John Hughey

Billy Knowles · Post by **Billy Knowles** » 3 Oct 2011 11:05 am

Does anyone have a photo of the underside of one of John's guitar, or does anyone that presently ownes one of John's Legrandes have a photo or could take a photo for me.
thanks

Dick Wood · Post by **Dick Wood** » 3 Oct 2011 11:09 am

Have you ever seen the underside of Buddy Emmuns? They look a lot alike.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 3 Oct 2011 1:10 pm

I try not to look at either one of their undersides

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 3 Oct 2011 3:15 pm

mullans look different under thare.

Billy Knowles · Post by **Billy Knowles** » 3 Oct 2011 3:57 pm

I am looking a photo of the cluster he had on the C neck.
Thanks

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 3 Oct 2011 4:10 pm

Hi Billy,

Perhaps Bruce Zumsteg would have a record of how he positioned the cluster for John's Zumsteel C6th neck in his build records? Might be worth a try.

Michael Douchette · Post by **Michael Douchette** » 3 Oct 2011 4:14 pm

Billy Knowles wrote:I am looking a photo of the cluster he had on the C neck.
Thanks

If I had a C neck, it would be a clusterf---...

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 3 Oct 2011 8:48 pm

Billy, if I'm not mistaken John's last 2 Legrandes went to Forum members. I'm pretty sure one's in the Kingsport TN area.

John had a ton of guitars down thru the years. No telling what changes he experimented with.

One I had the privilege to play. Had the standard 5 pedals 4 knee's C6th set-up plus one pedal and one knee. The extra changes as I remember them.

String 5 down a whole tone. 10 string up a whole.

String 2 down a 1/2 String 6 up a 1/2

Also the traditional pedal 7 had a feel stop between the 4th string A to B.for the Bb note. Even though he had the A's to Bb's on a dedicated lever.

As for knee lever placement. I'm too foggy to say for sure.

Not much help I know. But maybe it will serve as a bump.

Good luck.
bb

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 4 Oct 2011 11:38 am

Billy, I have one of the last LeGrande III's that John owned or maybe even the last one, I'm not sure. Anyway it is black transparent lacquer, a beautiful guitar. In sun light it appears as a dark black cherry but under ordinary light it looks black. It does have the three lever cluster in the middle for C6th. I played it at the Baxter Springs show and it is still in my HHR but I can get some photos maybe this evening.
Jerry

Kermit Monk · Post by **Kermit Monk** » 4 Oct 2011 1:12 pm

Hughey's LeGrande that now resides Kingsport,TN belongs to my picking buddy David Martin. He is a forum member. I am sure if you PM or email him he will be glad to help you out.

I will mention it to him also.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 4 Oct 2011 1:18 pm

Dang Jerry. You been holding out on me? I didn't know you had that guitar.

Seriously, it couldn't be in better hands.
bb

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 4 Oct 2011 3:11 pm

Jerry Roller wrote:Billy, I have one of the last LeGrande III's that John owned or maybe even the last one, I'm not sure. Anyway it is black transparent lacquer, a beautiful guitar. In sun light it appears as a dark black cherry but under ordinary light it looks black. It does have the three lever cluster in the middle for C6th. I played it at the Baxter Springs show and it is still in my HHR but I can get some photos maybe this evening.
Jerry

HHR?

bob

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 4 Oct 2011 3:16 pm

HHR=Compact Chevrolet SUV. Poor man's Tahoe!

Billy Knowles · Post by **Billy Knowles** » 4 Oct 2011 7:06 pm

Jerry,
Thank you so much,
Billy

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 4 Oct 2011 7:37 pm

Didn't John play Day set-up?

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 4 Oct 2011 9:11 pm

Stephen Gambrell wrote:Didn't John play Day set-up?

Yes,

Like all the great players do.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 4 Oct 2011 11:07 pm

Thanks Bob

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 5 Oct 2011 7:41 am

Yeah!!! What Bob said!!!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 5 Oct 2011 8:00 am

HHR.........hardly a hot rod.

Jack Strayhorn · Post by **Jack Strayhorn** » 5 Oct 2011 3:04 pm

Jerry, the guitar you have is the last one that I built for him.

Billy Knowles · Post by **Billy Knowles** » 5 Oct 2011 6:10 pm

Jerry,
Please do not forget the photos when you get a chance.
Thanks
BIlly

Paddy Long · Post by **Paddy Long** » 10 Oct 2011 3:11 pm

Didn't John play Day set-up?

So what setup did he used at night ???

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 10 Oct 2011 5:20 pm

Paddy Long wrote:
Didn't John play Day set-up?
So what setup did he used at night ???

The same.....

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 10 Oct 2011 5:27 pm

Bob Snelgrove wrote:
Stephen Gambrell wrote:Didn't John play Day set-up?
Yes,

Like all the great players do.

Too bad Green and Emmons didn't use the Day setup. If they had, they might have had a successful career as steel guitarist!

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 10 Oct 2011 5:49 pm

Lem Smith wrote:
Bob Snelgrove wrote:
Stephen Gambrell wrote:Didn't John play Day set-up?
Yes,

Like all the great players do.

Too bad Green and Emmons didn't use the Day setup. If they had, they might have had a successful career as steel guitarist!

Just think how much even greater they could have been! Paul would have been over the top, totally!

bob

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