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Topic: ~First Sierra ever built~~Wright Custom~ |
chas smith
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 17 May 2009 5:28 pm |
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Might be nice to share them here too. I'll add the others to the previous post. This is the best one I have of the T-10. Umm, the Q-8 belonged to Jimmy Day and Curley Chalker, it's the guitar used on Crazy Arms.
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 18 May 2009 7:29 am
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Great pictures  |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 19 May 2009 10:45 pm
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David:
Here are a couple more that you may already have seen?
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Jerry Gleason
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Eugene, Oregon, USA
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Posted 19 May 2009 11:19 pm
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I owned this one back in the mid-70's, and it was pretty old then...
Ten pedals and one knee lever. Cable mechanism. The pedal stops were rubber bumpers on the bottom of the pedals. I think It was about seven feet long, and weighed at least 400 pounds. Well, maybe not, but that's what it seemed like at the time. It was a nice sounding guitar. I wish I had some better pictures of it.
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 20 May 2009 6:58 am
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| great pic ov Vance with Jimmy Rivers...))) thank's to all that are posting pictures.... |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 21 May 2009 3:25 am
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Heres a forum member
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 22 May 2009 10:01 am
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What a thread! YEAH, BABY!!
Austinite Bobby Horton has a Wright Custom that belonged to Chubby Howard, not the one pictured above, that I did a little work on a few years ago. Maybe I can get Bobby to take some photogs.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 22 May 2009 10:43 am
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These quads are killing me!!!!!.....er...the guitars that is!
Incredible looking instruments. |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 23 May 2009 3:19 am
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Herd,
Love to see them
Bill,
Steel player must have been in better shape in the Quad days  |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 24 May 2009 3:52 am
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Heres the promo pic from Barbara's Monster 4 neck, if anyone has a way to get these to Barbara, please do so..I would like to get hold of her...
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 24 May 2009 3:58 am
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Lee Jeffriess
From:
Vallejo California
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Posted 25 May 2009 9:26 am
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David, who is the guy to the right of Norm?.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 25 May 2009 9:57 am
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Drooooolll ( and I don't mean Barbara Mandrell ) 
I used to own one like Chubby Howard has in that pic, it had severely been butchered from a six pedal quad to a three pedal triple neck, complete with a red house paint with a brush  I had it restored to a blonde T8 with two pedals working like the Isaacs E9 ( except with split pedals ) it sounded just like Jimmy Day's Wright on Crazy Arms. |
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 25 May 2009 2:35 pm
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And here's the un-promo pic from Barbara's Monster 4 neck (don't tell Barbara):
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 26 May 2009 2:13 am
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Lee, that would be Jim King..don't know anything about him, maybe someone on the forum knows something about him..
Chas, nice pic, |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 26 May 2009 6:58 am
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Lee
Jim King was a steel player from canada I found out..Does anyone know him???
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 26 May 2009 7:07 am
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| sorry Lee, I ID the wrong guy, it is Gary Walker.... your asking about |
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Frank Talley
From:
Avondale, Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 May 2009 4:10 pm Original steel guitars
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Mr. Wright:
My name is Frank Talley and I used to live in Washington State. I bought a double neck Sierra from your dad through Keith Holter in 1978 and a webb amp from him at the same time. The amp, however, was stolen after I moved to Phoenix in 1980; However, the guitar I still have, still play on stage, to this day. By the way, the serial number is xxx-00006. If you are interested in pictures, I can take some and send them to you or, check out the band photos on the webb site www.exit195.com.
Hell of a good guitar, just wish I could get parts to fix it up and do some pedal changes that I want. By the way, where do I get spare parts for it?
Frank
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I always wanted to play the pedal steel guitar real bad so, when I grew up, that is exactly how I learned to play it. |
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 27 May 2009 9:04 am
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Hi Frank,
Thanks for the post, I would suggest contacting Jim Palenscar for some parts, he can make anything you want, I'm sure theres no parts out there ....I'll take all the pictures you have, I'm up dating my web sight and might beadle to use them...David |
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Lee Jeffriess
From:
Vallejo California
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Posted 27 May 2009 8:52 pm
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David, thanks for the ID,
The Jim King pics are cool, the earlier pic you posted of your dad playing his first triple neck is priceless.
My buddy Llyod turned up a S8, which had a plate on the front that said, CUSTOM BUILT BY CHUCK WRIGHT NAPPA VALLEY 1949.
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 28 May 2009 4:41 am
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Lee,
Can you get me a pic of that...David |
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David Wright
From:
Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 28 May 2009 6:17 am
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Lee Jeffriess
From:
Vallejo California
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Posted 28 May 2009 9:59 pm
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David, I will try.
Also I just realised something, looking at the pic of the 48 T8, your dad may have had the first three piece neck.
He had Sho Bud beat by at least 8 years, and I have only heard of one Bigsby that was(maybe) modded by Bigsby himself.
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 May 2009 8:28 am
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This posting is becoming priceless for Sierra fans. The history is fascinating. I think most people are unaware of this guitars rich heritage...Sho-Bud, Beck, Bigsby seem to get the spotlight.
I have three Sierra: two Sessions and a Crown Series.
Keep the info coming! |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 31 May 2009 12:54 pm
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| how many years were wrights built anyone know how many also if anyone knows how many t10s were built. |
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