Top 10 signs of a Hack Steel Player,,,,

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 31 May 2004 3:43 am

You've got a new steel and you're torn between wanting to show it off in public and fear that someone might ask you questions about all those new knee levers that you can't answer.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 31 May 2004 7:28 am

I've been laughing so much, I actually went back to see if this wasn't in the Humor section...

Regards, Paul

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 31 May 2004 9:37 am

You tune from a list of numbers taped to the fretboard of the back neck.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 31 May 2004 10:00 am

By the way Larry, wouldn't that be the A pedal used on that third lick?

Richard, you just disqualified yourself!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 31 May 2004 2:58 pm

Ahh, shucks!!! I guess you could play that lick with the B pedal. You would really be a hack if you heard the pitch change on those strings (other that cabinet drop).

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 31 May 2004 3:26 pm

You put your pedal board on backwards.

How about a picture, Howard?

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 31 May 2004 5:51 pm

definitely a hacker here!

Doug Jones · Post by **Doug Jones** » 31 May 2004 6:58 pm

The Reverb knob on your amp numbers 1 through 15 and the pot is scratchy at 14.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 31 May 2004 8:36 pm

IF THE ONLY REASON YOU CHECK THE FORUM IS TO READ THIS THREAD!!

Harley Morris · Post by **Harley Morris** » 31 May 2004 9:11 pm

You wear three picks, but only use two on any given song....

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 1 Jun 2004 7:40 am

"You wear three picks..."

...but no thumbpick.

or

"You wear three picks..."

...all on your bar hand.

Joe Casey · Post by **Joe Casey** » 1 Jun 2004 8:18 am

If you have to ask to sit in at a jam.

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 1 Jun 2004 10:23 am

Your only instrumental is Steel Guitar Rag, and you can only play one verse.

Your guitar is an ash-tray Maverick you got on e-Bay for a cool thousand.

But, seriously, guys, I've checked my hack credentials against this list, and can't find a thing you've missed.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 1 Jun 2004 11:00 am

Usin' a pair of channel locks, a 3/8" drive extension, a 3/8" x 1/8" drive adapter, and a 1/8" drive deepwell socket to adjust the tuning nuts 'cause the tuning wrench rolled away somewhere never to be seen again...

Rick Ulrich · Post by **Rick Ulrich** » 1 Jun 2004 12:51 pm

Kinda reminds me when I stopped in at the Stagecoach in Fort Worth a couple summers ago. I edged up close to the bandstand and noticed that the steel players C pedal wasn't even hooked up. I dropped some money in the tip jar and asked if he could play Remington Ride or Buds Bounce. He said he couldn't because he had broken his third string three nights earlier and hadn't replaced it yet. Still LMAO.

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 1 Jun 2004 7:06 pm

1a. When you write, dictate, or are the sole source of information for your own bio. Especially if you provide your own pictures.

1b. When you refer to yourself in the third person. Especially when muttering under your breath.

1c. Any mention of how many "dues" you've paid. Especially in an argument.

EJL [This message was edited by Eric West on 01 June 2004 at 08:10 PM.]

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 2 Jun 2004 2:48 am

but, rubber bands do have a better feel than the standard return springs and beer coasters keep the guitar from rocking better than leg adjustments

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 2 Jun 2004 3:45 am

Dang b0b, you got me pegged!! When I was learnin' the tempered tuning thing in the 70's I had the numbers taped on the back of my steel to tune up to with my trusty ol' Korg tuner (Which I wish I still had)...JH

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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

DJ Sillito · Post by **DJ Sillito** » 2 Jun 2004 12:19 pm

You describe your knee levers to others as "whammy bars" and then proceed to use them like one.

Dixson Rudolph · Post by **Dixson Rudolph** » 2 Jun 2004 5:14 pm

Tune????????
This thang was in tune when I bought it!

~The HACK
(we TOON becuz we CAIR!!)

Michael Garnett · Post by **Michael Garnett** » 3 Jun 2004 12:20 pm

When the little kid at the wedding party asks you "What is that thing?" and you tell him it's an "Electric Cheese Grater." That's by far my favorite one.

-Michael

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Alvarez A-100 Mandolin
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Dan Tyack · Post by **Dan Tyack** » 3 Jun 2004 12:32 pm

18. Your response to Robert Randolph playing on the Grammys is "that ain't no real pedal steel playing"

Tony Smart · Post by **Tony Smart** » 3 Jun 2004 1:02 pm

Struggle to get a tune out of it and then remember you have to take it out of the case first

Jennings Ward · Post by **Jennings Ward** » 3 Jun 2004 7:55 pm

PEOPLE!!!! Quit talking that war about me, you are causing me to feel worse than I already did a while ago. I'll just go practice poor Johnny One note.... thanks ? Jennings