missing bigsbys list

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 3 Dec 2009 12:03 am

The steel player in the Jimmy Williams & The Drifters band is Jesse Collins. That was a band from the Detroit area, the guitar player behind Jessie is young Johnny Powers who recorded some really classic rockabilly tunes, such as Long Blond Hair.
Gary Stewart's guitar is the one Lloyd Green used with Faron Young, Gary bought it from Faron after that. Incidentally, that picture with just hands and the guitar visible was also used on the back cover of a Herb Remington LP.
Here's a few more:

From top:
Bobby and Larry Black, Lee Knight, PA in his workshop building Eddie Gabbard's steel, Curley Cochran and the last two Eddie Gabbard & his army buddies at an officers' club in Germany ( note the cool German Hofner guitars! )

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 3 Dec 2009 11:22 am

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 3 Dec 2009 2:13 pm

what happened to the lee knight steel i heard he had two.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 3 Dec 2009 2:20 pm

Dunno, but he might have had even three...

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 3 Dec 2009 2:37 pm

is the curley cochran steel still around ive never heard of him before.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 3 Dec 2009 11:43 pm

Let's just say that it's around but not available

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 4 Dec 2009 2:18 pm

i just wondered if it was still around i didnt want to buy it.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 4 Dec 2009 2:19 pm

did the curley cochran guitar have pedals

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 7 Dec 2009 5:29 pm

ive asked about the t10 bigsbys a lot but i was just wondering what happened to the pedals on tom morrels t10 i heard they burned up in a fire is that true.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 7 Dec 2009 11:27 pm

Yeah, I think that's what happened.

Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 8 Dec 2009 9:28 am

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 8 Dec 2009 2:14 pm

Oh Mitch, the "Crocker Jack" bike is the coolest, but how 'bout this: a Crocker chopper from the 30s

Goes to show Al and PA were really trailblazers, or does someone else know about a custom chopper pre -36?????

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 8 Dec 2009 2:33 pm

This isn't a motorcycle topic.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 8 Dec 2009 4:34 pm

what kind of bigsby did curly chalker have was it a t8.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 8 Dec 2009 5:40 pm

i noticed in the bigsby book marian halls s10 had a non bigsby pickup is that the pickup it had when she was on town hall party.

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 8 Dec 2009 11:49 pm

b0b wrote:This isn't a motorcycle topic.

You're right, this is a Bigsby topic but Bigsby was as much of a motorcycle man ( chief engineer for Crocker ) as he was a guitar builder. In fact, if you look at the stepboard of a Crocker bike you'll notice that it's the same part as a top plate of a Bigsby vol/tone pedal.
The PU on Marian's guitar is probably from the 70's, and that's not the guitar she played on THP. She had two guitars, a D8 and a D8/10.
And Curley didn't have a Bigsby at all.

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 9 Dec 2009 5:58 am

Jussi Huhtakangas wrote:Oh Mitch, the "Crocker Jack" bike is the coolest, but how 'bout this: a Crocker chopper from the 30s

Goes to show Al and PA were really trailblazers, or does someone else know about a custom chopper pre -36?????

Harley introduced the springer front end in 1930, but the raked front ends and stretched forks seem to historically be a post-WWII thing. Add to that the twisted front legs from the sixties. The apehangers. Hmmm...

I see you have those smiley faces. Are you having fun with us?

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 9 Dec 2009 11:28 pm

Since Bill asked I go back to bikes once more ( sorry b0b );

You mean if I ( or someone else ) has photoshopped the picture? I didn't, I found it on the internet, on the present Crocker Co. Facebook site. I have no idea if someone else would've manipulatd it, I doubt, but people do weird stuff for no reason. It does puzzle the heck out of me too for the same reasons you mentioned

Now, back to guitars...

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 10 Dec 2009 5:19 am

Thanks, Jussi.

Sorry bOb, back to Bigsby:

Don't think this one is missing, but dang, it's hot!!

Jussi Huhtakangas · Post by **Jussi Huhtakangas** » 10 Dec 2009 5:27 am

Cool, what was the name on that one??

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 10 Dec 2009 5:43 am

No name I can tell. Just stole it off the NPR site to get back in bOb's good graces!

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 10 Dec 2009 6:29 am

Say, the pedals on that Bigsby look like they came off a Crocker motorcycle!

Y'know, my grandfather had an Indian bike back in the day. I remember my mom telling me that they used to... oh, never mind. It's off-topic.

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 10 Dec 2009 10:26 am

Bill and Jussi, that's Norm Hamlet's guitar from 1954 and it just happens to be out in my studio. As you can probably imagine, it sounds pretty good.

Bill Ladd · Post by **Bill Ladd** » 10 Dec 2009 1:46 pm

chas smith wrote:Bill and Jussi, that's Norm Hamlet's guitar from 1954 and it just happens to be out in my studio. As you can probably imagine, it sounds pretty good.

Cool.

I'll PM you my shipping address.

Daniel McKee · Post by **Daniel McKee** » 11 Dec 2009 7:02 pm

how many steels did paul bigsby build in 1962 i dont think ive heard of any from that year.