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Al Marcus


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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 30 May 2002 8:57 pm    
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Kenny-I am glad you read the text. I wish everyone would carefully read it.

It was true, any chord or combination, no real limits of raises or lower, etc.

All true. However, it wasn't perfect. The pedals were hard to push , especially the raises. The lowers were a lot easier.

Those little screws in the tuning bar would loosen up a little and had to be touched up a couple of times a night, to keep it in tune.
But it only took a minute to do that,
usually during intermission.

I was lucky to have a pedal guitar in those early days.

I would rather have any one of several new guitars out today. Time marches on...al

[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 30 May 2002 at 10:05 PM.]

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Larry Bell


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Englewood, Florida
Post  Posted 31 May 2002 5:59 am    
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I hope everyone recognizes how special Al Marcus is.

He, along with other of our 'elder statesmen' on the Forum, blazed the trails that we all followed. He pioneered ways to play the early pedal steels in very complex contexts -- like big band music.

He has made a living from music for many years (a feat in itself) and willingly shares his rich collection of memories and experiences with us regularly.

He saw something that wasn't quite there yet (a reliable pedal actuated mechanism) and made what was available work to his advantage -- while realizing that better things were to come.

That's what I call a man with a vision.

We love you, Al -- I'm glad I know you.

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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Emmons D-10 9x9, 1971 Dobro

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