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Topic: 1962 Steel Guitar Manufacturer's and Price |
Sherman Willden
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2021 1:23 pm |
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Can anyone give me a list of 1962 steel guitar manufacturers along with a 1962 original price list for d10's s10's, s8's, d8's, t8s, and q8s?
Thanks Sherman
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Sherman L. Willden
It is easy to play the steel guitar. Playing so that the audience finds it pleasing is the difficult act. |
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Sep 2021 3:30 pm
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(Fender didn't come out with a 10-string pedal steel until 1964.)
8 pedal Fender 1000 D8.......$1,000
4 pedal Fender 400 S8..........$399
Extra pedals on either (up to 10) were $49 ea.
As I recall, D8 Sho-Bud prices were comparable, or a little cheaper, and the D8 Marlens were around $$700-800. There were very few single-neck pedal steels or 10-string steels in 1962. The only other pedal steels I can recall available in 1962 were the Gibson, the Wright, the Bigsby, and the ultra-cheap (about $350) Multi-Kord.
As for the non-pedal steels, there were probably hundreds of different ones. (Fender alone made probably a dozen different models.) |
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 19 Sep 2021 5:48 pm
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$1,000 in 1962 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $9,058.51 today. Just think about that when looking at current prices of some VERY well made steels.
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Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2021 5:59 am
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That's Cool K Maul that really tells the story an puts the prices of new steels today in the bargain territory.
Thank goodness I for the likes of Jimmie Hudson, Doug, stage one, Mullen an Justice steel for building a very good starter steel at a price point most anyone can afford. |
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Mike Vallandigham
From:
Martinez, CA
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Posted 20 Sep 2021 11:17 am
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Holy Smokes! $1000 for a Fender D-8 in 1964.
That's nuts. Makes a $3-5K guitar seem cheap. |
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Dustin Rigsby
From:
Parts Unknown, Ohio
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Posted 21 Sep 2021 7:15 pm
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Think about this for a moment. I have my father’s business receipts from when he owned his own semi’s in the mid 60’s. A flat tire repair on a trailer cost him $2.50 . You can’t even buy a valve stem cap for that price these days!
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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 22 Sep 2021 12:32 pm
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I know a D10 Emmons with 8 floors in 1965 was $500.
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
"YANKIN' STRINGS & STOMPIN' PEDALS" since 1967. |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 22 Sep 2021 1:47 pm
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'62-'65 was a great time for country music and the pedal steel.
I think that price of the Fenders reflects the popularity of them at that time and not just the craftsmanship.
Pedal steels were poised to really blossom then.
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