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Gerald Ross


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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 10:07 am    
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I'm still scratching my head on the renewed interest in non-pedal guitars. Prices are
rising, desired models are snatched up within 10 minutes of entering the market. Who/what are people doing with these things?

Which styles do you play?
Which tunings?
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Gerald Ross


From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 10:10 am    
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80% Hawaiian
15% Western Swing
5% Blues

Mostly C6 (flirt with B11 and C#m).
D or E for Blues.

[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 18 January 2000 at 10:39 AM.]

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mikey


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New Jersey
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 11:05 am    
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99% Hawaiian music on Lap steel,
99% Bluegrass on my Dobro...
Hawaiian Music C6
Bluegrass High Bass G
sometimes Low Bass G on Hollowneck
If I have a double neck I'll put E13 outside..But right now I'm playing a 6 string, single neck Rick,
Mike
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Mikel Nelson

 

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San Diego, CA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 1:59 pm    
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National square-neck: Low G: Trad Hawaiian: 40%, Blues: 30%
Non-pedal Steel 8: C6: Western Swing: 30%
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C Dixon

 

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Duluth, GA USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 2:57 pm    
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100% Jerry Byrd on anything and everything he played.

Some things he did I cannot do. Try, just cannot find out how he did it.
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Bobby Lee


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Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2000 10:37 pm    
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Old country and western, mostly. In 1999 I did the following gigs without pedals:

Hank Williams Tribute - two shows
The Country All-Stars - once (short set)
The People's Love Choir - once
Sal Sage (cowboy singer) - once
Sitting in with a blues band - once
Sitting in with country-rock bands - twice

I also kept the lap steel handy on a few pedal steel gigs, for Hank songs and the like. I don't get much call for Hawaiian music.

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Rich Sullivan


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Nelson, NH 03457
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 2:42 am    
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Vintage country and western (mostly 30's to 50's) on a triple Console Grande. Use E6(same as Helms and Wiggens except the 7th string is C#), B11, and E13 (E C# B G# F# D G# E).
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Andy Alford

 

Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 4:36 am    
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Hawaiian Style regardless of what the song is.
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C Dixon

 

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Duluth, GA USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 4:59 am    
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Andy,

Is there any other way?
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 6:12 am    
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Jazz: C6th
Western Swing: C6th, E13th
Hawaiian: C6th, B11th
Folk: C6th, Emajor

p.s. I'm rusty and in a rut on all of them.
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Herb Steiner

 

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Spicewood TX 78669
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 7:32 am    
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Carl Dixon on Jerry Byrd:

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Some things he did I cannot do. Try, just cannot find out how he did it.


Carl my brother, you are so adorable! I believe everyone on the forum falls into that category!



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Kenny Dail


From:
Kinston, N.C. R.I.P.
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2000 11:16 am    
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I try to play the style the original players used on their recordings, which include Byrd, Helms, Bobby Foster, Johnny Seibert for the country stuff. For the Hawaiian stuff, Jerry Byrd, Billy Hew Lin and Barney Isaacs. And of course Remington, Joaquin Murphy and a host of all the Western Swing greats. Mostly, I try to be original with the above influences unless the occaision calls for "same as the record" stuff.

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