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Okay, the year is like 1720 and the country is Germany. Laughing

I’m sure many wouldn’t consider Bach’s Cello Suites to be ideal steel guitar repertoire but I’ve had them in my sights for a l ...

I loved Dickey's playing and will forever miss that searing guitar sound. Enlightened Rogues is a really great record in addition to all the classic Allman Brothers records. The band had broken up a ...

I do appreciate all the nice comments. This is a great way for me to blow off steam in between other studies and projects, and like Larry said, the nostalgia factor is high. I’ve been doing that a ...

Really nice. I’ve always regretted not picking up one of these. That one is sweet.

Until I’ve had the opportunity to sit and play a few of these instruments, I think purchasing one has been pushed out of my mind. I’m just going to be patient and if the right opportunity comes a ...

I may be wrong but I think one of the pet peeves of steel players is having a guitarist in a group who is emulating steel guitar licks with a steel player on the bandstand—I have heard that. In tha ...

Appreciate it gents.

Andy, I think it’s important to recognize how beneficial the lessons were for me in helping to get closer to the expression I have been looking for.

I’ve decided to re ...

To address the actual point of the thread, without the red flag that attracts the bull - I can't understand why a lifelong guitar player would give up guitar simply because they start playing steel gu ...

There was also the Central Park Sheiks, with Bob Hipkens on dobro.

https://youtu.be/T6McuDkZ78g?si=7NjbMHHpdeQ1O6Ko

Good luck and good health to you Ben. Sorry we never got a chance to meet up while you were here in NJ.

When I was a 13-year-old kid, KISS appealed to me. It was their music that I liked--the KISS Alive album was rock and roll, some of it very much in line with the pure rock and roll of the 50s and 60s ...

One of my recent favorites is Catalinbread’s Adineko, based on the Tel-Ray oil can delay. It really adds an eery, mysterious quality.

Thanks for listening and thanks for your comments everyone.
I work really fast and intensely when I am learning a tune with the goal of arranging and recording.
I probably spend a day or two thinkin ...

No, I'm not talking about New York. But I could be.

I hadn't thought of this tune in decades and yesterday it popped in my head and I sat down and made an arrangement of it today.
Gene Pitney rec ...

With dobro G tuning, you have 10ths on strings 2/6 and 1/5. That’s great for some walking left hand piano stuff.

Here is a VERY old recording of Freedom Jazz Dance that I used a Moogerfooger on. I was always a huge fan of Pat Martino’s Joyous Lake album and Mwandishi was one of my favorite cuts (great envelope ...

I also built the one in the craig Anderton Electronic Projects for Musicians book and it sounded great, but it was a speaker killer.
Ha. I built that. Must have been in the 80's. At that time my ...

The best I have ever used is the Moogerfooger, but good luck finding one.
I’ve had many different ones including the original Mutron, which was also great. A real sleeper is the old MXR. I sold m ...

I'm gifting the article, hope you all can see it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/arts/music/pedal-steel-noah-texas-madness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.j-25.AjQq68gIahHX&smid=url-share

Thanks for posting this, Del Ray. Lonnie was a man well loved.

John Morton's (RIP) instruments are works of art. If I recall correctly, he hand spun his own cones.

Oh no, Big Ben.
I just can’t believe it.
My deepest condolences to his family.
He was family to all of us here, too.

Back to Earth here. Keeping a guitar strung up with all 4ths tuning, but I don't think there's a path forward for me.
I haven't had the itch to experiment with tunings in quite a long time, which ha ...

If you aren’t completely satisfied with the tone you’re getting from guitar—->amp connection, you can experiment with rolling back the volume on your guitar and turning up the amp, and also a ...

I've just uploaded my arrangement of I Fall To Pieces for C6 non-pedal (6 string) to my virtual store. This is my first new product in a while, and I think it's a good one. Includes accurate tab wit ...

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Topic: JS Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude = old country?
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 68	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Apr 2024 6:32 am Subject: JS Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude = old country?
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 68	Okay, the year is like 1720 and the country is Germany. I’m sure many wouldn’t consider Bach’s Cello Suites to be ideal steel guitar repertoire but I’ve had them in my sights for a l ...
Topic: RIP Dickey Betts!
Mike Neer Replies: 24 Views: 806	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 18 Apr 2024 10:06 am Subject: RIP Dickey Betts!
Mike Neer Replies: 24 Views: 806	I loved Dickey's playing and will forever miss that searing guitar sound. Enlightened Rogues is a really great record in addition to all the classic Allman Brothers records. The band had broken up a ...
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2024 5:04 am Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	I do appreciate all the nice comments. This is a great way for me to blow off steam in between other studies and projects, and like Larry said, the nostalgia factor is high. I’ve been doing that a ...
Topic: David Lindleys Genius
Mike Neer Replies: 4 Views: 510	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Apr 2024 5:55 pm Subject: David Lindleys Genius
Mike Neer Replies: 4 Views: 510	Really nice. I’ve always regretted not picking up one of these. That one is sweet.
Topic: Opinions on hollowneck acoustic guitars
Mike Neer Replies: 33 Views: 4841	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2024 5:09 pm Subject: Opinions on hollowneck acoustic guitars
Mike Neer Replies: 33 Views: 4841	Until I’ve had the opportunity to sit and play a few of these instruments, I think purchasing one has been pushed out of my mind. I’m just going to be patient and if the right opportunity comes a ...
Topic: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Mike Neer Replies: 55 Views: 1919	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 11 Apr 2024 6:04 am Subject: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Mike Neer Replies: 55 Views: 1919	I may be wrong but I think one of the pet peeves of steel players is having a guitarist in a group who is emulating steel guitar licks with a steel player on the bandstand—I have heard that. In tha ...
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Apr 2024 11:24 am Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Appreciate it gents. Andy, I think it’s important to recognize how beneficial the lessons were for me in helping to get closer to the expression I have been looking for. I’ve decided to re ...
Topic: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Mike Neer Replies: 55 Views: 1919	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 9 Apr 2024 8:12 am Subject: Steel players who gave up "armpit" guitar for the steel?
Mike Neer Replies: 55 Views: 1919	To address the actual point of the thread, without the red flag that attracts the bull - I can't understand why a lifelong guitar player would give up guitar simply because they start playing steel gu ...
Topic: Looking for newer high bass A albums
Mike Neer Replies: 5 Views: 497	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Apr 2024 5:21 am Subject: Looking for newer high bass A albums
Mike Neer Replies: 5 Views: 497	There was also the Central Park Sheiks, with Bob Hipkens on dobro. https://youtu.be/T6McuDkZ78g?si=7NjbMHHpdeQ1O6Ko
Topic: Time for time off.
Mike Neer Replies: 23 Views: 1202	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 7 Apr 2024 8:11 am Subject: Time for time off.
Mike Neer Replies: 23 Views: 1202	Good luck and good health to you Ben. Sorry we never got a chance to meet up while you were here in NJ.
Topic: Kiss sells brand and songs for $300 Million
Mike Neer Replies: 16 Views: 866	Forum Section: Music Posted: 5 Apr 2024 4:34 am Subject: Kiss sells brand and songs for $300 Million
Mike Neer Replies: 16 Views: 866	When I was a 13-year-old kid, KISS appealed to me. It was their music that I liked--the KISS Alive album was rock and roll, some of it very much in line with the pure rock and roll of the 50s and 60s ...
Topic: Best Analog Delay Pedal
Mike Neer Replies: 51 Views: 13032	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Apr 2024 7:52 pm Subject: Best Analog Delay Pedal
Mike Neer Replies: 51 Views: 13032	One of my recent favorites is Catalinbread’s Adineko, based on the Tel-Ray oil can delay. It really adds an eery, mysterious quality.
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Apr 2024 7:14 pm Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Thanks for listening and thanks for your comments everyone. I work really fast and intensely when I am learning a tune with the goal of arranging and recording. I probably spend a day or two thinkin ...
Topic: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2024 7:40 pm Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 972	No, I'm not talking about New York. But I could be. I hadn't thought of this tune in decades and yesterday it popped in my head and I sat down and made an arrangement of it today. Gene Pitney rec ...
Topic: Blues tuning recommendations?
Mike Neer Replies: 5 Views: 556	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2024 7:24 am Subject: Blues tuning recommendations?
Mike Neer Replies: 5 Views: 556	With dobro G tuning, you have 10ths on strings 2/6 and 1/5. That’s great for some walking left hand piano stuff.
Topic: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Apr 2024 10:25 am Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	Here is a VERY old recording of Freedom Jazz Dance that I used a Moogerfooger on. I was always a huge fan of Pat Martino’s Joyous Lake album and Mwandishi was one of my favorite cuts (great envelope ...
Topic: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Apr 2024 8:34 am Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	I also built the one in the craig Anderton Electronic Projects for Musicians book and it sounded great, but it was a speaker killer. Ha. I built that. Must have been in the 80's. At that time my ...
Topic: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 1 Apr 2024 2:36 pm Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 22 Views: 1123	The best I have ever used is the Moogerfooger, but good luck finding one. I’ve had many different ones including the original Mutron, which was also great. A real sleeper is the old MXR. I sold m ...
Topic: New York Times, an inspiring story!
Mike Neer Replies: 8 Views: 966	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Apr 2024 10:08 am Subject: New York Times, an inspiring story!
Mike Neer Replies: 8 Views: 966	I'm gifting the article, hope you all can see it. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/arts/music/pedal-steel-noah-texas-madness.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.j-25.AjQq68gIahHX&smid=url-share
Topic: Lonnie Bennett Slide Show Presentation
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 832	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 30 Mar 2024 7:10 pm Subject: Lonnie Bennett Slide Show Presentation
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 832	Thanks for posting this, Del Ray. Lonnie was a man well loved.
Topic: A study of two tricones
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 592	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Mar 2024 6:25 am Subject: A study of two tricones
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 592	John Morton's (RIP) instruments are works of art. If I recall correctly, he hand spun his own cones.
Topic: RIP Lonnie Bennett
Mike Neer Replies: 14 Views: 2888	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 24 Mar 2024 8:21 pm Subject: RIP Lonnie Bennett
Mike Neer Replies: 14 Views: 2888	Oh no, Big Ben. I just can’t believe it. My deepest condolences to his family. He was family to all of us here, too.
Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer Replies: 25 Views: 2986	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2024 9:34 am Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer Replies: 25 Views: 2986	Back to Earth here. Keeping a guitar strung up with all 4ths tuning, but I don't think there's a path forward for me. I haven't had the itch to experiment with tunings in quite a long time, which ha ...
Topic: Favorite 8 string lap steel pickup for a fat mid range sound
Mike Neer Replies: 10 Views: 746	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 23 Mar 2024 7:35 am Subject: Favorite 8 string lap steel pickup for a fat mid range sound
Mike Neer Replies: 10 Views: 746	If you aren’t completely satisfied with the tone you’re getting from guitar—->amp connection, you can experiment with rolling back the volume on your guitar and turning up the amp, and also a ...
Topic: I Fall To Pieces arrangement with track and tab
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 977	Forum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. Posted: 20 Mar 2024 8:21 pm Subject: I Fall To Pieces arrangement with track and tab
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 977	I've just uploaded my arrangement of I Fall To Pieces for C6 non-pedal (6 string) to my virtual store. This is my first new product in a while, and I think it's a good one. Includes accurate tab wit ...