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by Charles Shafer
30 Apr 2014 6:12 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: What Pickup does Gilmore use on the Tune High Hopes?
Replies: 10
Views: 6892

Gilmour is one of my favorites, I follow his music quite a bit. David play this
Jedson lap steel - Red, fitted with an EMG-H pickup. Open Em chord tuning (E B E G B E) for High Hopes

Cited: http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=218
by Charles Shafer
26 Apr 2014 1:00 pm
Forum: Computers
Topic: Anti Virus for 4 computers
Replies: 13
Views: 2794

This may have been covered but I personally run a Enterprise version of Norton where I have my domain controller also work as the Symantec Server, it receives all the updates and installs them on every machine in my network, of course all the logs are generated and kept there making management for y...
by Charles Shafer
25 Apr 2014 12:03 pm
Forum: Steel on the Web
Topic: Open G chord tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 1563

Wow, what a great song, this dates me but this tune was a big hit when I was in high school. I liked it then and always have enjoyed it but to be honest, it never occurred to me that the solo was played on steel, at the time I must have thought it uncool to like a steel guitar. Obviously, I have don...
by Charles Shafer
25 Apr 2014 8:41 am
Forum: Steel Without Pedals
Topic: Any closet rockers out there?
Replies: 72
Views: 21085

I think that is why I bought a lap steel to begin with, not to bracket myself into any category, I absolutely love what Gilmour does in "High Hopes" or how Dire Straits can jazz up anything with the steel guitar. Are there other ways to play steel? Just kidding, of course, I think it is a ...
by Charles Shafer
25 Apr 2014 7:56 am
Forum: Steel on the Web
Topic: Open G chord tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 1563

Thank you very much for your replies. I always have strings for my guitars around, thinking I needed something different or special had made me feeling somewhat apprehensive but I am anxious to just replace what came with it with some Ernie Balls or GHS's. Thanks again.
by Charles Shafer
24 Apr 2014 11:38 am
Forum: Steel on the Web
Topic: Open G chord tuning
Replies: 6
Views: 1563

Open G chord tuning

hello everyone, I am new, I think you guys have a great forum, a lot of information. Ok, I bought my one and only lap steel the other day, a RK rg-32. I've read the good and the bad here, I am just having fun with it. I am not a new guitar player but have never played a steel. Like many I might pres...