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Hi friends. I'm looking for backing track for an old Burl Ives song "When She Cries". I think it was originally done in Key of F.
Dr Hook also did a version of it.

Beautiful instruments Andy

Very interesting post Charlie. You've got me wanting to research more now Laughing

Hi Andy and Mark. I am not taking any medication for the shakes but I do take cholesterol meds. I was going to participate in a University study at the Griffith University here on the Gold Coast to s ...

My hands shake occasionally. I also have a neurological disorder. Mine is called essential tremors.If I play lead guitar on my old tele my hands dont shake but my right hand shakes now and again when ...

Yes Tony have seen them advertised for that price up to $150USD on Ebay (Australia)

once again thanks for your posts mate

Thanks Tony. I'll check it out

Hi I have a cheap Ordro HDV-Z20 Digital Cam recorder. Takes great videos and the cheap mono shotgun mic (chinese as well as the camera) records sound pretty good. Just wondering if anyone can recommen ...

Thanks Jimmie

What angle are the threads Jimmie? 10 degrees ?

Beautiful Doug.

For the stepped aluminium keyheads I use on consoles, I have them and the bridges highly polished. On lap steels the brushed aluminium bridges and nuts still look pretty good and don't take anything a ...

That's a nice looking lap steel Jim Pitman

Nice looking lap steel. However, when I read Steelmaster, I thought of Herb Remington's Steelmaster straight away.

Putting together some drawings for new lap steels and consoles.These will be offered for sale. Can't decide whether to have brushed aluminium bridges and nuts or polish them to a high shine. I like hi ...

I wear hearing aids and have a great audiologist. I told him that if I have my hearing aids in and turned on whilst playing unplugged or when listening to CDs, the tone sounded somewhat "tinny&qu ...

Thanks Brad and Paul really appreciate your posts. Paul, you really understand where I am coming from and the reason for my post. Sorry I didn't explain my needs better in my post.

Once again, tha ...

Been playing around learning lap steel for a couple of years and can make up very basic solos for country songs. However, wish there was some way I could get TABS for solos of country songs. Would lo ...

Thanks for your comments Ray

Have ordered some Mike Very Happy

Thanks guys. I try and keep my thumb as you said Mike. I am thinking also of getting the Dunlop thumb pick with the 30 degree angle. I have a feeling that my main problem is how I hold my fingers and ...

Just wondering what other players do here. I'm a lap steel player. Not real good but slowly improving. My question is. Say you have the bar at the 12th fret and need to play (on a 6 string lap steel)C ...

This guy knows how to play behind a capo !! Probably do well picking behind the bar too

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1403/12807_capo_fail_1.jpg

Yeah I know about heating them Don. it's just that even with my small/average size thumb. I have found thumbpicks quite often marked as Large actually tight on my thumb and I have had to heat them. I ...

Zookies are made by Dunlop. I have average/small? size hands and I found that quite often in the past I had to buy L size thumbpicks (other brands) to get a comfortable fit. Would this be the same wi ...

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Topic: Need Backing Track "When She Cries" - Burl Ives
Billy Mostyn Replies: 0 Views: 3293	Forum Section: Band-in-a-Box Posted: 14 Dec 2017 4:40 am Subject: Need Backing Track "When She Cries" - Burl Ives
Billy Mostyn Replies: 0 Views: 3293	Hi friends. I'm looking for backing track for an old Burl Ives song "When She Cries". I think it was originally done in Key of F. Dr Hook also did a version of it.
Topic: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2017 11:17 pm Subject: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Beautiful instruments Andy
Topic: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2017 5:00 am Subject: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Very interesting post Charlie. You've got me wanting to research more now
Topic: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 May 2017 3:05 am Subject: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Hi Andy and Mark. I am not taking any medication for the shakes but I do take cholesterol meds. I was going to participate in a University study at the Griffith University here on the Gold Coast to s ...
Topic: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 2 May 2017 4:30 am Subject: Are you getting better or worse now ?
Billy Mostyn Replies: 81 Views: 24871	My hands shake occasionally. I also have a neurological disorder. Mine is called essential tremors.If I play lead guitar on my old tele my hands dont shake but my right hand shakes now and again when ...
Topic: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 24 Dec 2016 5:05 am Subject: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Yes Tony have seen them advertised for that price up to $150USD on Ebay (Australia) once again thanks for your posts mate
Topic: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 21 Dec 2016 4:12 am Subject: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Thanks Tony. I'll check it out
Topic: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 20 Dec 2016 3:59 am Subject: Suitable Stereo Mic For Digital Camcorder
Billy Mostyn Replies: 4 Views: 3181	Hi I have a cheap Ordro HDV-Z20 Digital Cam recorder. Takes great videos and the cheap mono shotgun mic (chinese as well as the camera) records sound pretty good. Just wondering if anyone can recommen ...
Topic: Lap steel Leg mount sockets
Billy Mostyn Replies: 11 Views: 9548	Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 6 May 2016 6:15 am Subject: Lap steel Leg mount sockets
Billy Mostyn Replies: 11 Views: 9548	Thanks Jimmie
Topic: Lap steel Leg mount sockets
Billy Mostyn Replies: 11 Views: 9548	Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 6 May 2016 4:44 am Subject: Lap steel Leg mount sockets
Billy Mostyn Replies: 11 Views: 9548	What angle are the threads Jimmie? 10 degrees ?
Topic: Stranger on the Shore - VIDEO -quad
Billy Mostyn Replies: 6 Views: 2224	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 20 Apr 2016 9:36 pm Subject: Stranger on the Shore - VIDEO -quad
Billy Mostyn Replies: 6 Views: 2224	Beautiful Doug.
Topic: Aluminium Bridges & Nuts
Billy Mostyn Replies: 2 Views: 1545	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Mar 2016 9:29 pm Subject: Aluminium Bridges & Nuts
Billy Mostyn Replies: 2 Views: 1545	For the stepped aluminium keyheads I use on consoles, I have them and the bridges highly polished. On lap steels the brushed aluminium bridges and nuts still look pretty good and don't take anything a ...
Topic: Making lap steel bridges
Billy Mostyn Replies: 17 Views: 15157	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Mar 2016 5:25 am Subject: Making lap steel bridges
Billy Mostyn Replies: 17 Views: 15157	That's a nice looking lap steel Jim Pitman
Topic: Bill Asher's new Steelmaster-Eight
Billy Mostyn Replies: 15 Views: 7755	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Mar 2016 3:02 am Subject: Bill Asher's new Steelmaster-Eight
Billy Mostyn Replies: 15 Views: 7755	Nice looking lap steel. However, when I read Steelmaster, I thought of Herb Remington's Steelmaster straight away.
Topic: Aluminium Bridges & Nuts
Billy Mostyn Replies: 2 Views: 1545	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Mar 2016 9:07 pm Subject: Aluminium Bridges & Nuts
Billy Mostyn Replies: 2 Views: 1545	Putting together some drawings for new lap steels and consoles.These will be offered for sale. Can't decide whether to have brushed aluminium bridges and nuts or polish them to a high shine. I like hi ...
Topic: Over 40 years - Lost tones - Can't play
Billy Mostyn Replies: 12 Views: 4380	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Dec 2015 8:12 pm Subject: Over 40 years - Lost tones - Can't play
Billy Mostyn Replies: 12 Views: 4380	I wear hearing aids and have a great audiologist. I told him that if I have my hearing aids in and turned on whilst playing unplugged or when listening to CDs, the tone sounded somewhat "tinny&qu ...
Topic: Non Pedal Country Solos
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 3460	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2015 3:43 am Subject: Non Pedal Country Solos
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 3460	Thanks Brad and Paul really appreciate your posts. Paul, you really understand where I am coming from and the reason for my post. Sorry I didn't explain my needs better in my post. Once again, tha ...
Topic: Non Pedal Country Solos
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 3460	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Sep 2015 6:14 pm Subject: Non Pedal Country Solos
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 3460	Been playing around learning lap steel for a couple of years and can make up very basic solos for country songs. However, wish there was some way I could get TABS for solos of country songs. Would lo ...
Topic: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Mar 2015 5:33 am Subject: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Thanks for your comments Ray
Topic: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Mar 2015 8:17 pm Subject: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Have ordered some Mike
Topic: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Mar 2015 10:06 pm Subject: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Thanks guys. I try and keep my thumb as you said Mike. I am thinking also of getting the Dunlop thumb pick with the 30 degree angle. I have a feeling that my main problem is how I hold my fingers and ...
Topic: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 24 Mar 2015 7:29 pm Subject: A question about grips.
Billy Mostyn Replies: 7 Views: 2982	Just wondering what other players do here. I'm a lap steel player. Not real good but slowly improving. My question is. Say you have the bar at the 12th fret and need to play (on a 6 string lap steel)C ...
Topic: Picking Behind The Bar
Billy Mostyn Replies: 13 Views: 4737	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 21 Mar 2015 5:12 am Subject: Picking Behind The Bar
Billy Mostyn Replies: 13 Views: 4737	This guy knows how to play behind a capo !! Probably do well picking behind the bar too http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1403/12807_capo_fail_1.jpg
Topic: Thumb Picks
Billy Mostyn Replies: 57 Views: 25246	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Mar 2015 3:44 am Subject: Thumb Picks
Billy Mostyn Replies: 57 Views: 25246	Yeah I know about heating them Don. it's just that even with my small/average size thumb. I have found thumbpicks quite often marked as Large actually tight on my thumb and I have had to heat them. I ...
Topic: Thumb Picks
Billy Mostyn Replies: 57 Views: 25246	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 28 Feb 2015 11:39 pm Subject: Thumb Picks
Billy Mostyn Replies: 57 Views: 25246	Zookies are made by Dunlop. I have average/small? size hands and I found that quite often in the past I had to buy L size thumbpicks (other brands) to get a comfortable fit. Would this be the same wi ...