I found these pictures of the inside of serial # 3 Model Eleven, the pictures show the same basic layout and components that my two have, even the two 10uf in series. Todd C. is a wealth of Frazier information. :thmbsp:
Posted 30 March 2008 - 10:21
ELEVEN's, Sr. # 3 and 4 were the ORIGINAL set to go into the soundroom at Frazier. SO YOU HAVE A REAL 1st. A guy bought Sr. #'s 1 and 2 through Melody shops in Dallas, and paid extra to get #'s 1 and 2. BTW, whenever the warrenty cards were returned, Jack sent a letter to the owner. Sr. # 5 and 6 went to Hauer Music Co., in Dayton OH. WOW if I had the room, or a way to get them here I'd have 5 and 6 but.... I'll be happy with what I have now, that is till I find more deals at yard sales LOL.
Hey I was with Jack for almost 13 years, and sold Frazier's for another 3 years, and probably one of the finest moment I've ever had with Jack, was with our commercial/home dealer in Clovis NM, Norman Petty. Norman had a pair of 7's and Things in his control room, and a pair of 11's for his studio monitors. and two of everything we made in his showroom, which was a small church converted. If the name Norman Petty doesn't ring a bell, I'll explain. In the 50's Norman and his wife Vi had some pretty good hits as the Norman Petty Trio. He recorded for Top Rank, and Columbia. He was our dealer in his later years, but his real claim to fame was He recorded and backed Buddy Holly and The Crickets. They had no bread, so Norman said, list me as a co-author of the songs you write and I will record you and promote you for nothing. Well needless to say, until Holly went to NYC as a solo, he stayed with Petty. I've stood at the microphones where Buddy Holly recorded all his hits, held his guitar, and even played Vi's harpsichord that was prominent on "Everyday". Norman gave me a 5 disc album titled The Buddy Holly Story, that contains everything Buddy ever did. This was originally issued from Decca LTD in England, and the first run was only 500 sets. Mine was autograhped by Norman and it said, Todd There really was a Buddy Holly, There really is A Clovis New Mexico, Thanks for being a fan, Norman Petty. Well needless to say, the disc's have been played twice. Once to put them on tape in 1980, and once to burn them to cd's a couple of years ago. After i burned them to cd, I sent the set to The Buddy Holly Museum in Lubbock, Tx. I'm hoping next Feb., that my wife and I will travel there to see if they are using it., if not I'd like it back to give it to the Norman Petty Museum. Anyway when we get finished in Lubbock, we'll head to Dallas to see my cousin, and maybe a couple of us can get together, and then on to San Antonio for the rodeo. Ok That's my rambling for the time being. Oh by the way, Petty had many hits with many artists over the years, not just Holly. Todd
Posted 01 April 2008 - 12:36 PM
to finish my story about Norman Petty. He moved into the only theatre in town when it closed down in the mid 60's, and while he used the old studio some, most of his stuff was done in the movie theathre with as he say's perfect accoustics including a natural reverb. It was in 1979 that he started using all the Frazier's...al la 7's, thungs and 11's, untill his death in 1985 at ONLY 57. Jack, by the way lived to be 83+, and suffered a fatal heart attack on his way to DFW airport to pick up our rep from Hawaii. He pulled over to the side of the road, and gave it up. What a way to go!!!!!!!
