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Tommy White
From:
Nashville
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 9:19 am |
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Received mine a few days ago. Simply attaches to the front legs. What a nice product.
It allowed me to get rid of some of the clutter in my music room, trash the old bulky music stand and is perfect for writing charts with plenty of room to hold a lot of written music or tab.
Just a great accessory for steel players. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 9:31 am
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| What? What is this? First I've heard of it. |
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Mac Martine
From:
Portland, Or
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 9:53 am
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| I got me one. I use it all the time at home. It's big enough to keep everything on there: Tuner, charts, computer keyboard, picks bar etc. I also take it to gigs when the band is playing too many toons to remember. I went to my first rehearsal for a band that I am going to do some playing with and read it all down from the charts I had made from the bands CDs. They acted immpressed that I could come in and not have to have everthing explained to me. Thank you Tom Bradshaw. [This message was edited by Billy Wilson on 21 April 2006 at 10:54 AM.] |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 9:57 am
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Whoa, I just saw something else interesting on that website link. Is that a ZB that has been converted to use nylon tuners etc? Thats the reason I got rid of my ZB, it was a pain to change anything on the setup.
Didn't mean to hijack this post, I just got excited.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Jackie Anderson
From:
Scarborough, ME
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smike
From:
oakland, ca
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 8:46 pm
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gang -
i believe that the 'bradsrack' (not sure of spelling) was a z-shaped stand designed by bradshaw... you would see a 'z' shape if you looked at the side of the guitar, with the body of the guitar resting on the top of the 'z'.
bradshaw's new TAB RACK, however, is a thing of beauty... the old one was riveted together. this one is stamped out of solid aluminum, and is more solid.
lastly, that zb you're talking about is mine... eat your hearts out! 8-)
bruce[This message was edited by smike on 21 April 2006 at 09:47 PM.] |
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Mike Vallandigham
From:
Martinez, CA
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 8:23 am
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I have personally seen that ZB in Tom's Garage. If I'm not mistaken, Tom cut every one of those bell cranks by hand. Polished them by hand too. When he showed me, and opened up the case, I was damn near blinded.
Tom's mechanical ability has reached the lever of Master Wizard. Hellova nice guy to boot.
Smike, Awesome guitar, I have a ZB too! |
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Bob Wood
From:
Madera, California, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 11:54 am
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Check out the rack on this thread...: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/012482.html. In the first pic, there seems to be a rack attached to the new "Williams" steel guitar discussed in that thread. In fact, it looks as though part of it is made of plexiglass.
Bob[This message was edited by b0b on 22 April 2006 at 04:07 PM.] |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 12:18 pm
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I own one of Tom's original music racks that Mac Martine linked to. Bought it back in the late 70s and used it daily for many years during rehearsals...a really great device. It held LOTS of paper and never fell or slipped. I loved it. Still have it somewhere in storage.
If you need a music stand for your studies, you won't find a better one than Tom's. |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 12:42 pm
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I'm like Mike,,,bought one of the originals
back in the 70's. Still use it this day.
Only modification I made was to put a solid back on it and to expand the width of the
shelf on which the tab stands.
Great product!
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http://www.clictab.com/RoyT/Roy_Thomson_Steel_Courses.htm |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 22 Apr 2006 3:51 pm
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Roy,
I'm sure the music stand you bought from Tom in the 70's was designed and built by my friend Clifford Kirk in Kalamazoo, MI. Was it anodized aluminum? He made some colored, some not, some not anodized, but they are very similar to the design in Tom's Catalog. I'm sure Tom would be the first to credit Cliff for his contribution.
Cliff was one of my best friends and was taken from us prematurely by a heart attack in the 80's. RIP, my old buddy. Your rack lives on. 
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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smike
From:
oakland, ca
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 9:44 am
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tom bought all of cliff's stuff from cliff's wife, when he passed away... tom's dad (outside of skiatook, ok) built them for tom for about five years, and that was the end of version I.
so.. cliff was the original manufacturer, and tom was the sole dealer and subsequent manufacturer.
tom has brought the rack back by popular demand (and need!)... the old ones were labor-intensive to produce, the new ones, as mentioned previously, have been re-designed... and rock!
bruce
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Ron Scott
From:
Michigan
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 4:06 pm
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I also bought one years ago and still use it today...Great Idea for reading Tabs and Music.RS
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Franklin Guitars 
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David Phillips
From:
San Francisco CA , USA
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Posted 3 May 2006 10:48 am
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Billy,
Did yours come in extra tall???
DP |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 4 May 2006 8:41 pm
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| It took a while but I finally located one at Rochester Big and Tall. |
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 5 May 2006 8:24 pm
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| I got one from Tom and I like it a lot. It holds (steadily) so much more then a typical music stand. Its now part of my set up. Don |
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Bill Mayville
From:
Las Vegas Nevada * R.I.P.
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Posted 14 May 2006 3:41 am
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I bought one in the 80's.Don't know who I bought it from.Still have ,still use sometimes,But I paid a lot more than what is asked for today.So what is for sale today , looks like a real good deal!
Bill |
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Richard Cooper
From:
Eads,TN,USA
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Posted 14 May 2006 8:39 am
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Got one from Tom last week,
very well made and useful. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 14 May 2006 8:54 am
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| i can't find the price of them ....never mind i found it [This message was edited by Calvin Walley on 14 May 2006 at 09:56 AM.] |
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 18 May 2006 2:49 pm
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| Just rec'd mine in the mail today--attached it to my Sho-Bud, and love it --thanks to Tom Bradshaw for the great/speedy service--and to you also Tommy for posting your comments. I had never bought anything from Tom but without the money in hand, he shipped it to me anyway--who says good, old-fashioned way of doing business is completely gone! Carl |
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