Whoa !! Steel and Tele in the same song ,same player !

[Jerry Hayes R.I.P.]

I've always played an S-12 when doing this so there's no problem with banging the guitar into the steel. I know if I played a double neck I'd have that problem as my belly would make sure of that!

I try to do a couple of finger style things on steel such as "I'll See You In My Dreams" and "Alabama Jubilee" but I always take off the fingerpicks for that style. I think I'll try both instruments at the gig tonight to see how it works. I've seen a couple of threads about playing steel without fingerpicks and this might be the key to doubling on both instruments.....JH in Va.

[Gerald Menke]

I play steel and tele for an artist I work for named Julia Haltigan, on two or three songs I switch back and forth, but usually just a verse chorus on the tele and take a solo on the emmons and go back to the tele. At first I found it almost impossible to do smoothly, but now I can pull it off pretty cleanly and almost always get some hands when I do it. I play with a thumbpick and play fingerpick-less on those songs I have to switch, even though I really do prefer the tone of the picks on the steel of course! I play thru a NV400 and a reissue Deluxe, can really make it sound like there's another guy in the band!

I was really impressed by Danny's ability to tear it up on steel and tele with Daryl, great picking on both instruments. His solo on the steel was killing.

Gerald

[Jim Mathis]

I believe this was the challenge Junior Brown was facing when he came up with the guit-steel.

[Chris Schlotzhauer]

Terry Christopherson with Buck's band probably has the best solution. He plays a Steinberger guitar which is real compact and won't get in the way of playing his steel. He also sits pretty high up, which also helps

[Rich Peterson]

Yes, sitting high up does help control the guitar, as it's held by the strap instead of sitting on the lap. I raised my Pak-a-Seat to help my singing; couldn't understand why so many steelers sat so low that their knees were higher than their hips. You can't breathe enough for singing that way.

[Bob Vantine]

I'D SEEN BUCK OWENS GUY DO THAT FOR YEARS , BUT THE FIRST ONE I SAW LIVE WAS "PENN PENNINGTON" AT A SHOW WE DID WITH JACK GREENE MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO .