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Topic: My first pedal steel |
Jerry Roller
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Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 6:21 pm |
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This is my first guitar with pedals, a Fender triple neck with 2 pedals installed by Doc Martin in Springfield , Mo. It is in standup position and I used the case to sit on endwise. Bigsby volume/tone control pedal. Age 16 I think.
Jerry
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Dick Wood
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Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:01 pm
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I would have loved to have heard you guys. What was the amp?
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Jay Coover
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Seattle, WA, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:04 pm
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That. Is. Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
If I'm not mistaken, you seem to be casting a stray eye towards the girls to your immediate left sitting on the stage, or was that your bar hand? Tell the truth. You remember.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:08 pm
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Dick, it was a Fender but I don’t remember which model. I thnk it had two speakers.
Jerry
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Jeremy Reeves
From:
Chatham, IL, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:10 pm
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| very cool |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:38 pm
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Great picture!
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 7:45 pm
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Hey Jerry, Thanks for sharing this picture. It is just great. I think I might know the male vocal up front and center but can't put a name to him. do you remember? J.R.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 8:04 pm
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J R, I think the guy to my left is H F Ross. I don’t remember the guy at the mic. I think he may be an MC for whatever the occasion, I don’t think he was with our group. To his left is Herschel Parker and the girl to Herschel’s left is Marilyn Sue Fisher, Clint Fisher’s daughter playing fiddle. To my right on upright bass is my brother, Larry.
Jerry
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 2:58 am
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| What a great pic Jerry! |
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 4:26 am
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Fantastic picture, Jerry! At 16, how long had you been playing steel guitar? Thanks
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 4:57 am
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This is pretty great, Jerry.
Was the pedal conversion a sort of 'standardized' thing that Doc Martin was doing at the time ("take it to Doc. He'll fix you up") or was he making it up as he went? Was it a good rig or a string breaker? |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 6:19 am
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| Great piece of nostalgia from the archives. This is the cool stuff that makes us recognize our journey to the place we are today. Thanks for sharing Jerry. |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 9:15 am
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Edward, I started on a Supro lap steel at age 15. I was close to 17 when that photo was taken in Greenwood, AR. Jon, Doc Martin was playing on Red Foley’s TV show in Springfield, Mo. It was a neat conversion that worked well to get the Bud Isaacs sound he got on Webb Pierce’s “Slowlyâ€. That sound mystified steel players as we had not heard of pedals on a steel. Doc routed out under the solid body and installed pivoting keystock that activated a plunger that was in a hole (with bushing) that was drilled thru the keyhead and pushed up on the string. It was tunable under the guitar and since it pushed up on the string relieving pressure on the nut it did not break strings. The conversion best I remember cost $106.00. Ben Jack sent his 4 neck Stringmaster up to Doc the same time I sent mine. They were 8 string E tuning so no high G# string and no chromatics.
Jerry
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 4:51 am
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Thanks so much for answering back, Jerry! I’ve really enjoyed listening to the cd’s you sent me, about 3-4 years back...great playing!
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