Merles' Thick Body Bigsby Guitar
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Thu Jul 18, 2013 7:52 pmby PhilHunt
I always wondered if Jack Parson's thick body Bigsby guitar is the same guitar that was in Merle's 1940's soundies....anybody know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvkppduB5d0
Re: Merles' Thick Body Bigsby Guitar
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:20 amby Norm
I believe it was.
There was a thread about it some years back and it was definitely cited that Travis borrowed the guitar for the clip
Re: Merles' Thick Body Bigsby Guitar
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Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:29 pmby rhirvine
I don't know about the guitar but I sure enjoyed that old clip. Travis just seemed at his very best and I loved his playing and his band.
Rich Irvine
Re: Merles' Thick Body Bigsby Guitar
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:51 amby Jussi Huhtakangas
Yes, it is the same guitar. Originally it was a hollowbody Kay that Bigsby totally rebuilt. You can read everything about it, or everything about any Bigsby standard guitar, here at Deke Dickerson's incredible blog:
http://www.bigsbyfiles.blogspot.de/
Re: Merles' Thick Body Bigsby Guitar
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:44 amby Norm
Deke is an extremely good writer.