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 Topic: How comfortable is a double-neck steel on lap? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 11 Views: 613 |
 Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Apr 2024 4:51 am Subject: How comfortable is a double-neck steel on lap? |
I've played my D8 Stringmaster on my lap. It works, but I'm not sure why I'd play it that way.  |
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| Topic: 1924 Double neck Gibson L-5 with one Hawaiian neck |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 11 Views: 925 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Apr 2024 6:51 am Subject: 1924 Double neck Gibson L-5 with one Hawaiian neck |
| Wow, this is different. NEVER MIND - IT WAS AN APRIL'S FOOLS POST. I fell for it.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/15874_L5_x_2_1.jpg |
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| Topic: Little Direction Please |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 9 Views: 771 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2024 4:09 am Subject: Little Direction Please |
| Doug Beaumier has teaching material for A6. It's for 6 string tuning, but will translate to 8 string.
http://playsteelguitar.com/book3-16-songs/ Doug's material is great and really helped me ge ... |
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| Topic: How to build your own lap steel? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 17 Views: 1342 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Mar 2024 2:51 am Subject: How to build your own lap steel? |
| Thanks so much everyone! It may be a minute before I have the time in my life to attempt a build, but I'm really looking forward to trying it! | |
| Topic: Gibson EH = "Electric Hawaiian"? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 6 Views: 468 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Mar 2024 5:15 am Subject: Gibson EH = "Electric Hawaiian"? |
| I just learned that Gibson ES (e.g. ES-175) stands for "Electric Spanish" guitar.
So I'm assuming the Gibson EH (e.g EH-185) stands for "Electric Hawaiian"? I might be the ... |
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| Topic: How to build your own lap steel? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 17 Views: 1342 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Mar 2024 8:52 am Subject: Re: Makerspace Nashville |
| I highly Recommend you join a "MakerSpace"
MakeNashville.org is a good one, Address: 620B Davidson Street | Nashville, TN 37213 Phone: 615-450-6253 | Email: info@makenashville.org ... |
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| Topic: How to build your own lap steel? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 17 Views: 1342 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Mar 2024 4:05 am Subject: How to build your own lap steel? |
| For the first time in my life, retirement is on this side of the horizon. Likely 1 - 5 years away depending on a couple of things.
One thing I'd like to do when I have more time is to try to build ... |
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| Topic: The importance of looks when creating a "swampy" tone |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 4 Views: 751 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Mar 2024 1:39 pm Subject: The importance of looks when creating a "swampy" tone |
I may be wrong, but it seems most of the slide players striving for a "swampy" tone look like they'd smell of beer and cigarettes, and just got out of jail. 
I'd like to see a slide/ ... |
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| Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 25 Views: 2987 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Feb 2024 7:46 pm Subject: Re: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info |
| all fourths tuning. E A D G C F.
I messed around with that tuning on guitar, but never of steel. Looks like it has a lot of possibilities with those Am, Am7 (C6), C, F, Fmaj7, Dm, and Dm7 (F6) ... |
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| Topic: Finger picks or no finger picks? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 50 Views: 4359 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Feb 2024 7:39 pm Subject: Finger picks or no finger picks? |
| Yes and No.
For some tunes I use a thumb pick and 2 fingerpicks. For other tunes I use a thumb pick and 3 fingerpicks. For still other tunes I use no picks at all. If I have a bunch of 4 note ... |
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| Topic: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 9 Views: 937 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 Feb 2024 4:25 am Subject: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
| I have an EHX Next Step Pan pedal that can do what you are describing. No longer made and not expensive.
https://www.ernieball.com/guitar-accessories/pedals/volume-pedals#P06165 Would something ... |
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| Topic: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 9 Views: 937 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Feb 2024 1:52 pm Subject: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
| Thanks for the explanation of the blender wheel Nic.
Also, that's a cool concept for a pot based coil split on humbuckers. |
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| Topic: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 9 Views: 937 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Feb 2024 7:28 am Subject: Foot pedal similar to blender wheels on Stringmasters?? |
| Anyone know of pedal built like a volume pedal that would take 2 inputs and send 2 outputs to 2 different amps, but blend the output in a way similar to how a blender wheel on a Stringmaster blends bo ... | |
| Topic: Got Any Pictures Of Your First Year Playing Lap Steel??? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 15 Views: 1724 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Feb 2024 7:30 pm Subject: Got Any Pictures Of Your First Year Playing Lap Steel??? |
| This 1978 photo was taken in my dorm room at North Texas where I was a jazz guitar student. While in school there I was gigging 5 - 6 nights a week all around DFW in a country band playing guitar and ... | |
| Topic: Doesn’t get much cooler than this - Rare Historic Ric |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 13 Views: 1379 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Feb 2024 11:47 am Subject: Doesn’t get much cooler than this - Rare Historic Ric |
| RumbleSeat Music in Nashville had one of these awhile back and I almost bought it. But someone had drilled holes in it for some type of string pulls and I passed on it. | |
| Topic: Steel guitar without pedals is a long game |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 16 Views: 1613 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jan 2024 6:21 pm Subject: Steel guitar without pedals is a long game |
| I don’t think the fiddle or steel playing benefits from time away. Those instruments, at least the steel in my experience, have to be touched almost daily. They are two of the most difficult instr ... | |
| Topic: Steel guitar without pedals is a long game |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 16 Views: 1613 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jan 2024 5:49 am Subject: Steel guitar without pedals is a long game |
| Having to work for living sure gets in the way of making music
I've had a few seasons of unemployment where I was totally devoting my time to lap steel. I was arranging songs as fast as I coul ... |
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| Topic: Shopping for my first pedal steel - got some questions |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 5 Views: 629 |
Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Jan 2024 8:45 am Subject: Shopping for my first pedal steel - got some questions |
| I'm looking to get my first pedal steel. I'm very experienced on 8 string lap steel, and wanting to explore the pedal steel.
BUT... While one neck would be tuned to C6, the second neck wouldn ... |
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| Topic: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 39 Views: 3409 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2024 6:59 am Subject: Lap Steel Guitar: Accessibility and Design Questions |
| John Travolta made SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and disco music exploded.
John Travolta made URBAN COWBOY and country music dance halls exploded all over Texas. Now, if John Travolta would just make a l ... |
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| Topic: Lipstick on a lapsteel? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 4 Views: 605 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 18 Jan 2024 3:53 am Subject: Lipstick on a lapsteel? |
| Thought this thread was about a song titled LIPSTICK ON A LAPSTEEL.
Maybe... I MET HER A GIG SHE WAS SO GOOD LOOKIN' I SAID, "HEY HEY DARLING WHAT'S YA GOT COOKIN'?" BUT TO MY DI ... |
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| Topic: Gauges for C6th tuning? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 7 Views: 992 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jan 2024 3:41 am Subject: Gauges for C6th tuning? |
| Here are the gauges I use on my Richenbacher Panda which allow for multiple tunings.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/15874_Lapsteel_gauges_1.jpg |
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| Topic: Sucked down the rabbit hole! (Beyond open C, D and G) |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 10 Views: 1037 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jan 2024 6:14 am Subject: Sucked down the rabbit hole! (Beyond open C, D and G) |
| Have you delved into Leavitt tuning yet?
C# - E - G - Bb - C - D (low to high). I'm about 200 songs in with that tuning and love it. It takes a bit of head scratching to learn your way around i ... |
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| Topic: Making a full-time commitment to steel guitar |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 19 Views: 2975 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Dec 2023 5:25 am Subject: Making a full-time commitment to steel guitar |
| You are an inspiration Mike!
Currently, I invest about 95% of my practice time on guitar. I play thru an hour of classical tunes in the morning, run thru scales/modes/arpeggios for an hour, then s ... |
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| Topic: Another gig with no rehearsal. Archtop w/ singer & quartet |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 1 Views: 1021 |
Forum Section: Music Posted: 29 Dec 2023 12:42 pm Subject: Another gig with no rehearsal. Archtop w/ singer & quartet |
| I got asked to go play for this singer as he was filming a few tunes. No rehearsal (am I the only one that likes to rehearse?) so just had to read the charts.
I wish I could have done another take ... |
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| Topic: stand for lap steel? |
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| David DeLoach Replies: 3 Views: 490 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Dec 2023 6:50 am Subject: Re: stand for lap steel? |
| I just lost it and my Rickenbacher Silver Hawaiian in a fire!
So sorry Bruce! |
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