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Topic: Where was my JB Frypan made?? |
George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 Dec 2018 1:54 pm |
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Where was my JB Frypan made????
It's an 8 string SN A070 22" scale 1980. There is no place of manufacture on it that I can see????
Thanks. G
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2018 2:16 pm
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If it's an early model, it was made by Sho~Bud.
Some had Jerry Byrd's blessing and some didn't. 
When Jerry Byrd and Shot Jackson split sheets, they were made by Excel in Japan.
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 11 Dec 2018 4:05 pm
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Thanks Erv, but doesn't the Serial A070 tell something????
It has the autographed blessing by the great Admiral Byrd to the person who owned it prior to me.
Geo
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 8:18 am
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George,
Does it look like this?
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 11:55 am
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Thanks Erv and Michael. My head was spinning after I read the long thread from Jack Byrd for which I thank Michael.
Erv, I don't have any such certificate that you posted, but it could have been lost (since 1982). I do have a printed piece of paper which specifies only 150 of each A & B series WILL be made (at that time). Jerry's picture is on the back of it. A070 is engraved on the end of the headstock and was autographed by Byrd in 1982, I have to assume it was made my Shot. One thing for sure, the harmonics at 7 12 and 19 are magnificent. And the phoney looking magnets are very powerful.
Thanks to you both.
Geo
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 12:05 pm
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George,
I bought my frypan used and the certificate came with it. 
Erv |
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Jim Newberry
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Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 12:06 pm
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Wow, that's a really depressing thread on many levels...
George, my northern neighbor, I'm glad you have a good one that plays and sounds right for you!
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 1:52 pm
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Thanks Erv, but some people cannot read, or maybe mine got framed on a wall!!!!!
Thanks to Michael also for his great effort. It's proved to me that mine is a Shot Jackson product.
Yes Jim, it's a great guitar, but I must admit, it's not my favourite of the half dozen or so I have. While it sounds great, it's more like playing a "machine". That's why I'm putting it on the chopping block as the first to go. I still have my Gibson CG D8, Panda B6, 1939 Gibson 7 string,
and my favourite (the lightest!!!) 1946 Ultratone and a couple of others.
Geo[/quote]
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 2:02 pm
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George,
The fellow I bought mine from sold it so he could buy an original Rickenbacher frypan.
Erv |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 4:39 pm
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| When I was in Hawaii around 2003, Fuzzy was there ( the guy who made them in Japan ) The finish on the ones he brought with him, was different than the older ones, .kind of a textured thing... I was kinda inclined to buy one from him, but his English was confusing. So, he brings Jerry Byrd over to talk to me. Anyway, Jerry said I could get a good deal, because the guy didn't want to haul his stuff back to Japan ! I didn't get to talk to him before he left that evening, so I didn't get a JB frypan !! |
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 6:22 pm
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| George Rout wrote: |
Thanks Erv, but some people cannot read, or maybe mine got framed on a wall!!!!!
Thanks to Michael also for his great effort. It's proved to me that mine is a Shot Jackson product.
Yes Jim, it's a great guitar, but I must admit, it's not my favourite of the half dozen or so I have. While it sounds great, it's more like playing a "machine". That's why I'm putting it on the chopping block as the first to go. I still have my Gibson CG D8, Panda B6, 1939 Gibson 7 string,
and my favourite (the lightest!!!) 1946 Ultratone and a couple of others.
Geo |
Oh heck, I didn't do much, I'm just good at searches. Should be after 24 years of it! |
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