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Duane Marrs · Post by **Duane Marrs** » 20 Oct 2003 5:53 am

We are pleased to be new members of the Steel Guitar Forum. Our link is at related products. Visit us and we will be happy to answer questions we are capable of, pertaining to pedal steels, etc.Thank you Bob for accepting us as new members. Duane , Jeff, and Larry.

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 20 Oct 2003 5:55 am

Hi Duane, it's good to have you aboard. I'm sure you will be a great asset to the Forum.
Jerry

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 20 Oct 2003 6:09 am

Welcome, Duane & Co.
Great to have 'Mr. Sho-Bud' around.

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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Ben Lawson · Post by **Ben Lawson** » 20 Oct 2003 6:29 am

Hey Duane I still have that Nashville ProSteel amp I got from you in '79'or 79' when I lived in Indy. Is the guarantee still good? Seriously, I'm here in New Jersey swapping gigs with Jim Heffernan, both of us using vintage p/p guitars.
Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll be flooded with questions and requests.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 20 Oct 2003 6:38 am

Welcome!
I suggest you add your web page link to your profile.

To do that, click on the Your Profile link under the POST NEW TOPIC button above.

Tommy Minniear · Post by **Tommy Minniear** » 20 Oct 2003 6:38 am

Welcome Duane! I'm really pleased to see you've become a member here.
For those who would like to know more about Duane, vist his website: http://www.duanemarrs.com
This is "The Man" when it comes to Sho~Buds!
Also, the knowledge this man has pertaining to steel guitars of all brands and related subjects will raise the value of the Steel Guitar Forum to an even higher level.

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Tommy Minniear
www.ntsga.com

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Rex Thomas · Post by **Rex Thomas** » 20 Oct 2003 7:31 am

'BOUT TIME!!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 20 Oct 2003 7:52 am

yep, it sure is
Welcome to this Great Forum Mr Sho'em Bud

Chick Donner · Post by **Chick Donner** » 20 Oct 2003 9:13 am

Welcome, Duane. Good to see you. BTW, nice job on JR Stull's LDG. You should be hearing from one Don Casey about his pro 1. CHick

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 20 Oct 2003 11:11 am

Welcome Duane! It's great to have yet another "Legend" amongst us.

Theresa Galbraith · Post by **Theresa Galbraith** » 20 Oct 2003 12:47 pm

Duane,
I'm so happy to see on here.
Those Sho-Bud days were great! I remember riding to work with you and Dad. We'd sing songs like, "Kiss An Angel Good Morning", when it was brand new.
Working at Sho-Bud was so much fun. So many friendships were made. While you and Dad were building steels,I was making parts: keyheads,pedalboards,pick-ups,bell-cranks,volume pedals,etc.
You were always there to advise me when I had a problem, except for the time that Dad had to get my long red hair untangled from the drill-press. LOL
At any rate, welcome to the Forum, and enjoy your adventure here. I know you will be a valuable asset to this body of knowledge.
Love,
Theresa

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 20 Oct 2003 1:26 pm

Duane,

Good to see you on the forum. I checked out your website, very nice!

I bought my very first pedal steel from you twenty years ago this month. Time sure flies!

Tell everyone at Marrs Music I said hello.

John Drury
NTSGA #3

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 20 Oct 2003 1:40 pm

Hello Duane,
Glad you are now a member of the Forum.
It's been a long time since you have been down this way for a visit.

Talked with Keith Ross a week or so ago.
He is planning to winter in Texas this year as he has done in previous years.
Best Regards to you and yours,
Roy

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 20 Oct 2003 4:57 pm

Welcome to the Forum, Duane. Good to see you on board.........al

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Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 20 Oct 2003 5:03 pm

Glad you made it through the "Confirmation Process".

I voted fer ya.

Sho~Bud. One Hyphenated word says it ALL.

EJL

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 20 Oct 2003 6:03 pm

Welcome Duane! It just keeps gettin' better!

Rick McDuffie

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Rick McDuffie
Marlen SD-10, Sho-Bud Professional S-10, Paul Reed Smith McCarty, Hofner New President, Fernandes LE2G
Rick's Music Photo Gallery
www.tarheelmusic.com

Jimmy Campbell · Post by **Jimmy Campbell** » 20 Oct 2003 6:47 pm

Hey Duane, Jeff and Larry.
Glad to have yall on the forum.
Duane, I 2nd what Theresa said about the old Music City Mfg days.
I will always remember the phone call in 1973 from you asking if I would like to go to work at MCM and came up for the interview.
Those 2 & 1/2 years working with you, Paul, Theresa, Yasu, Ron & Leslie and David and the rest of the gang were the best.
Thanks for getting me the job.
Your Friend
Jimmy

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 20 Oct 2003 7:09 pm

Welcome aboard Duane and company. This will be like a shot in the arm for this great forum. When I was playing in Idaho Falls Idaho in 1975, The manager of the Chesbro Music store knew I played steel in a popular nite club called the Matador club and wanted to have a pedal steel for display in the show room and he asked me to order the ultimate totally loaded pedal steel. I called Sho-Bud and spoke personally with you, since your name was given to me by a really great Nashville player I met in Ft Collins Colorado who's name I can not remember now. Anyway I asked you to build me an exact copy of his guitar from a list he gave me in the club one night, which was a Pro-III custom birds eye maple and curly maple 8 plus 4. When you sent the guitar to Chesbro Music they called me to set it up for display. I set it up and spent some time playing it in the store. I fell imediately in love an ended up buying it on the spot and they never even got to show it. It was a dream of a guitar. I wore it out while playing on the road and to make this as short as possible , I had to let it go. It was many years before I ever saw this guitar again. It was in a little bar in Oatman Arizona being played by a steel player named Charlie Price who has since passed away. The singer in the band recognised me and asked me to set in on steel, I agreed and when I set down at the steel, something felt familliar??? I was setting in on my old Pro III Custom built by your hands and wore out by mine and rebuilt by Charlie's hands. I have to tell you what a dream come true that was for me. Charlie sold it to a man in Bullhead city Arizona and he has moved somewhere I have no way of knowing. Long story but it is true. I loved that guitar. Take care, My stars don't Duane Marrs build great guitars.
Bill Bailey

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Dean Dobbins · Post by **Dean Dobbins** » 20 Oct 2003 8:59 pm

Hey Duane!-
How the Hell are you?
Glad to see you on the Forum- hope to see you at some of the Steel shows once in a while.
I sure miss the days in Tulsa, with Frances,and Estes Ragland, Ted Creekmore, and (surely you haven't forgotten), Monte
Tilley, and you on your old Blankenship-
Wheeler steel guitar. We had some fun, didn't we?
May I add my heart-felt welcome to the Forum!

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Dino

Leslie Elliott · Post by **Leslie Elliott** » 29 Oct 2003 12:47 pm

Hello "Dudley-Do-Right",
Sure was good to see your name up on the forum and it's about time. You have so much knowledge and know-how that will be of great help to many of the guys on here. Our days at Sho-Bud and Music City hold many, many dear and wonderful memories. What a great training camp we had!!! Working with Shot and all the other folks, both employees, artists and pickers that came along, not to mention making so many good friends was definitely a wonderful and lasting experience. Thanks for the wonderful friendship you have shown us in the many years we have known each other. We wish you the best and much success in whatever you undertake.
Musically yours,
Ron and Leslie[This message was edited by Leslie Elliott on 29 October 2003 at 08:01 PM.]