Can Someone Identify This Guitar?

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 8 Mar 2010 2:18 pm

On another forum this was posted to ID. The guitar player behind Chet. What kind of guitar is he holding? For that matter, who is the player?
Is the guitar a Bigsby?

Great playing by Chet BTW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMCuEjW ... r_embedded

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 8 Mar 2010 2:24 pm

Looks a little like a Coral guitar though I don't remember ever seeing one quite like that. Certainly has some 'Bigsbyness' to it as well, though. I'll be interested to find out what it is as well.

Michael Lee Allen · Post by **Michael Lee Allen** » 8 Mar 2010 2:27 pm

Removed.

Bill R. Baker · Post by **Bill R. Baker** » 8 Mar 2010 2:44 pm

I would guess the guitar player to be Jackie Phelps who later appeared on HeeHaw.

Michael Lee Allen · Post by **Michael Lee Allen** » 8 Mar 2010 2:47 pm

FWIW Pete Wade is pictured in the Stratosphere catalog with a doubleneck and he is the only Nashville-based player mentioned or photographed. Jerry Shook supposedly played a Stratosphere as well.
MLA

Ron Whitfield · Post by **Ron Whitfield** » 8 Mar 2010 3:17 pm

There were single and double neck versions. Jimmy Bryant was an endorser.

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 8 Mar 2010 5:48 pm

It is definitely Jackie Phelps and I remember him playing that guitar. I had always assumed it to be a one-off custom built, but I defer to those who might have better info.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 8 Mar 2010 6:01 pm

Here's one for a mere 10K .....
http://www.gbase.com/gear/stratosphere- ... 4-sunburst

Michael Lee Allen · Post by **Michael Lee Allen** » 8 Mar 2010 6:15 pm

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Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 9 Mar 2010 7:34 am

That seller is FOS.

Hey, sorry - I don't make 'em up, I just pass 'em along. Just trying to supply info of any kind about Stratosphere guitars to the inquiree. I'm not getting a cut, really.

Michael Lee Allen · Post by **Michael Lee Allen** » 9 Mar 2010 7:53 am

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Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 9 Mar 2010 2:27 pm

Here's the previous discussion with the information Michael has so graciously provided.

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 15 Mar 2010 9:27 pm

Chet used a Stratosphere on the tune "Somebody Stole My Gal" in the fifties.