My rig with Buddy Cage's

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 13 Aug 2015 11:53 am

My band had the pleasure of playing with New Riders of the Purple Sage in Syracuse last week. This is the only picture I took.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 13 Aug 2015 12:47 pm

I saw Buddy in White River Junction VT a few weeks ago. That one of a kind steel of his is a beast..D-12, 10 pedals, and 14 knees!

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 13 Aug 2015 12:48 pm

Is that the one that was stolen and recovered?

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 13 Aug 2015 1:02 pm

Yes, that's the one Ken. Larry Hilt built it for him...(lots of Dekley similarities)

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 13 Aug 2015 1:07 pm

I'm pretty sure Jim Smith could tell us something about this Buddy Cage steel.
Patrick, do you recall the brand on the name plate on the left? steve

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 13 Aug 2015 1:56 pm

steve takacs wrote:I'm pretty sure Jim Smith could tell us something about this Buddy Cage steel.
Patrick, do you recall the brand on the name plate on the left? steve

Larry originally built the guitar for himself, but Buddy convinced him to sell it to him. Most of the parts are Dekley, but Larry added more of his own ideas.

Here's a blowup of the logo. It says:

HILT
PEDAL STEEL GUITAR COMPANY
NEW HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
USA (I think)

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 14 Aug 2015 6:43 am

Yeah, my pictures weren't that great. I didn't have much time after sound check.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 14 Aug 2015 6:55 am

Cool to see Buddy's rig and cool to have Buddy's rig discussion but let's also say, cool that you shared the stage.

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 14 Aug 2015 7:26 am

Jon Light wrote:Cool to see Buddy's rig and cool to have Buddy's rig discussion but let's also say, cool that you shared the stage.

Thanks, Jon. We've been very fortunate to get a lot of great gigs recently.

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 14 Aug 2015 7:49 am

I hope you got to spend some time with Buddy. He's a GREAT hang.

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 14 Aug 2015 7:54 am

Mark van Allen wrote:I hope you got to spend some time with Buddy. He's a GREAT hang.

It's funny, we barely met them the night of that gig, but the next night, my band was playing in a bar and all of NRPS showed up and hung out until well past closing time. It was a lot of fun.

Billy McCombs · Post by **Billy McCombs** » 14 Aug 2015 2:27 pm

Patrick, ask Buddy if there's a place you can buy a NRPS T shirt with the round Logo on it. I want one. Thanks

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 14 Aug 2015 3:18 pm

Billy McCombs wrote:Patrick, ask Buddy if there's a place you can buy a NRPS T shirt with the round Logo on it. I want one. Thanks

Sorry, Billy. This was a week ago, but they're available on their website.
http://www.nrps.net/wearables.html

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 17 Aug 2015 6:55 am

Thanks for the information, Jim and for the photos, Jim and Patrick.
Looks like a Fender amp convention was going on. stevet

Patrick Strain · Post by **Patrick Strain** » 17 Aug 2015 2:16 pm

steve takacs wrote:Thanks for the information, Jim and for the photos, Jim and Patrick.
Looks like a Fender amp convention was going on. stevet

Yeah. Buddy looked to be using a Dual Showman, I run a 1973 Vibrosonic Reverb, and the Twin above my amp is Michael Falzarano's.

John McClung · Post by **John McClung** » 18 Aug 2015 4:55 pm

Is Cage's current copedent available anywhere?

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