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Someone else mentioned the right hand. I'll do better in the second one. I tried to indicate which strings I was playing. But if there was any doubt:
(Bar on 3rd fret)
G triad: Do position (root on ...

Well conceived introduction to the tuning. You should continue a series of Youtube vids - might inspire interest in this neglected tuning. A bit unfortunate your right hand was out of the camera's v ...

A Sierra 8, is my current "gigging" instrument. I really like it. Takes a bit of looking to find one, but they can be had.

Let me just say that I'm envious.

There was a market for the "easy listening" stuff in the '60s. I imagine record producers were encouraging guys like JB to venture into it. One might ask was it really Jerry's ambition to ...

I've only come across a few tapered bars. Never gave it much thought, but Rick's assertion that a tapered bar is easier to hold makes sense to me - my middle finger and thumb don't lay parallel witho ...

Nice. Wish I had one. I love the sound of those pickups.

Much of the rest of the Potpourri album is unlistenable, for me. Jerry's fine playing overwhelmed by awful arrangements.

You can download an mp3 of the Day Dream track from Amazon for a dollar a ...

Is your goal simply to learn to read standard notation on lapsteel? Or are you in pursuit of deeper understanding of the music you're playing (music theory)? They're two different things, calling fo ...

Worth noting: first version of both had a different pickup (6 alnico pole piece magnets) than subsequent iterations which had P-90 pickups.

Which is more desirable and how do you tell?

thx

Th ...

Worth noting: first version of both had a different pickup (6 alnico pole piece magnets) than subsequent iterations which had P-90 pickups.

Nicely done. Great arrangement!

I've been using the lighter (.013 - .056) set of Messer National strings for years on a round neck National Tricone tuned variously to standard, open D, and open G. They sound good and hold their ton ...

I'm not familiar with these. What exactly is the "reso" aspect?

I also have one says Alkire Eharp on the end. Looks the same: 5/8" dia. x 3 1/4"

I find the narrow diameter makes it, for me, almost impossible to lift off the strings. Can't get a ...

Basically the same instrument ('30s Supro) demonstrated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6cu_w--Is0

Bill - Thatâ€™s a major league looking lap steel. Perhaps Jim can help you post a sound clip.

I think that can be arranged.

When I first played this little beauty a couple weeks ago, my first thought was this instrument deserves a much better pickup. It had one of those pseudo Strat pickups with steel slug pole pieces and ...

My wife had to come down at 2am this morning to pry me off of playing the eharps. This tuning is a marvel for me. Once I realized what an amazing blues tuning it is, just opened up all sorts of possib ...

It seems pretty well established that children under the age of about 10 learn music very differently than beyond that age, when apparently the brain has become "hard wired" in some way whic ...

That is great. I just sent away for copies of the complete Alkire method from the University of Illinois. Can't wait to get them.

Do let us know what you think of that when you've had a chance to g ...

Nice arrangement, Mike. You keep picking choice classic rock tunes that wouldn't have occurred to me as steel guitar material. Cheers.

... but dang single note stuff drives me nuts as I can start it anywhere.

You're speaking here specifically of transcribing steel guitar music, and with the goal of figuring out exactly how it ...

Maybe this but I've never tried it myself.

https://www.charliescapo.com/product/charlies-slide-pro-capo/

Outstanding capo. Should work fine on a Stringmaster. He'll make them custom length ...

Take a look at Discogs.com for the records. It's a great database tool for keeping track of one's collection, but it also serves as a marketplace between users.

This. Discogs has been a positive ...

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Topic: Video intro into the Alkire tuning
James Hartman Replies: 4 Views: 1063	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Mar 2018 1:22 pm Subject: Video intro into the Alkire tuning
James Hartman Replies: 4 Views: 1063	Someone else mentioned the right hand. I'll do better in the second one. I tried to indicate which strings I was playing. But if there was any doubt: (Bar on 3rd fret) G triad: Do position (root on ...
Topic: Video intro into the Alkire tuning
James Hartman Replies: 4 Views: 1063	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Mar 2018 10:54 am Subject: Video intro into the Alkire tuning
James Hartman Replies: 4 Views: 1063	Well conceived introduction to the tuning. You should continue a series of Youtube vids - might inspire interest in this neglected tuning. A bit unfortunate your right hand was out of the camera's v ...
Topic: Good 8-string? Not too fancy but a keeper?
James Hartman Replies: 18 Views: 5862	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:47 pm Subject: Good 8-string? Not too fancy but a keeper?
James Hartman Replies: 18 Views: 5862	A Sierra 8, is my current "gigging" instrument. I really like it. Takes a bit of looking to find one, but they can be had.
Topic: Fairytale, Pomona, Duesenberg Bender??
James Hartman Replies: 10 Views: 5682	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Mar 2018 12:37 pm Subject: Fairytale, Pomona, Duesenberg Bender??
James Hartman Replies: 10 Views: 5682	Let me just say that I'm envious.
Topic: Jerry Byrd - Day Dream
James Hartman Replies: 34 Views: 5033	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Feb 2018 8:55 am Subject: Jerry Byrd - Day Dream
James Hartman Replies: 34 Views: 5033	There was a market for the "easy listening" stuff in the '60s. I imagine record producers were encouraging guys like JB to venture into it. One might ask was it really Jerry's ambition to ...
Topic: Tone Bar Question
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 2156	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Feb 2018 7:19 am Subject: Tone Bar Question
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 2156	I've only come across a few tapered bars. Never gave it much thought, but Rick's assertion that a tapered bar is easier to hold makes sense to me - my middle finger and thumb don't lay parallel witho ...
Topic: Gibson Console Grande question
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 1397	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2018 11:34 am Subject: Gibson Console Grande question
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 1397	Nice. Wish I had one. I love the sound of those pickups.
Topic: Jerry Byrd - Day Dream
James Hartman Replies: 34 Views: 5033	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Feb 2018 1:27 pm Subject: Jerry Byrd - Day Dream
James Hartman Replies: 34 Views: 5033	Much of the rest of the Potpourri album is unlistenable, for me. Jerry's fine playing overwhelmed by awful arrangements. You can download an mp3 of the Day Dream track from Amazon for a dollar a ...
Topic: Music Theory and notation
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 1127	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Feb 2018 2:28 pm Subject: Music Theory and notation
James Hartman Replies: 7 Views: 1127	Is your goal simply to learn to read standard notation on lapsteel? Or are you in pursuit of deeper understanding of the music you're playing (music theory)? They're two different things, calling fo ...
Topic: ID This Gibson?
James Hartman Replies: 27 Views: 6135	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Feb 2018 3:09 pm Subject: ID This Gibson?
James Hartman Replies: 27 Views: 6135	Worth noting: first version of both had a different pickup (6 alnico pole piece magnets) than subsequent iterations which had P-90 pickups. Which is more desirable and how do you tell? thx Th ...
Topic: ID This Gibson?
James Hartman Replies: 27 Views: 6135	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Feb 2018 2:38 pm Subject: ID This Gibson?
James Hartman Replies: 27 Views: 6135	Worth noting: first version of both had a different pickup (6 alnico pole piece magnets) than subsequent iterations which had P-90 pickups.
Topic: "The Girl In The Glass" on C6 lap steel
James Hartman Replies: 11 Views: 2435	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Feb 2018 2:51 pm Subject: "The Girl In The Glass" on C6 lap steel
James Hartman Replies: 11 Views: 2435	Nicely done. Great arrangement!
Topic: Exploring Open D and Micheal Messer National Strings
James Hartman Replies: 9 Views: 3604	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Feb 2018 5:27 am Subject: Exploring Open D and Micheal Messer National Strings
James Hartman Replies: 9 Views: 3604	I've been using the lighter (.013 - .056) set of Messer National strings for years on a round neck National Tricone tuned variously to standard, open D, and open G. They sound good and hold their ton ...
Topic: Marrs Fluger 6 string Cat Can
James Hartman Replies: 11 Views: 3923	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Feb 2018 6:35 pm Subject: Marrs Fluger 6 string Cat Can
James Hartman Replies: 11 Views: 3923	I'm not familiar with these. What exactly is the "reso" aspect?
Topic: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Feb 2018 9:22 am Subject: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	I also have one says Alkire Eharp on the end. Looks the same: 5/8" dia. x 3 1/4" I find the narrow diameter makes it, for me, almost impossible to lift off the strings. Can't get a ...
Topic: Dobro/National Electric Hawaiian Guitars
James Hartman Replies: 6 Views: 1597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Feb 2018 7:28 am Subject: Dobro/National Electric Hawaiian Guitars
James Hartman Replies: 6 Views: 1597	Basically the same instrument ('30s Supro) demonstrated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6cu_w--Is0
Topic: Gronertone #5 - Done
James Hartman Replies: 41 Views: 13357	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Feb 2018 8:57 am Subject: Gronertone #5 - Done
James Hartman Replies: 41 Views: 13357	Bill - Thatâ€™s a major league looking lap steel. Perhaps Jim can help you post a sound clip. I think that can be arranged.
Topic: Gronertone #5 - Done
James Hartman Replies: 41 Views: 13357	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Feb 2018 5:01 am Subject: Gronertone #5 - Done
James Hartman Replies: 41 Views: 13357	When I first played this little beauty a couple weeks ago, my first thought was this instrument deserves a much better pickup. It had one of those pseudo Strat pickups with steel slug pole pieces and ...
Topic: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2018 8:10 am Subject: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	My wife had to come down at 2am this morning to pry me off of playing the eharps. This tuning is a marvel for me. Once I realized what an amazing blues tuning it is, just opened up all sorts of possib ...
Topic: Transcribing Tips and tricks
James Hartman Replies: 20 Views: 4504	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2018 7:32 am Subject: Transcribing Tips and tricks
James Hartman Replies: 20 Views: 4504	It seems pretty well established that children under the age of about 10 learn music very differently than beyond that age, when apparently the brain has become "hard wired" in some way whic ...
Topic: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2018 7:16 am Subject: Continuing adventures of the Alkire Journey
James Hartman Replies: 58 Views: 17181	That is great. I just sent away for copies of the complete Alkire method from the University of Illinois. Can't wait to get them. Do let us know what you think of that when you've had a chance to g ...
Topic: Sultans of Swing.- C6 Lap Steel Guitar.
James Hartman Replies: 10 Views: 2367	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jan 2018 8:26 am Subject: Sultans of Swing.- C6 Lap Steel Guitar.
James Hartman Replies: 10 Views: 2367	Nice arrangement, Mike. You keep picking choice classic rock tunes that wouldn't have occurred to me as steel guitar material. Cheers.
Topic: Transcribing Tips and tricks
James Hartman Replies: 20 Views: 4504	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jan 2018 8:20 am Subject: Re: Transcribing Tips and tricks
James Hartman Replies: 20 Views: 4504	... but dang single note stuff drives me nuts as I can start it anywhere. You're speaking here specifically of transcribing steel guitar music, and with the goal of figuring out exactly how it ...
Topic: Modifying Stringmaster scale
James Hartman Replies: 18 Views: 2611	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jan 2018 2:40 pm Subject: Modifying Stringmaster scale
James Hartman Replies: 18 Views: 2611	Maybe this but I've never tried it myself. https://www.charliescapo.com/product/charlies-slide-pro-capo/ Outstanding capo. Should work fine on a Stringmaster. He'll make them custom length ...
Topic: Selling LPs and lap steels
James Hartman Replies: 9 Views: 1929	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:25 am Subject: Selling LPs and lap steels
James Hartman Replies: 9 Views: 1929	Take a look at Discogs.com for the records. It's a great database tool for keeping track of one's collection, but it also serves as a marketplace between users. This. Discogs has been a positive ...