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Topic: Classic Steel Guitar Tone |
Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 5:30 am |
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The thing that drew me to the steel guitar 50 or more years ago,was the tone.I can't recall who I first heard playing steel,but I remember the tone so captivated me.
The tone that Alan Akaka gets from his Canopus lap steel is the sound that I remember from all those years ago.There's a video of him playing a preview to the Maui Steel Guitar Festival some years ago on YouTube.I don't know how to link to YouTube,the video contains a short interview,and Allan is strumming. And that sound to my ears is what a Steel Guitar should sound like.
Could someone post that vid? MAHALO in advance. 
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Steve Marinak
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Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 12:00 pm
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Thanks but no thanks  It's a promo video for the 2013 Maui Steel Guitar Festival.Allan is playing his Canopus lap steel on a stand I think,and the tone is so classic.Listen with headphones
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 1:49 pm
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Whispering Lullaby. If Alan had hit every harmonic, I would have suspected sorcery. Tom, you probably heard Danny Stewart playing it, a signature tune of his. He plays it in the soundtrack of the movie, Aloma of the South Seas (1940).
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2018 2:14 pm
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It's not the tune, It's the tone.
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2018 4:12 am
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Give that man a cigar!
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 3 Feb 2018 8:01 am
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| Alan seems to have a tone and technique that is always recognizable ! I did a frypan refurb for him recently... |
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2018 10:27 am
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It's not the man,It's the machine!I would love to hear Jeff Au Hoy play that Canopus lap steel!I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that Jeff's talent matched with Canopus tone would sell a lot of CD's
And I'm not kiddin'!
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Jim Mckay
From:
New Zealand
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Feb 2018 4:54 pm
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| Jeff's tone playing on his long scale frypan is also a good example of that instrument. |
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 7 Feb 2018 6:50 pm
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Saw alan last year in fort collins....wonderful, heavenly sound
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