Joe Doe by Vintage ~ Lucky Buck
Lucky Buck, owned by Leslie Coal
Leslie Lucky Buck Coal topped the Billboard Country Music charts in 1952 withhis heartbreak inspired single, Whisky for Breakfast. Flushed with sudden success,Coal signed numerous endorsement deals, the most lucrative of which was a contract tobecome a regular fixture on the WHB national radio show Giddy Up Yall!. Coals initialrole on the morning show was to sing cover songs of the day, but due to lifestyledifficulties, he was relegated to singing jingles for local businesses. After a few unhappyyears, Coal ended his contract with WHB and decided to return to his country musicroots. Im done singing about washing powders and car dealerships. From now on Imall about the music, not the money.
For decades, Coal toured and played to small audiences in the southern states, hismeagre earnings barely covering his gas and living expenses. However his luck changed in2005 when Whisky for Breakfast was sampled in East Coast rapper Kalamitees trackGet Drunk, leading to substantial royalty payments and a renewed appreciation ofCoals original country music.
Body:Semi-hollow, double bound American Alder body with unique Saguaro cactus F-holeto let the country sound ring out. Coal is best known for playing the sunburst version ofhis guitar live, though a black version was made for his guest appearance on the SaddleUp and Ride! TV Christmas Special in 1978.
Bridge:The Wilkinson WTB 3 saddle design provides a tried and tested way to deliver perfectintonation and tone transfer. As reliable as a Texas sunset.
Pickups:Custom designed Joe Doe neck P90 style pickup and a hotter-than-a-branding-ironbridge pickup.
Controls:Single Volume and Tone controls with three way pickup selector switch.
Machine heads:You like pedal steel bends? Great, then do your thing and let the Wilkinson WJ55S machine heads bring you back to tune.
Neck:One piece hard rock Maple neck, shaped into a classic Vintage soft C profile. Firm and reassuring in the hand, like a well worn saddle pommel. Lignum Rosa fingerboard.
Scale Length:25.5" / 648mm.
Frets:22 Medium profile frets.
Nut:43mm Graphtech nut, smooth and friction free, like a tumbleweed blowing across theChihuahuan Desert.
Headstock:Unique Vintage Joe Doe Lucky Buck headstock design.
Case:Joe Doe luxury hardshell casewithcase candy.
Certificate:Certificate of authenticityincluded.