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Thread #29792   Message #379090
Posted By: Justa Picker
21-Jan-01 - 03:05 PM
Thread Name: Gettin' a 'Cowboy Geetar'! Any thoughts?
Subject: RE: Gettin' a 'Cowboy Geetar'! Any thoughts?
Cowboy Guitars - A Very Brief and edited History


Roy Rogers (a.k.a. Leonard Slye) 1930 Martin OM45-Deluxe
Jimmie Rodgers - 1928 Martin OOO-45 (12 fret)
Hank Williams - 1944 Martin D-28
Tex Ritter - 1930s Martin OO-45 (14 fret)..later Gibson, J-200
Montana Slim (a.k.a. Wilf Carter) - 1935 Martin OOO-45
Gene Autry - 1930 Martin OO-42, then 1933 D-45 (12 fret, sloped shoulder, and later Gibson J-200)
Jackie "Kid" Moore - 1934 Martin D-45
Tex Fletcher - 1934 Martin D42L
Toby Stroud - 1935 Martin D-45 (one of only 2 wide bodied versions ever made)
Merle Haggard - 1950s Martin OO-21 and later a 12 fret OOO-45

...anyone else?...