Marty Robbins & Jerry Byrd
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Thanks for posting those Kathy; those are two great tunes
. Any idea what tuning Jerry is using?
James G. Traylor, Jr. (aka Forensbro)
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I haven't looked at this video, and I'm going to take the dog out for a walk right now, but a year or so ago there was a very extensive thread about these Byrd/Robbins videos that never actually made it to TV over on the Steel Guitar Forum..
Look closely, you will notice that the guitar is a 7 string, and as I recall it was a 7 string version of Jerry Byrd's C6th.
I went back and reviewed the videos again and it sure looks like a 6 string to me
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James, if you have the rest of your evening to read a Steel Guitar Forum thread on the subject before you hit the sack, the link to the thread is below. It's not easy to see that it's 7 string, and in fact it was Gregg McKenna that called that shot on the JDBB in the corresponding thread over there, and I found my post on the SGF where I wrote that. Hey, there's even a thread here on the Nation if it's accessible from the archives!
http://tinyurl.com/cyev4q
It's a 7 (I have the video).
Gregg, do you actually know what type of guitar it was? Pre-war Dobro? Regal built Dobro? Something from the era of the show itself, like a Mosrite Dobro?
Markin.......how does it feel to be right, once?
aka PLTreso
According to the Jerry Byrd fanclub site:
Jerry has used a number of various instruments during his career, including a 1920's National Resonator (this can be seen on several of Marty Robbin's Video's dubbed "The Drifter" )
He played a Sho Bud electric steel guitar made by Shot Jackson. Shot made a few Resonator guitars so he might have played around with one of Shots guitars. This is pure speculation though.
Jerry has used a number of various instruments during his career, including a 1920's National Resonator (this can be seen on several of Marty Robbin's Video's dubbed "The Drifter" )
That sure is some crazy good pickin'! Dang!