More details to come in the following days.

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DavidWright.us

M.S.A. Millennium

S-12 9 & 6

Bb is where it's at!

Peavey-2000-PX-300

Season's Greetings and all that good stuff! Just in time for a BIG Thanksgiving "Thank You!" Sure hope the new owner has a solid business plan. He must...he hired Tom Baker back!!

Nice to see Tom smiling. That's the look I hope to have when construction resumes and I got behind the wheel on my lowboy..

Til then...

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• Gary Shepherd
  
• Sierra Session 12
  
• www.16tracks.com
  

I wish the new Sierra owners & Tom Baker the best of luck.

well, you know...

Tom Baker will be presumed to be the assembler when/as the inventory gets accounted for, current and possibly past orders/requests for parts, and/or guitars gets compiled, and the "flow" is able to start.

That's all I know about it. This from as direct a source as anybody's going to have at this point.

It's going to take a little while to get the "flow" going, so patience on Sierra owners' customers' parts is going to be rewarded in a fashion. At this time it looks like it will be rewarded by the Superb Craftsmanship of Tom Baker, that IMHO as well as others' has brought Sierras' strong points to the forefront over the years. He is currently performing the inventory, and has compiled the email resuests I forwarded to be in the ongoing proces as it goes forward.

(background music fades.....)

Now you know as much as anybody.

Maybe even more than some.

EJL

[This message was edited by Eric West on 19 November 2003 at 03:29 PM.]

I got away with the Lufthansa Heist pretty cleanly.....

EJL

[This message was edited by Eric West on 19 November 2003 at 07:23 PM.]

Both of these instruments have lived and worked hard over the years; countless dance halls, lounges, radio, television and recording studios. They've played all kinds of country/western swing and Hawaiian as well as pop tunes. They've even seen more than their share of ex-wives.

Not once have I required "A NEW PART".....

Thousands of hours of playing, packing and trucking this gear all over the country and still never a "break-down".

I'm sure that many folks keep spare parts, just in case they may need them in the future. I would scramble for parts if I knew that a factory was closing, whether I needed them or not, at that time. I suppose that is the reason for this Sierra part feeding frenzy.

Come to think of it, I've seen (or remembered) very few posts for Sierra parts in the past.

[This message was edited by HowardR on 20 November 2003 at 11:24 AM.]

This requires spare parts.

I can't tell you what fun I've had, having an idea for an additional raise or lower on an existing pedal, adding another pedal or knee lever, and being able to drive 10 minutes over to the Sierra shop to see our buddy Tom Baker, and get parts AND SEVICE on the same day.

I regularly talk with folks at conventions and here on this forum, who also share my excitement and adventure in developement of new ideas for pedal/lever changes, who count on the availability of parts for the brand that they play, in order to make their ideas a reality.

Playing is only one part of this instrument that, in and of itself, can keep one busy for a lifetime or two.

Reading your description of your expierience with your Bigsby and Emmons, I have to believe that there are many others who just want to play, and aren't interested in the underneath of their steels.

Nothing wrong with it.

But for those of us steel players whose minds can't stop thinking "what if!..." well, it sure is nice to be able to implement your ideas!... and you will need parts to do it!

I have a Sierra drawer, and Emmons Push-Pull Drawer, and a Sho-Bud drawer, with parts that I have collected for this and that idea over the years.

It's an extension of the hobby!

I remember you telling me your steel took a dive once, and you needed to replace a broken tuner.
Sometimes folks need a part for that type of accident, too.

Why would one want to jerry-rig or hardware-sore fix their steel, when they could get parts from the original manufacturer?

Well, it might have been a bit of a curse, but Sierra fabricates most of the parts for their steel guitars right there at their factory.
So, no Sierra, no custom parts.

Please let me know if I can answer your question in further detail, as I could praise the fruits of Sierra's labors for quite a while longer if need be!
I think their steels are great!
Great folks too!

[This message was edited by Pete Burak on 21 November 2003 at 12:52 PM.]

There's one in every crowd, for crying out loud. -Waylon Jennings-

At least this time thankfully it didn't have to be me...

BBBWWWAHAHhahahaa

I was seriously thinking about ordering a Sierra lap steel at the ISGC this year (played one the year before it was SWEET) , but when I got there oops no Sierra.

And then, I bought a Melobar lap steel off ebay last week just before I heard Sierra was back, although I guess no guarantee the Sierra lap steel will be back.

BTW this Melobar is black (slightly metalflake), 6 string, overall body shape is a long rectangle (no curves), 24 1/2 scale, BL L-500 blade pickup, Grover tuners, anyone know what model this is called?

[This message was edited by Scott Swartz on 21 November 2003 at 01:43 PM.]

No problem Ray, I understand and respect your dedication to your vintage gear, but I gotta wonder, why did you post this in the Pedal Steel section then?

"I've never played a Sierra..." http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/006585.html

[This message was edited by Pete Burak on 21 November 2003 at 01:55 PM.]