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Cheers Andre

Thanks for another great gift Mitch.Keep turning out those Old Classics as I'm sure there are many on the forum who love your interpretations as much as I do.I just wish my hands and steel could create that sound as well on my old JB frypan.
Barry S

That was awesome Chris. Just love your technique.Oh those impeccable slants. Looking forward to seeing and hearing more of your work.Is that tuning hi G to lo E which would be C6th on a 6 string steel minus the lo C but with an added hi G ?
Cheers
Barry S

Great triple steel Mitch.I'm sure you'll do justice to whichever neck and tuning you choose. If you like the E9 that has been suggested by Steve and Mike and you like Jerry Byrd stuff, Scotty's Music has some of Jerrys handwritten tab for quite a few nice tunes which Jerry had recorded in E9. Lookin...

Mike the late Bruce Clark of Cumquat Records covered some of Sol's tunes in his Play-A-Long With The Hawaiian Hotshots CD and Tab.and backing tracks. They are Twilight Blues, Aloha Oe Blues and Hula Blues in C#min7 and Chilli Blues ,Orange Grove in California and Hilo March in A high bass. His tab.a...

I enjoyed that a Big bit Ray. A great Singalong tune from the late forties if my memory is right and very suited to the steel guitar.I've downloaded it an will try to play along to it.Keep them coming........... A question on Jerry Byrd Ray if you don't mind. Did Jerry ever record Lahaina Luna as I ...

Great Stuff Mitch I agree with all the comments. you have the touch and tone I'm striving for.By your picture you are a senior guy as I am. Have you been playing long?Your recording and backing techniques are real pro sounding as well.
GREENEYED Barry S

Thanks for the tip Erv. A hairdrier wont be to hot and just might do the trick. I'll give it a try tomorrow morning.

Just checked my ipod.Another brilliant Kiwi steel guitarist of the same era who recorded with The beautiful Daphne Walker was Bill Sevesi. Three reasonably priced albums on Itunes Australia.The Magic Steel Guitar, Hula Girl and Thank You For Making My Day.I don't know if they are available on US Itu...

Thanks for that link to Bill Wolfgramme and Daphne Walkers music Ron. I am going to buy that cd. I have some of Bills solos and Daphnes other recordings but that cd takes me back to the early fifties growing up in New Zealand where they were from.I was big fan of them and Bill was probably the first...

Thanks for the replies fellas. I like the suggestion of taking the fry pan to bed Ray but it would be competing with my my bedmate( my wife)and her hot water bottle which is that hot (the hot water bottle not my wife)the strings would probably scream with pain and the poor frypan would double up and...

My JB frypan goes a full fret out of tune on all strings during the winter here in Queensland Australia where overnight the temperature can drop 15 degrees. I like to practice early morning with headphones on and a backing disc so I have to retune or wait till the room warms the guitar up and comes ...