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Topic: What do you guys sit on?
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Gere Mullican
Member From: LaVergne, Tennessee, USA
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posted 08 October 2004 09:20 AM
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I have been using a home made seat for about 40 years. On one side the legs were reinforcing steel bars and the other side was hollow tubing. I was afraid the tubing bout get a kink and I would wind up sitting in the floor so I went to Bobbe Seymour's store and bought an Elite seat. I had to get them to cut about 2 inches off the legs because most seats are about 20 inches from the floor and since I am a short guy I needed about 18 inches. Used it last night for the first time and it fit really good. Only thing is my power strip don't fit inside cuase it is too long. No problem, I just carry it in by itself. I don't know if it helped my picking but at least I am not concerned about winding up in the floor.
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Ryan Giese
Member From: Spokane, Washington, USA
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posted 08 October 2004 10:05 AM
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I got a Walker pac-a-seat last Christmas. It is still in perfect condition. You should try it out. They are great! |
Ray Walker
Member From: Smithfield, NC, USA
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posted 08 October 2004 05:53 PM
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With the exception of my good friends Jerry Hayes, Ryan Giese and a couple of the ole Sho-bud guys I am just sitting here laughing my tail end off. This is funny stuff. Now I am not trying to be mean spirited hear...the Good Lord only kows I mean well, but for the life of me I am laughing so hard it's all I can do to sit in my chair. I have spent a lot of money developing a steel guitar seat that will last almost forever and is comfortable and more than half the people on this thread are sitting on milk cartons...cans and kitchen chairs...and seem perfectly happy. I need to re-think my business plan and start making collapsible milking stools. HA!!! I mean it HA!!!!. b0b I love this forum my friend I really do. God bless each one of you who posted and I for one am truly happy to know what a lot of folks sit on too.      Ray Walker
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Now before anything starts....boys and girls this is all in humor only... PSS
Sarah darlin' your newest seat's on it's way to you...I had no idea [This message was edited by Ray Walker on 08 October 2004 at 05:55 PM.] |
Dustin Rigsby
Member From: Columbus, Ohio
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posted 08 October 2004 06:00 PM
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Sorry Ray, I'm just cheap...I mean frugal ------------------
D.S. Rigsby
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Winnie Winston
Member From: Tawa, Wellington, NZ
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posted 08 October 2004 06:25 PM
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No need to bend anything. Why copy? Think outside the square!
One of the nicest seats I've seen used 3/4" threaded pipe for legs. the legs screwed into threaded flanges (aboutb 2-3" dia) that were screwed to the bottom of the seat.
The legs could be cut to the exact dimesion needed.
A few "broom-handle holders" screwed down under the seat, held the legs in place when they were unscrewed.As for me... I'd love a seat with a back. I've been using a Sho-Bud pack-a-seat for years. Put a new foam top on a few years ago. JW |
Jim Phelps
Member From: just out of Mexico City
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posted 08 October 2004 06:31 PM
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The backrest is well worth having. I had an original Sho-Bud seat too, years ago and let it go with my '79 MSA when I sold it. I got a ToteSeat a couple years ago and thought nah, don't need a back, didn't have it before...W.C. convinced me to get one with a back and he was right. It's worth having if only for relaxing between songs, during soundchecks, etc. |
Klaus Caprani
Member From: Copenhagen, Denmark
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posted 09 October 2004 06:35 AM
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"It"(Sorry. Couldn't resist ------------------
Klaus Caprani MCI RangeXpander S-10 |
Smiley Roberts
Member From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
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posted 09 October 2004 01:19 PM
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Savell,
RE: Sewing machine seat
That's precisely where Duane Marrs,who came up with the whole idea in the first place,got the idea from. I think Duane ought to be put in the SGHOF,just for coming up with that idea,alone!! BTW,I'm proud to say that I have the FIRST steel seat that Duane ever made,& was the first steeler to have one. TOOT-TOOT!! <---(that's me,tootin' my own horn. )------------------
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©¿© It don't mean a thang,
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Jim Phelps
Member From: just out of Mexico City
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posted 09 October 2004 02:27 PM
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Well if you got it, flaunt it! |
James Cann
Member From: Phoenix, AZ (heart still in Boston)
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posted 09 October 2004 05:22 PM
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Well, OK, since you asked:I used to (in MSA Semi-Classic days)use a metal milk crate with a pillow. As rude as it was, it was the exact height for me although a point of some embarrassment in its primitive appearance, so I painted it matte black and attached a 1/4" plywood (stained in dark maple) platform, and found a more aristocratic looking pillow to complete the idea. Whether my butt deserved such treatment is, of course, another discussion. Dare I say it? I still have the milk crate (platform and pillow long gone. Is it appropriate now in the presence of an LDG or should I grow up and spend some money? James
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Richard Sinkler
Member From: Fremont, California
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posted 10 October 2004 01:41 AM
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My butt, duh!!Butt, seriously folks, I use a Steelers Choice Sidekick. ------------------
Carter D10 9p/10k, NV400
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David Spires
Member From: Nashville, TN USA
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posted 10 October 2004 05:53 AM
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I sit on my Walker Professional Players Chair! It is the best, and so is Ray Walker.Sincerely, David Spires ------------------
Steel Guitarist for Jo Dee Messina: Carter D-10 8&7 / MSA Classic D-10 8&5; Line 6 Pod XT; Jagwire Artist Series Strings; Walker Professional Players' Chair; Peterson VS-II Tuner; and Goodrich Matchbro & LDR Pedal
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Farris Currie
Member From: Ona, Florida, USA
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posted 10 October 2004 09:37 AM
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a draftsman stool,i cut it down shorter,got casters,and seat screws up and down just the height you want,if not just right turn around one time.got one of the first sho-bud stools,it leans so bad people think i'm gonna fall,nah, been that way for years!! |
Ray Walker
Member From: Smithfield, NC, USA
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posted 11 October 2004 05:23 AM
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Thanks for the kind words David. I know you have been staying busy with JoDee and all the other things you have going on. Folks just a poke for my friend David, if you've never heard this guy play you're missing something great...and get this,,,the guy can sing great too "while playing steel". David uses and endorsers Walker Seats and we are proud of him.Ray Walker
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