Ed Packard 5/24/1933 - 5/21/2021

Rich Peterson · Post by **Rich Peterson** » 7 Jun 2021 8:21 am

I only knew Ed through his posts on SGF, but enjoyed reading them. He always was looking for ways to stretch the capabilities of the pedal steel. Peace.

John Norris · Post by **John Norris** » 18 Jun 2021 10:10 am

Very sad news, Ed P. & Tom Baker of Sierra were my booth neighbors at the Texas Steel Guitar Jamboree in Dallas for several years.

We spent many hours talking tuning (Ed) and obscure vintage Gibson electric mandolins (Tom).
Who could forget the "Beast"?
He'll be sorely missed.

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 21 Jun 2021 6:36 pm

Loved Ed! R.I.P.

George Redmon · Post by **George Redmon** » 24 Jun 2021 3:47 pm

Ed was a friend and great guy. He helped me a lot of times. Going to certainly miss him.

Dick Green · Post by **Dick Green** » 17 Aug 2021 11:20 pm

I'm so sorry to hear about Ed's passing. I first met Ed at a jam session in the back room of his office in Sunnyvale, CA around 1981. He had invited Bobby Black also. I was the bass player that day but I had been learning to play PSG for a while on a 1972/73 Sho-Bud D10 (8x3), that I had bought from Ernie Hager (Santa Cruz) around 1976. S/N 5216 model 6153. I sold my Sho-Bud to Ed around 1982. He said he wanted to characterize the sound of this design of guitar for comparison with the sounds of different design/material PSG's being built by others. He still had this Sho-Bud at his home in Show Low, AZ, when, on a whim, I called him to say hello around 2010 and he gave it back to me. Jim Palenscar sold it for me after I had it restored. I have Ed's latest, extensive, Excel tuning charts on my hard drive that I study occasionally, to try and understand them. Ed was a brilliant man. I wish I could still call him with my questions. RIP Ed.