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  Topic: RIP Lonnie Bennett
Mike Neer

Replies: 14
Views: 1430

PostForum Section: Gone Home   Posted: 24 Mar 2024 8:21 pm   Subject: RIP Lonnie Bennett
Oh no, Big Ben.
I just can’t believe it.
My deepest condolences to his family.
He was family to all of us here, too.
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 24 Mar 2024 9:34 am   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Back to Earth here. Keeping a guitar strung up with all 4ths tuning, but I don't think there's a path forward for me.
I haven't had the itch to experiment with tunings in quite a long time, which ha ...
  Topic: Favorite 8 string lap steel pickup for a fat mid range sound
Mike Neer

Replies: 10
Views: 587

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 23 Mar 2024 7:35 am   Subject: Favorite 8 string lap steel pickup for a fat mid range sound
If you aren’t completely satisfied with the tone you’re getting from guitar—->amp connection, you can experiment with rolling back the volume on your guitar and turning up the amp, and also a ...
  Topic: I Fall To Pieces arrangement with track and tab
Mike Neer

Replies: 0
Views: 452

PostForum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc.   Posted: 20 Mar 2024 8:21 pm   Subject: I Fall To Pieces arrangement with track and tab
I've just uploaded my arrangement of I Fall To Pieces for C6 non-pedal (6 string) to my virtual store. This is my first new product in a while, and I think it's a good one. Includes accurate tab wit ...
  Topic: Thinking of b0b, one year later...
Mike Neer

Replies: 16
Views: 20541

PostForum Section: Rest in Peace b0b (Bobby Lee)   Posted: 18 Mar 2024 5:21 pm   Subject: Thinking of b0b, one year later...
Thank you, Brad, for reminding us of this sad anniversary.
I miss Bob a lot.
I appreciate all of you who keep this great community thriving.
  Topic: Bobby Koefer
Mike Neer

Replies: 18
Views: 1580

PostForum Section: Gone Home   Posted: 16 Mar 2024 7:55 pm   Subject: Bobby Koefer
So sad to read this news.
Great player and entertainer with unorthodox technique and a great sense of humor. An inspiration.
Thanks for letting us know, Johnny.
  Topic: The importance of looks when creating a "swampy" tone
Mike Neer

Replies: 4
Views: 654

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 7 Mar 2024 5:24 pm   Subject: Re: The importance of looks when creating a
I may be wrong, but it seems most of the slide players striving for a "swampy" tone look like they'd smell of beer and cigarettes, and just got out of jail. Very Happy

I'd like to see a slide/ ...
  Topic: Did you ever not care for a when it was first released but..
Mike Neer

Replies: 14
Views: 836

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 5 Mar 2024 9:10 am   Subject: Did you ever not care for a when it was first released but..
Absolutely. A lot of music from the 80s I despised at the time, especially New Wave. Now I’m almost obsessed with some of it.
  Topic: Maria (West Side Story)
Mike Neer

Replies: 5
Views: 318

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 4 Mar 2024 11:57 am   Subject: Maria (West Side Story)
Thank you Mike. It watered my eyes a little, just a little.

Nothing means more to me. Than you.
  Topic: Maria (West Side Story)
Mike Neer

Replies: 5
Views: 318

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 4 Mar 2024 10:49 am   Subject: Maria (West Side Story)
Did you tune up the other 5 strings first?

Who’s got time for that?
  Topic: Maria (West Side Story)
Mike Neer

Replies: 5
Views: 318

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 4 Mar 2024 7:29 am   Subject: Maria (West Side Story)
Recorded this arrangement of Maria the other day. This is in more of a singing style of playing, which is what I am currently focusing on. WSS is my all-time favorite.

https://youtu.be/mYLxx7quV9 ...
  Topic: Finger picks or no finger picks?
Mike Neer

Replies: 49
Views: 3439

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 11:57 am   Subject: Finger picks or no finger picks?


As a player of both clawhammer banjo and steel, I don't use my nails when "picking" the steel. I wouldn't want to risk them breaking.

For sure, I use the pads of my fingers as well, ...
  Topic: Slim & Penny's latest single "Waiting For Sleep To Come"
Mike Neer

Replies: 11
Views: 934

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 10:17 am   Subject: Slim & Penny's latest single "Waiting For Sleep To Come"
Really enjoyable, Slim!
  Topic: Email Hacked
Mike Neer

Replies: 4
Views: 661

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 6:47 am   Subject: Email Hacked
I did receive an email from your hacked account a few days ago. I deleted promptly.
  Topic: Finger picks or no finger picks?
Mike Neer

Replies: 49
Views: 3439

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 1 Mar 2024 5:13 am   Subject: Finger picks or no finger picks?
Yes and no. I think it's a good idea to gain experience using picks because for some music they enable you to play in ways that you can't—or at least I can't—play without them. However, these da ...
  Topic: steel podcast ep 6: Christine Bougie
Mike Neer

Replies: 8
Views: 824

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 29 Feb 2024 3:21 pm   Subject: steel podcast ep 6: Christine Bougie
I like Christine’s records. She is a deep musician.
  Topic: Bespoke Lessons
Mike Neer

Replies: 5
Views: 3266

PostForum Section: For Sale: Music, Lessons, etc.   Posted: 29 Feb 2024 8:09 am   Subject: Bespoke Lessons
Lower prices on lessons. While everything else around us is going up, lesson prices are going down.

Very Happy
  Topic: Pedals for sale: Fuzz Face, Adineko, Twin City ABY
Mike Neer

Replies: 0
Views: 249

PostForum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories   Posted: 29 Feb 2024 6:35 am   Subject: Pedals for sale: Fuzz Face, Adineko, Twin City ABY
I’m selling these two pedals in excellent condition.
Circa 2015 JHF1Fuzz Face, $120 shipped
Catalinbread Adineko Oil Can Delay pedal, $140 shipped.
Radial Twin City ABY pedal, $150 shipped.
Ship ...
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 28 Feb 2024 9:42 am   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Interesting update/development.

I have enjoyed exploring the all fourths tuning and I like the challenge that it presents--something so familiar and yet so unfamiliar at the same time.
But a simpl ...
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 27 Feb 2024 8:01 am   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
For anyone interested in playing tonal music, I feel a chord-based tuning is almost essential. And I think that C6 and other 6th based tunings are perfect for playing any kind of tonal music, includi ...
  Topic: RIP Jim Sliff 5/28/52-1/11/24
Mike Neer

Replies: 2
Views: 665

PostForum Section: Gone Home   Posted: 26 Feb 2024 10:19 am   Subject: RIP Jim Sliff 5/28/52-1/11/24
Your Dad and I shared the same birthday. I’ll think of him every year.
  Topic: Similarity "Rocky Top" and Your the Reason God Made Oklahoma
Mike Neer

Replies: 43
Views: 2631

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 26 Feb 2024 5:47 am   Subject: Similarity "Rocky Top" and Your the Reason God Made Oklahoma
In Jazz, you often hear the same songs rewritten with new melodies or heads--they call these "contrafacts". I can name at least 50 tunes that are essentially "I Got Rhythm" or a do ...
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 26 Feb 2024 5:24 am   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
For melodic stuff have to say the C diatonic is worth a try. When something isn't quite sitting on the C6, G or D it always seems to work really nicely on the diatonic.

Thanks for that. My goal pr ...
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 25 Feb 2024 6:22 pm   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info

To me, a large part of the majesty of the instrument comes from the diverse harmonies made possible by different tunings.
Melodic playing is important too, but when making a tuning decision, it is ...
  Topic: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
Mike Neer

Replies: 24
Views: 2428

PostForum Section: Steel Without Pedals   Posted: 25 Feb 2024 11:34 am   Subject: Yet another tuning thread, but with new info
This feels like kind of a full circle time for me.

Here is one of my favorite C6 tweaks. I came up with it to accomodate the sophisticated horn arrangements of Oliver Nelson, one of my true music ...
 
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