Lloyd Green's JCH

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 16 Nov 2014 1:36 am

A few weeks ago something happened out of the blue - Got a phone call at night from Denmark. It was my old buddy and fellow forumite Henning Kock. We talked for a few minutes and then he made an offer that came totally unexpected. Henning told me that he is selling Lloyd Green's famous JCH guitar which he bought from him in 2004 as he is now over 70 years old and does not get around playing steel that much anymore (although he is still musically active). Wow!

I asked Henning to give me a few days to think about it, but in my mind I had already decided that I would take this chance. A steel that was owned and played by Lloyd Green, used on studio recordings with Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton and other famous artists!

Henning is a great guy, he just asked for the same price he had paid 10 years ago and said that he would also pay for shipping the guitar to me via Fedex. We finally agreed to split that cost and now - here it stands in my room and I am looking at this historical instruments as I write this.

A beautiful guitar, crafted by Jimmie Crawford himself, exactly the way Lloyd wanted it to be. Plays so smooth and is in perfect shape. Henning did not change anything about the setup and neither will I. Jimmie Crawford even included the parts for adding the lowering string 4 change but they will stay in the case, no alterations will be made. I had the pleasure of speaking with Lloyd a few days ago and he told me he always enjoyed recording with this great instrument.

Thanks to you, Henning, for your gracious offer to make that possible!

Best Regards, Walter

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 16 Nov 2014 3:16 am

Congratulations Walter ! I hope you enjoy the guitar for many years to come !

Alexander Rehfeld · Post by **Alexander Rehfeld** » 16 Nov 2014 4:13 am

This is one of the most desirable steels on the planet. Walter, you surely deserve it!

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 16 Nov 2014 7:16 am

Congratulations, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

W. Van Horn · Post by **W. Van Horn** » 16 Nov 2014 7:54 am

Congrats Walter! I like the idea of leaving the copedent as is.

Paul Norman (RIP) · Post by **Paul Norman (RIP)** » 16 Nov 2014 8:05 am

It couldn't happen to a better man. You have been a blessing to the Steel guitar forum and the Steel guitar world.

Ron Funk · Post by **Ron Funk** » 16 Nov 2014 3:23 pm

Walter - looks like you rec'd early Christmas gift
Congrats

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 16 Nov 2014 7:52 pm

Does it have a serial number? Wondering where in the production schedule it is....

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 17 Nov 2014 6:10 am

John, the serial # is 1054.

Kind Regards, Walter

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 17 Nov 2014 6:35 am

Nice! Enjoy it!

Mike Kowalik · Post by **Mike Kowalik** » 17 Nov 2014 11:56 am

Is this the guitar Lloyd played when he and Tommy White did their video recording?

I don't remember if it was....just that I thought his tone on that VHS recording was great!!

Tony Rankin · Post by **Tony Rankin** » 17 Nov 2014 12:19 pm

Walter...you are very lucky! Congrats.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 17 Nov 2014 1:45 pm

Mike Kowalik wrote:Is this the guitar Lloyd played when he and Tommy White did their video recording?

I don't remember if it was....just that I thought his tone on that VHS recording was great!!

It is, the one and only.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 18 Nov 2014 5:39 am

Walter,

Can you share some pictures of the underside? And I like to see what's going on with the RLR lever.

Thanks

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 18 Nov 2014 9:46 am

Here you are, Marco:

Kind Regards, Walter

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 18 Nov 2014 12:10 pm

Super. Thanks Walter.

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 18 Nov 2014 1:49 pm

Wow, that's super Walter. I've heard Lloyd play that guitar live and it was awesome.

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 19 Nov 2014 9:41 am

One more photo from the first concert with this awesome guitar:

Kind Regards, Walter

John De Maille · Post by **John De Maille** » 19 Nov 2014 12:44 pm

Walter,
Has owning this steel given you more incentive to play? Just knowing that Lloyd owned and played this steel would breathe new life into my playing and I would try incessantly to eek out all those sweet sounds. Man, what a super experience!
Congratulations and good luck with it,

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 19 Nov 2014 4:59 pm

That very JCH is a legendary guitar!

Charley Hill · Post by **Charley Hill** » 19 Nov 2014 5:38 pm

Im jealous. Put me on the list if you decide to part with it.

I had the pleasure of carrying it once in 1991

Congrats Walter

Per Berner · Post by **Per Berner** » 19 Nov 2014 10:53 pm

Well, if anyone should have it, it's you, Walter – seeing how much you have done to promote Lloyd's music for many years. Good luck!

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 21 Nov 2014 3:25 am

John,

In one word - YES! I found myself practicing more since the guitar arrived. As for the "sweet sounds" - tone is superb but the playing is far away from what Lloyd used to play on it. $:\$ I hope the guitar doesn't mind. $:\$

Kind Regards, Walter

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 21 Nov 2014 5:45 am

Manna from Heaven.
What a wonderful piece of history, falling into the hands of someone who will truly cherish it.
AND play it.

Henning Kock · Post by **Henning Kock** » 21 Nov 2014 5:51 am

I have been enjoying playing this JCH pedal steel ten years from 2004-2014, and I remember, that when I bought it in April 2004 and took it out of the box and played “Making Believe” and “One Has My Name”. Never as good as Lloyd, but the tone was there. Like magic.

When I was allowed the great honour to buy Lloyds JCH pedal steel guitar in 2004, I promised him to let him know, that if I ever would sell it I would let him know first, and so I did.

With the massive decline of playing jobs nowadays, and my own age, I had been thinking of selling it to a younger player for some time. The one person, that came to my mind first, deserving to own and play it most was Walter Stettner because ot his dedication and work with his website about Lloyd and his music: www.lloydgreentribute.com.

I never cease to admire Walter Stettner in Vienna, Austria, for his fine continuos work on this the Lloyd Green tribute page. This is something we all can enjoy and benefit from. Sound clips, photos, text and more.

If you did not see this fine website before, check it out now. It is www.lloydgreentribute.com

I am glad, that all involved persons are happy about that this is the obvious right thing to do.
Lloyd told Walter on the phone a week ago, that when Henning bought this JCH it in 2004 it came to the right place, and when you, Walter, bought it in 2014 it came to the right place.

Best regards,
Henning

Lloyd Green in Hall Of Fame, ISGA St. Louis 1988.
Photo also shows John Hughey and Jimmie Crawford.
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Nashville 1992 at Jeffran College
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Nashville 1992
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Holland 1991
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Nils Tuxen Recording Studio, Germany 1991
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Nils Tuxen, Charlie McCoy, Lloyd Green, Sweden 2000
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Nils Tuxen, Lloyd Green, Sweden 2000
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Nils Tuxen, Lloyd Green, Henning Kock, Sweden 2000
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Henning recording with the famous JCH for danish singer Peter Kent, 2009

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