| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Re;strap,handrest,etal. (sho-bro sidebar..) | | Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2006 09:55:04 (-0700) | | From: | Wally Hughes <one_horseman @.....com>
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Cool. Good idea on the removeable thingy.
Speaking of Sho-bro's again....(this is the sidebar,
part...).
I was going through my old Music scrapbook the other
day, and saw some stuff I'd gotten from "Lee Moore,
The Coffee Drinkin NightHawk" in
the 70s. He played some shows with our family band,
and befriended my sister and I. He even sent us some
simulated gold plated national pics in the mail.
Really nice man. I don't know, maybe he gave alot
of people these picks??? Anyone else?? But, at
the time, it made me feel special..ha.
I think he passed away in the late 90s.
Not sure if anyone remembers him, but he
was a radio disc jockey on Wheeling West Virginia's
WWVA program long ago. He dressed in cowboy singer
style (hat, fancy suit) and sang older country tunes
and played guitar. Anyway, there was a little dobro
flyer called "the dobro nut" in my scrapbook with him
on the cover and 2 round neck sho-bro guitars of his.
He had them both setup as guitars, not resos.
But, I think he did play reso stuff some, too.
I think Beverly King put out the "dobro nut" booklet.
That's the only one I have though. It was
a pretty neat little paper/magazine.
Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Wally
--- reso-man@comcast.net wrote:
> Hi Wally and listers,
>
> Actually, the last sq. neck Sho-Bro I picked up,
> "Sophie", was made without a handrest on the
> coverplate. This is not a "custom alteration", this
> coverplate was actually MADE without a hand rest.
> It's kinda neat once you get used to it, as it
> allows blocking, etc. This particular instrument
> also has a slightly wider neck and a ONE PIECE
> bridge insert. The tension screw is just ahead of
> the bridge on the tailpiece side with it's own
> little indentation in the coverplate's bridge slot.
> I feel this inst. could've either ended up as a 6,
> or a 7 string guitar, depending what was atop the
> order pile when it neared completion. Interesting
> huh?
>
> Hope I've described this accurately, and it does
> make string changing easier.
>
> Twangs,
> Richie
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