http://www.hereintown.net/~shobud75/stock.htm
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Hans Holzherr
From:
Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
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Posted 29 Dec 2005 11:03 am
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S - Schild and
W - Wiesner
Both Switzerland. A decade after Mr. Wiesner committed plagiarism with his copy of the Schild steel, Schild's revival is now just around the corner.
Hans |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2005 11:18 am
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Wilro built by Jerry Roller and George Williams in the 60's, Seymour, Magnum, Rittenberry,
Jerry[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 29 December 2005 at 11:19 AM.] [This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 29 December 2005 at 11:24 AM.] |
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Dec 2005 3:23 pm
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BILL RAY HAS QUIT MAKING RAYLINE GUITARS in Jacksonville Fl. he is 84 urs young.
ernie |
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Jeff Peterson
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2005 7:32 pm
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| And then there's the Seymour...kinda' like a Bugatti Royale...big, old, heavy, and very rare.. much like the man himself....how was that Bobbe? [This message was edited by Jeff Peterson on 29 December 2005 at 07:35 PM.] |
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John McGann
From:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 6:39 am
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I own the one pedal steel made by the late great John Zeidler, well known luthier who was invited into the Scott Chinery "blue guitar" circle. It's an S12, 5+4 with a beautiful birdseye maple cabinet, Emmons pickup, and sounds incredible.
So there's another Z for the completist.
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 8:29 am
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| You forgot Smith - as in Chas Smith. He built Joaquin Murphey's last guitar. It's a 6 pedal 9-string.There's a picture of it in the CD insert on the "Murph" CD. Chas has built a number of other incredible and unique steels as well. |
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Buddy Griffin
From:
Derwood, Maryland, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 10:24 am
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| Bixby |
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 12:00 pm
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| I didn't know the late actor Bill Bixby built a steel. Mah. |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 5:20 pm
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| Rusler ..... |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 7:11 pm
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| W = Wheeler.... |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 30 Dec 2005 10:39 pm
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John Minson from Tamworth used to build JEM .
Brendan |
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