tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post4151119715082761218..comments2024-03-27T09:46:15.606+00:00Comments on Guitar Blog: Just what is that mystery guitar?Gavin Lloyd Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-41308309570104576452014-05-02T18:10:35.468+01:002014-05-02T18:10:35.468+01:00thanks yall! no i know!thanks yall! no i know!Casey Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068955262069709977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-85319947440782672582014-05-02T16:03:37.690+01:002014-05-02T16:03:37.690+01:00What model Gretsch is Chet slinging in these still...What model Gretsch is Chet slinging in these stills? The body looks smaller than the usual stock Tennessean.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909477878981669482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-19176444974757460642014-05-02T08:47:57.126+01:002014-05-02T08:47:57.126+01:00It looks like a Stratosphere with a single neck &g...It looks like a Stratosphere with a single neck >> http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2013/10/1950s-stratosphere-twin-doublenecked.htmlJulien Cortesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779029644087437823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-87230545553039881532014-05-01T22:29:20.283+01:002014-05-01T22:29:20.283+01:00It's a Stratosphere, as featured on this very ...It's a Stratosphere, as featured on this very blog a few years back! (That one was sunburst).<br />http://guitarz.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/1950s-stratosphere-twin-doublenecked.htmlMartinFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695738552095747452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-39209642571592988422014-05-01T21:38:58.380+01:002014-05-01T21:38:58.380+01:00Looks to me like a Stratosphere, maybe originally ...Looks to me like a Stratosphere, maybe originally a double neck with the lower one removed?<br /><br />http://guitarz.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/1950s-stratosphere-twin-doublenecked.html<br /><br />I think this is the same guitar in action here, the guitar player is Jackie Phelps.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y38gNWV7w<br /><br />In fact comparing it to the first link, it looks like the bottom neck has been moved to the top as it has the matching headstock!<br /><br />This is the actual Chet Atkins clip from what those screen shots were taken if anyone is interested.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymMGN68Ve7g<br /><br />Cheers<br />DarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-85881123859776327812014-05-01T20:03:06.543+01:002014-05-01T20:03:06.543+01:00That's Jackie Phelps with his Stratosphere gui...That's Jackie Phelps with his Stratosphere guitar. They were made by Russell Deaver in Springfield, Missouri, USA, as the Stratosphere Guitar Manufacturing Co. in the 1950s. Most of the surviving ones seem to be the doublenecks (as seen in Deaver's original patent illustration http://www.google.com/patents/USD183681?dq=double+neck+guitar). Here's the video of Jackie playing it as shown in your two pics http://youtu.be/9ViMLut3Jkc ...and MUCH better footage of it where Jackie's playing it with Hawkshaw Hawkins http://youtu.be/psE2GfNFTYAAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08785392824658292481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-54949374426539841582014-05-01T19:08:43.867+01:002014-05-01T19:08:43.867+01:00It's a Stratosphere
http://bb.steelguitarforum...It's a Stratosphere<br />http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=195893&sid=6dc0f9aedb6643d128f5291900b7c145Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346756556143830225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-11057710825712537632014-05-01T18:59:39.188+01:002014-05-01T18:59:39.188+01:00I'm not sure if that's Jimmy Bryant, but h...I'm not sure if that's Jimmy Bryant, but he is associated with that guitar - the Stratosphere Twin. See the link (be sure to listen to Stratosphere Boogie, that's one hell of a guitar player!): http://www.vintageguitar.com/online-readers-gallery/electric-guitars/stratosphere-twin/g downshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331569189374553218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-49904182617991423652014-05-01T18:58:48.539+01:002014-05-01T18:58:48.539+01:00Definitely a hacked-up Statosphere double neck gui...Definitely a hacked-up Statosphere double neck guitar. The guy's name is Jackie Phelps from what I gather.Thomas D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02423657290061117982noreply@blogger.com