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Robert Rogers
From:
Manchester,TN
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Posted 20 Jul 2020 3:16 am |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 21 Jul 2020 5:06 pm
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I came from the University of Bluegrass, where my major was mandolin and my minor was dobro. When I started with Ronstadt and steel guitar and electric instruments, 'grass kinda went by the wayside. Steel was my instrument and I doubled on mando and dobro.
In the mid-70's basically mando went away and my only acoustic instrument, professionally, for the last 40 years has be dobro, and not that much of that, frankly. I last did a few Michael Martin Murphey tours in 2012-2014 in which I played dobro primarily, and in the C6 tuning.
Back in '70-'71 I flirted with tenor saxophone, but not enough to take lessons or get anywhere beyond learning rhythm riffs behind classic R&B tunes.
Around age thirty I realized that the instruments I'd best be learning more about for future success were mutual funds.  And that has allowed me to concentrate on steel guitar long into my dotage.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Steven Hicken Jr.
From:
Leeds, United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 6:58 am
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It depends on what your aims are.
Are you wanting to make millions of dollars?
If so, pick the obvious choices that will get you more gigs. When you walk into a bar or an arena what instruments do you most commonly see?
If not, learn an instrument you are really passionate about and love the sound of.
Ideally, if you can find an instrument that fits both of them categories, jackpot.
I'll always say this, learning instruments is hard regardless of what it is. Some people say certain instruments are easier to learn but they all have difficult skills to master. People say to me, "How can you play pedal steel but you can't play guitar or mandolin?"...my answer is..."I struggle at all of them".
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25 year old wannabe.
2015 Show Pro
2020 Hudson Hudsonator (Pedabro)
202X *Insert new guitar here*
https://www.stevenhickenjr.com/ |
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Bruce Bjork
From:
Southern Coast of Maine
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 7:13 am
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Just joined a Modern Country band, not my favorite genre, I’m playing Steel, banjo and a Telecaster, I’ve committed to two or three gigs per month, right now they’re mostly outdoors it’ll be interesting to see what happens to our indoor honky tonk gigs.
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Banjo, Dobro, Guild D-40, Telecaster, Justice Pro Lite 3x5, BOSS Katana 100, Peavey Nashville 112 in a Tommy Huff cabinet, Spark, FreeLoader, Baby Bloomer, Peterson StroboPlus HD, Stage One VP.
"Use the talents you possess; the woods would be very silent indeed if no birds sang but the best" |
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Mike Holder
From:
Alabama! Home of the great “Don Helms” & his singer “Hank Williams”!
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 9:37 am
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Playing guitar will always be an advantage as is singing but if you can add lap steel or Dobro to your options there’s lots of great music using those!
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I thought Nashville was the roughest, but I know I’ve said the same about them all.
I received my education, drivin through the Nation listenin to Paul!.. ( Franklin that is! ) |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 11:52 am Re: Secondary Instrument
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| Corbin Pratt wrote: |
| What does everyone think is the best secondary instrument? |
A bag fulla these weighs less than your volume pedal:
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 2:50 pm
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vintage...
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 5:52 pm
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Steel was my"secondary instrument"...
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2020 7:18 pm
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| It was my 2nd instrument too. Came from 6 string guitar and later lap steel. Finally pedal steel. Now it's about a 70/30 split with pedal steel getting the Lions share. That's before the Covid19 shutdowns. |
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