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Lindley Member Posts: 247 |
posted 26 June 2001 04:45 PM
Now and then someone mentions a brand of steel I've never heard of. How many can you name? ------------------ |
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Lem Smith Member Posts: 1501 |
posted 26 June 2001 05:58 PM
Bethel (The brand I play now) Emmons Zumsteel Sho~Bud Derby Seymour MCI EMCI Carter M.S.A. Mullen Dekley GFI Sierra VCG--I believe this is the name of the ones Randy makes. Bigsby Fender Flynn Simmons Baggett JCH Mooney Anapeg Excel Fulawka Williams Rus-Ler Gibson-Electrharps and non-pedal Multichord--early pedal steel Hughey Custom Franklin Rayline Kline There's probably more, but this is what I can think of right off. They are listed in no particular order. Lem |
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Jody Cameron Member Posts: 808 |
posted 26 June 2001 06:16 PM
In addition to Lem's list, there's also the "B" push/pull and now all-pull made by my boy Bobby Bowman....also the Remington. |
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Donny Hinson Member Posts: 9192 |
posted 26 June 2001 06:35 PM
Mmmmm...pretty good Lem! I'll add... BMI |
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Bosse Engzell Member Posts: 141 |
posted 26 June 2001 06:43 PM
There was a Swedish steel build in the -70´s, name AWM. The company was sold to Norway. Bosse in Sweden |
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Jerry Roller Member Posts: 3906 |
posted 26 June 2001 06:55 PM
Pedalmaster is a very good guitar. PeeWee Whitewing plays one. I have a 1960 Pedalmaster D10 which was built one block from my home in 1960 by LeeRoy Prine who came up with that brand name. About the same time Ben Jack was building the BeJay just across the river in Van Buren, Ark. Another brand being built in my area is the Boen built by Jim Boen. He still builds a few pedal guitars but he primarily builds lap steels one of which Maurice plays. Jerry [This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 26 June 2001 at 06:59 PM.] |
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chas smith Member Posts: 3168 |
posted 26 June 2001 07:08 PM
Wright Custom Rickenbacker Marlen |
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Samuel E. White Member Posts: 2151 |
posted 26 June 2001 07:18 PM
I'll add to the list and I'm suprised noone mentioned the GREAT Steel that I play and alot of other Steel players. I think the Fessenden is one of the best you can buy . Lets give my freind Jerry Fessenden credit for a great Steel Guitar. Sam White S-10 Fessenden with pad 3-4 S-10 White steel Guitar 3-4 I built this guitar with some of the main parts from Jerry and I appreciate him selling me these parts. Thanks Jerry |
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Lem Smith Member Posts: 1501 |
posted 26 June 2001 08:32 PM
Thanks Donny  I knew I'd forget some.Also, Ed Naylor builds the following two... Linkon Speedy West (I believe these may have been built by Marlen) |
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Bob Mainwaring Member Posts: 918 |
posted 26 June 2001 08:36 PM
How about Hank Rogers?? Apparently when talking to him about two months ago, he said that he`d built about 430 Steels over the years, the D10 I own is about 30 some years old. Bob Mainwaring Z.Bs. and other weird things. ------------------ |
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Al Udeen Member Posts: 1164 |
posted 26 June 2001 09:36 PM
Here's 4 more! Blanton |
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Bobby Snell Member Posts: 193 |
posted 26 June 2001 09:41 PM
Allright, now who's gonna take all these and put them in alphabetical order? |
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Milton Guilbeau Member Posts: 136 |
posted 26 June 2001 09:48 PM
NOTE: In an effort to shorten this thread, the list of names previously listed here was removed and a new updated one dated 6-28-2001 was added. [This message was edited by Milton Guilbeau on 28 June 2001 at 08:38 PM.] [This message was edited by Milton Guilbeau on 28 June 2001 at 08:41 PM.] |
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Mike Fereday Member Posts: 99 |
posted 26 June 2001 10:06 PM
From England we have Bennett. Mike |
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Marco Schouten Member Posts: 920 |
posted 26 June 2001 10:23 PM
From the Netherlands: Devis ------------------ |
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Milton Guilbeau Member Posts: 136 |
posted 26 June 2001 10:25 PM
Pardon me for the mistakes on the sorted list. I CAN’T SEE !! It’s coincidental that in a few hours I will have cataract surgery in one eye. You may keep adding names and alert me on errors, either via email or on this thread. I will modify when I can see...or hope to see again - sometime on Wednesday. At the end, I/we can do a new CLEAN resort and post again. Thanks Lem Smith for a good lesson. |
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Tim Rowley Member Posts: 957 |
posted 26 June 2001 11:35 PM
Let us not forget 3 Michigan-made steels: Cougar Also what about: Market-Rite Are you interested in non-pedal steels? Some of the well-known brands are National, Dobro, Supro, Oahu, Kay, Epiphone, Magnatone, Teisco, Mellobar, and you already mentioned Rickenbacker, Fender, and White. Then you have the Silvertone, the Airline, the Old Kraftsman, the Recording King, etc. And the list goes on... Tim R. [This message was edited by Tim Rowley on 26 June 2001 at 11:45 PM.] |
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Al Udeen Member Posts: 1164 |
posted 26 June 2001 11:49 PM
OK. Now how many different brands have you owned? I'll start with my list! Blanton |
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Bill Cunningham Member Posts: 381 |
posted 27 June 2001 12:42 AM
Cherokee; made by Clyde Maddox in Kinston, NC. When I was USMC at Cherry Point, a local picker, Bob Stone played one. As I remember it looked like a finger tip Sho-Bud. BTW, would anyone in east NC know Bob? I left there in 1980. ------------------ |
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Bobby Bowman Member Posts: 1271 |
posted 27 June 2001 12:45 AM
There was (is?) the Marrs. The Parker, The Dwight Cook, the JCH, the original Hughey, and the CW (Carson Wells). And may I say the very soon to be, American Steel, which will be the only double changer push pull that I know of now in production. BB ------------------ [This message was edited by Bobby Bowman on 27 June 2001 at 12:55 AM.] |
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ebb Member Posts: 1045 |
posted 27 June 2001 03:09 AM
Whitney. double changer all pull. |
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Gene Jones Member Posts: 5796 |
posted 27 June 2001 03:30 AM
Also the Teisco (Japanese) in the early 1960's that had pedals pulled with cables like the Fenders except the cables were enclosed like motorcycle clutch cables. (come to think of it, that's probably what they were as Japan was "big" in the motorcycle export market at that time. www.genejones.com |
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Frank Venters Member Posts: 182 |
posted 27 June 2001 06:16 AM
How about: Pierce Custom Wheeler Capri (an East Coast Builder and you could order lighted fret boards). |
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Tommy Detamore Member Posts: 478 |
posted 27 June 2001 06:50 AM
How about the Sell, built by George Sell in Pennsylvania (I think). It is the guitar featured in the photos in the Winnie Winston book. Josh Dubin had one years ago (maybe he still does) and it sounded great! |
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john buffington Member Posts: 578 |
posted 27 June 2001 07:15 AM
Clark Custom, was made by Jim Clark in Owasso, Ok. |
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Ben Jack Member Posts: 393 |
posted 27 June 2001 08:44 AM
Jerry, thanks for remembering the Bejay, however, it was me, not Leroy, who came up with the name PEDALMASTER. I named it after the famous Buick ROADMASTER as my family was in the automobile business and I was aware of what the name implied and thought it would also describe the quality of guitar that Leroy and I were building together before I started building the BEJAY on my own.Just a note of history. I talked to Bob Dell yesterday and he told me that you were doing extremely well following your surgery,good for you!!!! Ben Jack |
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robert hays Member Posts: 186 |
posted 27 June 2001 08:53 AM
I remember several years ago the great Sid Hudson was at my house and he had a keyless double 10 that I believe was a BOSSON that may not be the exact spelling (senior moments you know)but I had never seen one before and a couple years later he told me his Dad had also bought one! any one else familiar with that name? |
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Jerry Roller Member Posts: 3906 |
posted 27 June 2001 09:02 AM
Sorry for my error Ben, this 62 year old brain is trying to remember back 40 years. Anyway that Pedalmaster was a great improvement over the old Multichord type changer guitar I built in about 1958. Ben, I guess one of my greatest thrills back then was when you and I sent our Fenders to Doc Martin in Springfield and had one or two pedals put on them (can't remember for sure). Then I could play "Slowly" and "The Waltz You Saved For Me" sorta like Bud. What memories!!!! |
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Joey Ace Sysop Posts: 7232 |
posted 27 June 2001 11:54 AM
Fuzzy, I believe from Japan.
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richard burton Member Posts: 1337 |
posted 27 June 2001 01:36 PM
Ormston |
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Dave Seddon Member Posts: 319 |
posted 27 June 2001 02:04 PM
Also DENLEY and ROTOSOUND (British) |
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Jeff A. Smith Member Posts: 807 |
posted 27 June 2001 02:28 PM
Jagiella (German) Claiming NO cabinent drop. [This message was edited by Jeff A. Smith on 27 June 2001 at 02:29 PM.] |
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Joe Henry Member Posts: 909 |
posted 27 June 2001 02:45 PM
From Germany, there´s also ABM. They´re trash, but they exist. |
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Greg Vincent Member Posts: 727 |
posted 27 June 2001 04:04 PM
Thomas? |
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Max Laine Member Posts: 287 |
posted 27 June 2001 04:45 PM
AWM is (was) actually AWH... Max |
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ebb Member Posts: 1045 |
posted 27 June 2001 06:24 PM
the Anstead before the Anapeg. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick Member Posts: 1234 |
posted 28 June 2001 06:20 PM
"Lonestar Steels ?" |
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Milton Guilbeau Member Posts: 136 |
posted 28 June 2001 08:26 PM
Alphabetical update 7/2/01. Now up to 102. Names were taken from this post. Please excuse the (my) errors. 1 ABM (Germany) [This message was edited by Milton Guilbeau on 02 July 2001 at 06:53 PM.] |
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Sage Member Posts: 525 |
posted 28 June 2001 08:41 PM
I think it is VLC by Randy, standing for Very Low Cost. Also the ink is barely dry on the first instrument I'm shipping out in two days. It is the Harmos, a strap-on (carbon fiber) lapsteel. I don't have a factory.  Great list, everyone. T. Sage Harmos [URL=http://www.harmosmusic.com] pictures will be up in a couple of weeks. [This message was edited by Sage on 28 June 2001 at 08:44 PM.] [This message was edited by Sage on 28 June 2001 at 08:55 PM.] [This message was edited by Sage on 28 June 2001 at 09:20 PM.] |
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Bob Blair Member Posts: 1002 |
posted 28 June 2001 10:10 PM
Wayne Link in Winnipeg, Manitoba has been building Linkon psg's for as long as I can remember. |
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