There’s a steel guitar made near Nantucket

[Dave Van Allen]

After decades of playing in bands
With a sound that might best be called "bland"
I read on the forum
That we'd reached a quorum
And decided that "Tone's in the HANDS."

A fellow named Jim, quite respectable
played the steel with a style quite delectible
He has been blessed
As his fans can attest-
He's The Master of Tone that's Acceptable

[Jim Cohen]

[Dave Van Allen]

There once was a steeler named Dave
Who about ZB Custom would rave
Beyond all decorum
On the Steel Guitar Forum
Posting "it has the sound that I crave"

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"I've got the 'ZB Jeebies™' !"

"Pickin' it 'old school' on the Pedizzle Stizzle"
<small>1998 Zumsteel U12 "Loafer" 8&6 :: 1973 ZB Custom D-10 8&5 :: Vintage Fender 'Tube' Amplification

www.dvanet.net :: zbcustom73@dvanet.net :: www.lasttrainhome.com
:: My Tribute to the Hot Club of America in Hi-Fi

[Terry Edwards]

Steeler’s are never alone
In their quest for the ultimate tone
For some it took years
To develop their ears
To ID a push-pull through a cellular phone!


and...


A steel guitar needs to be black
To have “that sound” when country comes back
Don’t waste all your pay
A copy is OK
If it just looks like a duck it’ll quack !
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Terry Edwards on 13 January 2005 at 12:36 PM.]</p></FONT>

[Jim Cohen]

A builder who's surely no dummy,
With whom I'd become rather chummy,
Has paid me a bill
To come here and shill
And tell y'all to go buy a Zummy.

<font size=1><i>(... with apologies to B.Z.)

[JB Arnold]

This forum's a real panacea
From your steel pains it'll free ya
But heed what I said
Yer better off Dead
Than mentioning Jerry Garcia!

JB

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Fulawka D-10 9&5
Fessenden D-10 8&8
"All in all, looking back, I'd have to say the best advice anyone ever gave me was 'Hands Up, Don't Move!"
www.johnbarnold.com/pedalsteel
www.buddycage.net

http://www.nrpsmusic.com/index.html

[Terry Edwards]

The subject of tuning came up in a thread
I thought we had put that to bed
You can’t apply science
To this pedalled appliance
Being ‘in tune’ is all in your head !

[Klaus Caprani]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>This forum's a real panacea
From your steel pains it'll free ya
But heed what I said
Yer better off Dead
Than mentioning Jerry Garcia!</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Lol. That's a good one.

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Klaus Caprani

MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com

[Michael Garnett]

I'm tired of silly contortions,
And Gibsons hopped up on distortion.
From lead players, most,
long deaf as a post,
And GAC lauds the abortion.

Ahh, the muse is upon me!

One day I shall be all the rage,
With their panties they'll shower the stage.
But I'll wait until later,
for one day I shall cater
To girls of appropriate age.

But now I get "What is that thing,
With the howling, ridiculous ring?"
Some drunk chick, 'round Forty
She says to me "Lordy,
At my place you're welcome a fling."

So at my old axe I shall sit,
And practice this top forty ... stuff.
An eighteen year old,
Is naive, I'm told.
With Rascall Flatts I'll make a hit.

Whoo, I could go on for hours!

-Garnett<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Michael Garnett on 28 January 2005 at 08:54 AM.]</p></FONT>

[Michael Garnett]

Dang it, they won't stop! Get it out of my head!

If I hear it again I shall quit,
And down on their boots I will spit.
"Play Steel Guitar Rag!"
and not "How 'Bout some Hag?"
But If I wanna get paid I will play it.

And my favorite Math Limerick:

[(12+144+20) + 3*(sqrt 4)] / 7 + 5*11 = 9^2 + 0

A Dozen, a Gross, and a Score,
Plus Three times the Square Root of Four.
Divided By Seven,
Plus Five times Eleven.
Is Nine Squared and not a bit more.