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Topic: Ramblin´ Man |
Martin Gross
From: Germany
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Jeff Garden
From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2017 2:23 pm
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EXCELLENT, Martin - I love your playing! I just spent a few days working on your version of "Teach Your Children" - the string pulls are extremely cool. Thanks for the music!
Here's Martin's version of "Teach Your Children" for those who haven't heard it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-N4zl1QZo |
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Joseph Napolitano
From: New Jersey, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2017 7:26 pm
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Wow! Very nice! |
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David Mason
From: Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2017 7:59 pm
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Very cool. I'm not dobroesque, but I have enough lap steels available for tuning <strike>abominations</strike> /experiments - what gauge and tuning is your second string? I have never been able to get those behind-the-bar string pulls to work without munching my finger or other assorted disasters. Do you... train it or something? Ninja-finger? |
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Martin Gross
From: Germany
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Posted 14 Jan 2017 11:08 am
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my second string is a plain steel guage 020 and the tuning is GBDGAD low to high. I pull the string behind the bar up one note with the ringfinger of my left hand. Most people think using a thinner string makes the pulls easier because the string preassure is softer. But I found out that for getting the destinate note when pulling the string you have to bend the string much more with a thinner guage and it finaly hurts more. So for me 020 is just right.
Martin |
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Allen Hutchison
From: Kilcoy, Qld, Australia
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Posted 14 Jan 2017 1:28 pm
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G'day Martin
Another top job - love it
Great to see a new video - "long time between drinks" as they say!
Cheers from Oz! |
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Jack Hanson
From: San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2017 3:36 pm
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Martin Gross wrote: |
Most people think using a thinner string makes the pulls easier because the string preassure is softer. But I found out that for getting the destinate note when pulling the string you have to bend the string much more with a thinner guage |
Bingo! |
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Rob Anderlik
From: Chicago, IL
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Posted 15 Jan 2017 7:37 am
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Mighty fine! |
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