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Topic: Pedal Steel vs. Bagpipes |
William Davis
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 6:26 am |
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| In discussing the relative scarcity of pedal steel guitars and players vs. Spanish-style guitars and players, my son suggested that the steel market is similar to that of bagpipes. How would the quantity of players and manufactured instruments compare? Slow day. |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 7:07 am
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at least steel players wear underpants  |
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William Davis
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 7:21 am
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| uh...Depends. |
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William Davis
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 7:43 am
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I have a Scottish friend and he says that bagpipes are the missing link between noise and music. 
Erv |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dan Kelly
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 11:38 am
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Virtually anyone I have asked can tell me about "Bagpipes," at least generally. Ask them if they know what a pedal steel guitar is, and well, it is the "deer in the headlights" look, almost every time!
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Hey You Kids! Get Off My Lawn!
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 12:13 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| One major difference... with a pedal steel guitar, the windbag is behind the instrument. |
OK.........you owe me a new keyboard.
I just sprayed a mouthful of rum and Coke all over this one.......... 
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 5:54 pm
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| Larry Carlson wrote: |
I just sprayed a mouthful of rum and Coke all over this one.......... |
Heck with the keyboard, that's a waste of good rum! (Blackheart and Coke for me in about 15 minutes!  )
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Many play better than I do. Nobody has more fun. |
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Glenn Demichele
From:
(20mi N of) Chicago Illinois, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2021 10:45 pm
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Honest to God this happened to me this summer at a wedding in Chicago...
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Franklin D10 8&4 (8&5 now), Excel D10 8&5, homemade buffer/overdrive, Moyo pedal, GT-001 effects, Trace Elliot Elf, PRV10FR300PR 10" HiFi speaker in a tiny box. |
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, VA, Norway & Weeki Wachee, FL, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 2:21 am
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| Don R Brown wrote: |
| (Blackheart and Coke for me in about 15 minutes! ) |
What is the Coke for? |
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 4:35 am
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| Georg Sørtun wrote: |
What is the Coke for? |
 
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 7:23 am
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I was playing for something and afterwards a fellow came up and said it was good to hear "Amazing Grace" played on something other than bag pipes. 
Erv |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 9:38 am
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They were also made famous by Wings on "Mull Of Kintyre".
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Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 10:25 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
I have a Scottish friend and he says that bagpipes are the missing link between noise and music.
Erv |
That is a funny quote!!!!
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A banjo, like a pet monkey, seems like a good idea at first. |
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Jeffrey Smith
From:
Harvest, Alabama, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2021 9:50 pm
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| I was picking up some cigars at a local pipe shop a few months back. The owner is a really nice guy and he was telling me he wanted to find some guys to jam with. I thought, "This could be interesting." Then, he told me his instrument was bagpipes. At least the cigars were good. |
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 14 Jan 2021 7:56 am
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William Davis wins the internet today. |
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Peter Siegel
From:
Belmont, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2021 2:59 pm
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Definition of a Scottish gentleman:
Someone who knows how to play the pipes,
but doesn't. |
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