yet another ebay oddity

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 6 Aug 2003 4:33 pm

Pedal Steel and Banjo Pickers Pal http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2550162015&category=621

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 6 Aug 2003 5:52 pm

I fail to see anything odd about using a practice board to improve right hand technique. Some of the famous players have used these and when at a seminar given by legendary and world renowned pedal steel teacher, Jeff Newman, he encouraged us to use one. In fact he even sells them. I believe that his are made from Tennessee cedar. Sometimes downright ignorance inspires us to define something as odd, when in fact we are selves are at odds with reality.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 6 Aug 2003 7:04 pm

yeah, but what happened to the rest of it?

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 6 Aug 2003 7:32 pm

Who knew??

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 6 Aug 2003 8:43 pm

Some people just can't throw their trash into the waste recepticle. They either put it on Ebay or have a garage sale.

Rick

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 7 Aug 2003 10:58 am

The seller made his point rather clearly. There is "no rest of it." It is designed to sit on your lap when you are sitting in yopur automobile in traffic, or on an airplane. For easy reference here is the seller's explanation.

"What you are bidding on is a small 12" x 3 1/2" x 1/2" practice board to warm up your right hand or to do practice exercises. It is made from solid red oak, has 6 strings, comes with chrome tuners and even has a mini fretboard. The idea came from a trucker friend of mine who is also an excellent steel guitarist. When he is not playing his steel guitar he has one of these on his lap giving his right hand a workout.
I WANT TO EMPHASISZE THAT THIS IS NOT AN INSTRUMENT, AND IT IS NOT FOR PLAYING A TUNE. YES! IT DOES HAVE TUNERS AND A FRETBOARD, BUT IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A DEVICE TO GIVE YOUR RIGHT HAND A WORKOUT."

Enough said!!

Basically you tighten the strings until they are firm and then adopt the right hand position with the heel of your hand laying across the strings. Then you pick some exercises with your fingers. The only sound you should get is a muting sound of the strings being picked. I have tried this and it has improved my right hand technique, especially for speedpicking.

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Mark Herrick · Post by **Mark Herrick** » 7 Aug 2003 11:47 am

It's a Gary Coleman steel...

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 7 Aug 2003 3:35 pm

I was only kidding...

Some people just can't throw their trash into the waste recepticle. They either put it on Ebay or have a garage sale.

It's called "recycling"....why toss it when you can sell it?

"One man's garbage is another man's treasure"

[This message was edited by HowardR on 07 August 2003 at 04:38 PM.]

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 7 Aug 2003 5:29 pm

"A Gary Coleman model" Is that a push pull model??

Geoff Cole · Post by **Geoff Cole** » 11 Aug 2003 9:27 pm

Steady on , I think there are too many giving their right hand a workout here.