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Topic: Picking Behind The Bar |
Harold Bullard
From:
Harrisonville, MO 64701 USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2015 2:47 pm |
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How many of you in steel guitar land have come up with any sweet licks picking behind the bar (to the left of the bar). I haven't yet come up with one that I dare use on stage, but I'd sure love to have a few in my war chest.
Have any of the great players ever dabble with this much? Tommy White, Mike Johnson, Paul Franklin, others?
Are there certain places on the neck that will work better than others, certain keys, certain number of frets back from the bar, etc.?
I would appreciate any info anyone can share with this technique.
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2015 3:16 pm
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| Al Brisco does this on one of the cuts on his CD. I think you have to have the bar at the twelfth fret to make it work. |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 17 Mar 2015 4:17 pm
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I've done the behind the bar thing many times, but I was always at the twelfth fret whenever I did. Ah, the good old days of being young and flexible. I'd probably sprain something if I tried that today! 
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Mike Wilkerson
From:
Luther Oklahoma
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Posted 17 Mar 2015 5:48 pm
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Watch Buddy Emmons on you tube playing nightlife at show in 1981 in Atlanta Georgia...He does a real pretty behind the bar strum on his C6th neck...Jim Lindsay glad to see ya on here brother...Slim
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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mtulbert
From:
Plano, Texas 75023
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 4:59 am
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One of Buddy Emmon's Inventions was to mount a pickup at the tuning nut of the guitar so you had the inverse of whatever slide he was doing. It was really wild sounding.
Not sure of the practicality but he was always trying to think outside the box.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Harold Bullard
From:
Harrisonville, MO 64701 USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 7:54 am
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Thanks for all this great advice. Now I know a whole lot better how to approach this.
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 3:11 pm
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| Jeff Newman played "Don't Take Her She's All I've Got" behind the bar. |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 9:04 am
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I learned a great ending from Alan Akaka for the Song "Hana", which involves starting with the bar at the 12th fret (B11 tuning, btw) strumming across the stings, doing the same to the left of the bar, and sliding down to the 4th fret, then strumming again. During the slide, the chords go both up and down. Cool!
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 12:00 pm
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Russ Hicks, playing Amazing Grace behind the bar...Awesome..BF
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Billy Mostyn
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 21 Mar 2015 5:12 am
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This guy knows how to play behind a capo !! Probably do well picking behind the bar too
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Jamie Mitchell
From:
Nashville, TN
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Harold Bullard
From:
Harrisonville, MO 64701 USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2015 8:36 am
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| That's funny. I bet the rest of his band finishes the song before he does. |
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