Pete Drake

A gold-painted D-10 Crossover nicknamed "Oldie Goldie" was Drake's workhorse. It is currently on display at The Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, as featured in this December 3, 2015 Facebook post by the museum.

Pete Drake, a Nashville steel guitar player, was best known for his session work with artists such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Marty Robbins, Lynn Anderson, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Charlie Rich, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. He began playing steel guitar in the early 1950's and developed innovative uses for what would be called the talk box, which led to his own top 30 hit single "Talking Steel" in 1964. Pete played this "Ole Goldie" Steel Guitar, on display in the museum, on the record "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "Stand By Your Man," "Behind Closed Doors," and "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World". Also in this exhibit are guitar tunings that he carried in his wallet, a case, a leather strap with his name on it that could be hung on the front of his steel guitar during performances, and one of his early talk boxes.

Drake's D-10 Permanent was converted from Buddy Emmons' D-8. When Drake died, Emmons donated the guitar to the Country Music Hall of Fame. This is summarized in this November 24, 2010 The Steel Guitar Forum post.

Just wanted to summarize this topic based on everybody�s input. Also revised the reply about the "Night Life" guitar.

Here is Pete Drake's Sho-Bud �Permanent� also owned by Buddy Emmons. When Buddy had it was a D-8 and Buddy put his signature �Buddie Emmons� on the front with a wood burning kit. When Pete acquired the guitar he had it converted to a D-10 and put his name on the front over �Buddie Emmons� with a tooled leather patch. In 1983, Buddy donated this guitar to the Country Music Hall of Fame where it is on display:

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