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Jeff Rady

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 9 Apr 2022 1:14 pm    
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Hi Everybody,

Can anybody help me get an idea of what's happening in this solo for a old Will T. Massey song? It sounds like it at least starts out just playing open strings but I can't tell how he does those low slides into each phrase? 12 string guitar?

The solo starts at 1:33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCBf9zMomiU

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff
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Ricky Davis


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Post  Posted 9 Apr 2022 5:46 pm    
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Here's Lloyd's Copedant that I usually set up on his Steels and you can see his RKR is fair cool tricky lever; Raising 4th string whole and lowering 10th string from B to A..ah..ha...I don't have a steel here to mess with playing this song...I'm in the middle of out of town gigs. But I would probably tune my Open 10th to low F# and pedal down would bring it up to low A...and mess with it that way.
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Jeff Rady

 

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Post  Posted 11 Apr 2022 6:36 am    
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Thanks Ricky, this copedent helps. I started to get some traction by doing this for (Emmons players):

I think the key is strings 9 6 and 4 with B pedal down, and then C pedal off and on to raise string 4 a whole step. If you grab string 9 6 and 4 with B and C at the 2nd fret you get an E triad move it to open position - D chord. 7th fret -A chord.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 25 Apr 2022 4:31 pm    
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I don't hear the 10th string dropping, so I'd guess he's using the B&C pedals with the 10th string tuned up to C#. He could do this on his setup, but he'd have to two-foot the move on P1 & P3.
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Ricky Davis


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Bertram, Texas USA
Post  Posted 25 Apr 2022 6:40 pm    
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Donny Lloyd raises 4th string whole tone by itself on RKR.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 25 Apr 2022 7:38 pm    
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Yes, I saw that Ricky, but I think what I'm hearing is the 5th string going from B-C# and back while the 10th is staying at C#. There are various ways to accomplish this...my suggestion above is just one of them. Very Happy
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Ricky Davis


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Post  Posted 25 Apr 2022 7:46 pm    
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I hear ya Donny. I never asked him how he did it; but yes several ways he could of done it...certainly the 9th string also drops to C# by itself and wouldn't interfear with movement of 5th and 4th string raise on RKR
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