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Old 07-12-2011, 12:47 AM
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Ken, do you recall how many of those Smith Jackets (like the one hanging up in the center of your pic) were made?
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Old 07-12-2011, 12:54 AM
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Ken, do you recall how many of those Smith Jackets (like the one hanging up in the center of your pic) were made?
Not many. Maybe 20-30 or so. I can't remember. I probably bought them a few at a time. The were hand embroidered so an order of 6 was costly. A few years ago I gave one of mine to a Niece on my wifes side. Trust me, it fit her a lot better than it did me then.
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Old 07-12-2011, 05:05 AM
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Cool Ahh....

I came across one of these jackets about 5 years or so ago. Ended up being too small for me, so, I passed it on to another. Very nice and well made jacket though. Wish it would've me fit better.
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Thanks Ken,

I'm curious about the sound of this princess but impossible to find on youtube
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Seems like that 6 string had a lot of tweaking stuff
on there. Oh, I remember what it was like to have
hair back then. LOL
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Old 07-31-2011, 08:50 PM
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Seems like that 6 string had a lot of tweaking stuff
on there. Oh, I remember what it was like to have
hair back then. LOL
Bill Dickens got that 6. He is in Chicago I think. Maybe you can find some older recordings he did with it or some that Anthony made with his before he bought the other 6 we made for him.

Regardless, that's not what we make now so I wouldn't get too excited. I am sure what we currently make is better all around.
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