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This info came from Lorene Ruymar's book The Hawaiian Steel Guitar.

Joe Custino credited Tommy Castro as the first person he knew of using A minor tuning (E C A E C A), which Tommy later changed to ...

A tuning is only as musical as the person playing it.
One has to understand the music they are trying to play and the tuning that is best to help them achieve that objective.
C6 is one of the most v ...

I was always under the assumption that Tom's intro to So Long Mama on Rick Nelson's Garden Party LP was C6. I play it on non-pedal C6.

I mentioned that I was going to make tab and backing tracks available for purchase and here it is:
Dizzy Fingers tab

Tab/notation and backing tracks available for this cool rockabilly/rock and roll version of the classic Dizzy Fingers.

Check it out here: Dizzy Fingers tab

That is beautiful!

Wonderful man and amazingly talented builder. RIP and condolences to all who loved him.

Samuel, I did an arrangement a year ago and moved on to other pieces. When I left it, I didn't achieve the tempo I wanted, so when I came back to it a few days ago on a whim, I decided to see what I c ...

You may be familiar with this novelty piano classic by Zez Confrey through Chet Atkins’s arrangement of it. I really enjoy playing this and meticulously arranged it for C6.

https://youtu.be/I8SJ- ...

RIP Lynn. You will be missed. Condolences to his friends and family.

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 ...

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Topic: Who invented C6 tuning? Evidence??
Mike Neer Replies: 9 Views: 575	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 May 2024 6:53 am Subject: Who invented C6 tuning? Evidence??
Mike Neer Replies: 9 Views: 575	This info came from Lorene Ruymar's book The Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Joe Custino credited Tommy Castro as the first person he knew of using A minor tuning (E C A E C A), which Tommy later changed to ...
Topic: Is C6 the most musical tuning?
Mike Neer Replies: 9 Views: 579	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 May 2024 9:50 am Subject: Is C6 the most musical tuning?
Mike Neer Replies: 9 Views: 579	A tuning is only as musical as the person playing it. One has to understand the music they are trying to play and the tuning that is best to help them achieve that objective. C6 is one of the most v ...
Topic: Tom Brumley on C6
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 1918	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2024 5:42 am Subject: Tom Brumley on C6
Mike Neer Replies: 7 Views: 1918	I was always under the assumption that Tom's intro to So Long Mama on Rick Nelson's Garden Party LP was C6. I play it on non-pedal C6.
Topic: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Apr 2024 6:24 pm Subject: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	I mentioned that I was going to make tab and backing tracks available for purchase and here it is: Dizzy Fingers tab
Topic: Mike Neer arrangement of Dizzy Fingers for C6
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 119	Forum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. Posted: 30 Apr 2024 5:54 pm Subject: Mike Neer arrangement of Dizzy Fingers for C6
Mike Neer Replies: 0 Views: 119	Tab/notation and backing tracks available for this cool rockabilly/rock and roll version of the classic Dizzy Fingers. Check it out here: Dizzy Fingers tab
Topic: New frypan
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 1060	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Apr 2024 6:16 am Subject: New frypan
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 1060	That is beautiful!
Topic: Carroll Benoit RIP 90
Mike Neer Replies: 12 Views: 833	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 27 Apr 2024 8:07 pm Subject: Carroll Benoit RIP 90
Mike Neer Replies: 12 Views: 833	Wonderful man and amazingly talented builder. RIP and condolences to all who loved him.
Topic: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Apr 2024 6:43 am Subject: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	Samuel, I did an arrangement a year ago and moved on to other pieces. When I left it, I didn't achieve the tempo I wanted, so when I came back to it a few days ago on a whim, I decided to see what I c ...
Topic: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Apr 2024 1:42 pm Subject: Dizzy Fingers, Rockabilly arrangement
Mike Neer Replies: 13 Views: 773	You may be familiar with this novelty piano classic by Zez Confrey through Chet Atkins’s arrangement of it. I really enjoy playing this and meticulously arranged it for C6. https://youtu.be/I8SJ- ...
Topic: Lynn Stafford RIP
Mike Neer Replies: 48 Views: 3251	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 21 Apr 2024 12:53 pm Subject: Lynn Stafford RIP
Mike Neer Replies: 48 Views: 3251	RIP Lynn. You will be missed. Condolences to his friends and family.
Topic: RIP Dickey Betts!
Mike Neer Replies: 31 Views: 2118	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 18 Apr 2024 10:06 am Subject: RIP Dickey Betts!
Mike Neer Replies: 31 Views: 2118	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: 20 Views: 1393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Apr 2024 5:04 am Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 20 Views: 1393	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: 697	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Apr 2024 5:55 pm Subject: David Lindleys Genius
Mike Neer Replies: 4 Views: 697	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: 35 Views: 5393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Apr 2024 5:09 pm Subject: Opinions on hollowneck acoustic guitars
Mike Neer Replies: 35 Views: 5393	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: 56 Views: 2471	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: 56 Views: 2471	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: 20 Views: 1393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Apr 2024 11:24 am Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 20 Views: 1393	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: 56 Views: 2471	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: 56 Views: 2471	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: 628	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: 628	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: 1464	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 7 Apr 2024 8:11 am Subject: Time for time off.
Mike Neer Replies: 23 Views: 1464	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: 18 Views: 1186	Forum Section: Music Posted: 5 Apr 2024 4:34 am Subject: Kiss sells brand and songs for $300 Million
Mike Neer Replies: 18 Views: 1186	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: 13456	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Apr 2024 7:52 pm Subject: Best Analog Delay Pedal
Mike Neer Replies: 51 Views: 13456	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: 20 Views: 1393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Apr 2024 7:14 pm Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 20 Views: 1393	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: 20 Views: 1393	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2024 7:40 pm Subject: A Town Without Pity
Mike Neer Replies: 20 Views: 1393	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: 653	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Apr 2024 7:24 am Subject: Blues tuning recommendations?
Mike Neer Replies: 5 Views: 653	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: 24 Views: 1537	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Apr 2024 10:25 am Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel
Mike Neer Replies: 24 Views: 1537	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 ...