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Topic: S-8 "lite" MP3 posted on web site |
jim flynn
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Salado,Texas
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Posted 17 Feb 2007 7:43 am |
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I have had many request for sound clips for the S-"lite" series
guitars. Thanks to songwriter Perry Windecker, with the help of steeler Earl Foote, they have provided this demo track. Hope it answers the questions. Enjoy, Listen at:
www.lonestarsteelguitar.com
go to page one to find mp3 sounds.
Jim Flynn, Lone Star Steel Guitar, Salado, Texas |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 19 Feb 2007 10:02 am
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Many thanks for the mp3, Jim.
Is that an E-66 pickup on Earl’s S-8? May I ask what tuning Earl chose, and how many pedals and knees? |
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Earl Foote
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Houston, Tx, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2007 10:31 am S-6 Lite
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Rick thanks for listening. It's actually an S-6 3X4. Jim delivered it with an E-66 pickup installed although after I made that recording I installed a 6 string pickup not unlike what you would see on a Les Paul. It also had a LKV which I have since removed. The setup is just like a standard Emmons E-9th with the 4 big strings removed, so it's all unwound strings. The E raise and lower KLs are on the left. The RKL raises the 1st string a whole step and the RKR lowers the second string a half step. I had a few more pulls that came on the guitar originally but I ended up removing them.
The copedent is probably not everyone's cup of tea but I like it a lot. I listened to my old recordings and noticed that I stayed mostly on the "small strings" so that's how I chose the copedant. I also don't play clubs anymore so I really wasn't too concerned about having all the pulls that are on records these days.
It's a very unusual pedal steel and well built. I'm having a blast with it. Jim can build them with any copedant you want and with different pickup configurations.
I'll post some photos in the next day or two. |
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jim flynn
From:
Salado,Texas
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Posted 19 Feb 2007 5:22 pm S-6 light
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Thanks Rick and especially Earl. Now we need to get Earl to post
another MP3 w/ the 6 string pick pick/up. My personal guitar has two Fender Custom shop"Texas Special" pick-ups with a switch for either, has a great sound, I'm am not able to record it easily but hope to in the near future.
I did miss post it as a S-8 but that does'nt really matter.
I hope Earl can post more sounds, he's a great player, and a nice guy. |
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Rick Batey
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Posted 20 Feb 2007 9:44 am
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Appreciate hearing about your tuning, Earl, and I enjoyed your playing. I'm looking forward to some pictures, if you can manage it.
Jim, it’s interesting that you personally like the Fender Texas Specials. I find them a touch dark on regular Teles and the like, but of course it’s a different instrument. The big advantage of Fender-type pickups in the context of the S-6 Lite has to be easy changeability, from vintage single-coils to stacked or narrow side-by-side humbuckers. Incidentally, I wonder how well a Stringmaster pickup blend pot would work?
(Jim already knows that I’m currently a bit obsessed by the concept of a six-string pedal steel, but if I may, I’ll add two links on the subject for anyone who might drop in: a heated but enlightening SGF thread from a little while ago, and of course a link to b0b’s ‘pedalcaster’ copedents.) |
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