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Using reference tracks is pretty standard throughout all audio engineering. It's not about "copying the sound of the recording". You probably don't have a perfect monitoring situation, v ...

I have used an Android app called Fretboard Learn to learn all the notes on the fingerboard. It can be set up for any instrument - it makes it into a game that you can play anytime you have a few mi ...

Alan Akaka suggested I try a Clinesmith bar for exactly that problem and he was absolutely right, it is quite a bit less slippery.

YMMV

My wife and I have really been enjoying Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe on their "Peach" album - for something pretty recent!

If you sell that to an experienced player who isn't interested in the learning material, I would buy that separately.

Get Voice Meeter Banana, software mixer for Windoze - free.
It's a little complicated but software can either be simple or powerful. VoiceMeeter is powerful.

I was surprised to see she uses a TubeScreamer. I have heard on here several times that that has too much mids for steel. Obviously work for her though

And a lefty!

Well, strung that way now!

So, I'm a newbie, but a sweet little old lady in our uke group has loaned me her late father's lap steel. She said he "made it himself". I know he was using it during WWII, but no idea h ...

Nigel,

I have the same thing. Between swallowing the mic and adding a preamp with a big boost after the mic, I have made it work but I'm going back to singing into a mic on a stand. I have alway ...

Does the Jerry Byrd course have CD's or cassettes?

I recently got a Melbert which I am very happy with. I am a complete newbie, so my opinion shouldn't count for much, but if you search the forum, you will see that Melbert is very well regarded.

D ...

Doug,

Didn't see Ukulele Lady in any of your books. Is this arrangement available?

Dennis (newbie)

Author	Message
Topic: looking for good reference tracks
Dennis Conklin Replies: 18 Views: 15071	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 23 Dec 2020 9:27 am Subject: looking for good reference tracks
Dennis Conklin Replies: 18 Views: 15071	Using reference tracks is pretty standard throughout all audio engineering. It's not about "copying the sound of the recording". You probably don't have a perfect monitoring situation, v ...
Topic: Do you know the notes on the neck for your tunings?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 26 Views: 4269	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Nov 2020 9:41 am Subject: Do you know the notes on the neck for your tunings?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 26 Views: 4269	I have used an Android app called Fretboard Learn to learn all the notes on the fingerboard. It can be set up for any instrument - it makes it into a game that you can play anytime you have a few mi ...
Topic: Slippery bar??
Dennis Conklin Replies: 11 Views: 2939	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Sep 2020 4:11 pm Subject: Slippery bar??
Dennis Conklin Replies: 11 Views: 2939	Alan Akaka suggested I try a Clinesmith bar for exactly that problem and he was absolutely right, it is quite a bit less slippery. YMMV
Topic: Lap Steel Blues Players - Suggested Listening
Dennis Conklin Replies: 19 Views: 6579	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Jul 2020 9:19 am Subject: Lap Steel Blues Players - Suggested Listening
Dennis Conklin Replies: 19 Views: 6579	My wife and I have really been enjoying Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe on their "Peach" album - for something pretty recent!
Topic: One of a Kind Georgeboard - 8 String
Dennis Conklin Replies: 6 Views: 2413	Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 29 May 2020 3:41 am Subject: One of a Kind Georgeboard - 8 String
Dennis Conklin Replies: 6 Views: 2413	If you sell that to an experienced player who isn't interested in the learning material, I would buy that separately.
Topic: Logitech C 920 webcam and a mixer
Dennis Conklin Replies: 34 Views: 24966	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 18 May 2020 4:11 pm Subject: Logitech C 920 webcam and a mixer
Dennis Conklin Replies: 34 Views: 24966	Get Voice Meeter Banana, software mixer for Windoze - free. It's a little complicated but software can either be simple or powerful. VoiceMeeter is powerful.
Topic: Megan Lovell's rig (Larkin Poe)
Dennis Conklin Replies: 12 Views: 3392	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Apr 2020 5:34 pm Subject: Megan Lovell's rig (Larkin Poe)
Dennis Conklin Replies: 12 Views: 3392	I was surprised to see she uses a TubeScreamer. I have heard on here several times that that has too much mids for steel. Obviously work for her though
Topic: Can anyone ID this old homebrew lap steel?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 1610	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2020 3:56 pm Subject: Can anyone ID this old homebrew lap steel?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 1610	And a lefty! Well, strung that way now!
Topic: Can anyone ID this old homebrew lap steel?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 1610	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Mar 2020 8:27 am Subject: Can anyone ID this old homebrew lap steel?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 1610	So, I'm a newbie, but a sweet little old lady in our uke group has loaned me her late father's lap steel. She said he "made it himself". I know he was using it during WWII, but no idea h ...
Topic: Headset Shure WH20XLR Dynamic Microphone
Dennis Conklin Replies: 2 Views: 886	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Dec 2019 4:38 pm Subject: Headset Shure WH20XLR Dynamic Microphone
Dennis Conklin Replies: 2 Views: 886	Nigel, I have the same thing. Between swallowing the mic and adding a preamp with a big boost after the mic, I have made it work but I'm going back to singing into a mic on a stand. I have alway ...
Topic: Collector Instruction Books
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 2068	Forum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc. Posted: 6 Nov 2019 5:09 pm Subject: Collector Instruction Books
Dennis Conklin Replies: 4 Views: 2068	Does the Jerry Byrd course have CD's or cassettes?
Topic: New New Hawaiian Lap Steel Guitar
Dennis Conklin Replies: 23 Views: 5586	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Oct 2019 11:58 am Subject: Melbert
Dennis Conklin Replies: 23 Views: 5586	I recently got a Melbert which I am very happy with. I am a complete newbie, so my opinion shouldn't count for much, but if you search the forum, you will see that Melbert is very well regarded. D ...
Topic: edit
Dennis Conklin Replies: 12 Views: 2535	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Jul 2019 8:40 am Subject: Arrangement available?
Dennis Conklin Replies: 12 Views: 2535	Doug, Didn't see Ukulele Lady in any of your books. Is this arrangement available? Dennis (newbie)