posted 14 January 2000 10:27 PM         

I have it on pretty good authority (Buddy Emmons via David Smith) that Jimmy's original "Blue Darlin" (the one Buddy built for him) is now at Mr. Seymour's store. No word on its' availability.

Mikey

posted 15 January 2000 02:46 PM         

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Paul Stertz
Blue laquer Mullen D10 8+5

posted 15 January 2000 02:52 PM         

This is from the funeral home, courtesy of Lynn and Jeremy Owsley--

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posted 15 January 2000 04:59 PM         

Buddy Emmons would be the one to elaborate on this guitar and authenticate it as well. I was told he has done such.

posted 15 January 2000 08:11 PM         

Mikey

posted 17 January 2000 08:14 AM         

We purchased this guitar at considerable expense to keep it from falling through the cracks of obscurity. The former owner was about to pass it on to his children who did not know or care about it's great history.

This guitar was the 4th Sho-Bud built by Buddy Emmons and Shot Jackson in 1957 for Jimmy Day. It is a Double 8 with 6 pedals. Was used by Jimmy Day from 1957 to 1964. He did two instrumental albums with this guitar and most of the great Ray Price sessions on Columbia.

The guitar was natural birdseye until the middle of 1959 when it was refinished blue with white necks and remained blue to the end of its ownership by Jimmy. Upon purchasing the guitar, we contacted Buddy to get additional history of the guitar.

Bobbe remembers seeing the guitar several times in its natural finish state from 1957 to 1959.
Some of its identiable features are white fretboards, originally 25 inch scale but reduced to 24 inch scale somewhere in the early 1960s by Shot Jackson, wood end cabinet without handles but fingerholes cut in the end of the cabinet. The pedal castings are thinner than the ones that were used in the 1960s. The pedal rods are one quarter inch in diameter as are the pull rods under the guitar. Guitar is all original including pickups.

Jimmy had numerous guitars over the years. Some for weeks and some for months. This one is the original Blue Darlin and is the one played by Jimmy for the longest period of time and that he built his career on.

As Lloyd Green's guitar was mentioned in this thread, we have gotten numerous requests for information about it. I'm going to start another thread to answer questions about it.

Bobbe and Jeannie Seymour
Steel Guitar Nashville
http://www.steelguitar.net

posted 17 January 2000 10:46 AM         

We have received several offers for the guitar and are entertaining the idea of selling it after the "exhibit."

posted 31 December 2000 02:45 AM         

don't know if this belongs here but there was some talk about this guitar in the past so I thought I'd let you know about its whereabouts.
Don't care if it's #2 or #4 or whatever but it is a real beauty and I cannot praise Bobbe Seymours work enough.

and how it was back then:

Happy new year to anyone !

posted 31 December 2000 10:24 AM         

Buddy built this body for Jimmy Day. It was the third Sho~Bud cabinet he built (around 1957,) with his own being number four.
Buddy also wrote Jimmy's name on the front.
It's now in the possession of ex-Texas Troubadour, Lynn Owsley.
Buddy wrote this to Al in Feb 2000:

quote:

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Al,
Shot Jackson never counted the demo guitars we built for Jimmy Day, me, or any other Nashville players as production guitars, so your guitar could very well be the third guitar the Sho~Bud company sold, which would make it the fifth cabinet I built.

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My best,
Ernie

The Official Buddy Emmons Website
www.buddyemmons.com

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posted 01 January 2001 02:24 AM         

no I don't intend to start THAT again....
my guitar has nothing to do with the Day D-8 it was just that I thought this topic would fit best !

I was just braggin'
BTW anyone knows when they started to add the inlays? I have seen only a couple guitars without

Chris, I recorded a tune with that setup but after all it doesn't that much different than my D-9 into JBL equipped Twin. I'll send you a file soon if I could get it small enough.

Andy

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ShoBud Gallery

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posted 03 January 2001 11:40 PM         

thanks for the info !

I think it doesn't matter if it is #2 which Buddy ones said in a interview which I found on the net. To me it appealed because of its history and its former owner.
In the last month I read so many different stories about people having the 1st or 2nd Bud, what about the D-8s of Howard White or Jimmy Crawford.... Oops don't start a new discussion here !
Al, check your email !