Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This is a beautiful arrangement that I learned from the great Jerry Byrd (1920-2005). I had written back and forth with Jerry while he was alive in the 1990's He always took the time to write back, and hand wrote all of his letters using calligraphy pens. His handwriting was beautiful. I still have and cherish Jerry's numerous letters. I bought many of his steel guitar tabs.
In this video I am playing an aluminum short-scale Jerry Byrd model frypan reissue, made by Fuzzy Steel Guitars in Japan. They are patterned after the much sought after and coveted first electric guitar ever built, which was a Rickenbacher frypan in 1932. I humbly told the Lord that when I get to Heaven I hope he will give me a brand new one from 1932 (Romans 8;32). I'd like the short-scale. There's also a long-scale from 1932, which has a bit of a sweeter tone, but since the frets are spaced farther apart it is more difficult for doing bar slants. I prefer the short-scale model. Jerry Byrd helped design the newer one made in Japan. They are much heavier than the original frypan, 8 pounds! They get heavy on the knees after a couple hours of playing, so I bought the stand with it, which you can see in the video.
I am using the common C6th tuning.
This is a beautiful arrangement that I learned from the great Jerry Byrd (1920-2005). I had written back and forth with Jerry while he was alive in the 1990's He always took the time to write back, and hand wrote all of his letters using calligraphy pens. His handwriting was beautiful. I still have and cherish Jerry's numerous letters. I bought many of his steel guitar tabs.
In this video I am playing an aluminum short-scale Jerry Byrd model frypan reissue, made by Fuzzy Steel Guitars in Japan. They are patterned after the much sought after and coveted first electric guitar ever built, which was a Rickenbacher frypan in 1932. I humbly told the Lord that when I get to Heaven I hope he will give me a brand new one from 1932 (Romans 8;32). I'd like the short-scale. There's also a long-scale from 1932, which has a bit of a sweeter tone, but since the frets are spaced farther apart it is more difficult for doing bar slants. I prefer the short-scale model. Jerry Byrd helped design the newer one made in Japan. They are much heavier than the original frypan, 8 pounds! They get heavy on the knees after a couple hours of playing, so I bought the stand with it, which you can see in the video.
I am using the common C6th tuning.
