Mark, thanks for getting here on time!

By the way, I've always gotten a kick out of how some of the Bluegrass pioneers started re-writing their OWN history after they realized that all their young adherents were NOT trying to steal their jobs away from them.

Scruggs initially said that the "ugly little tin box" which completely covered his "cam-type" invention , was so that "folks wouldn't see how he'd "butchered" his Mastertone. In a pig's eye. As Mark states, he didn't want the other "pros" seeing how he "got that sound". They figured it out though.

Makes sense though, if you were trying to earn a living in the forties. Monroe would do a song live on the radio Saturday night (from the Opry) and The Stanleys would be singing it in their shows two days later!

Mark, have you heard that both Buck trent AND Allan Shelton had tuners wired to FLOOR PEDALS at one time? I've seen a picture of Buck's set up and it looks VERY strange.

Rick