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Inspired by Sebastian's recording of Guitara Que Llora, by Les Loups, I started sitting the Internet over for non-country, noon-Hawaiian, Hawaiian guitar. I was rewarded with this compilation. There are some real gems in this album! https://archive.org/details/atr013adieumonhawaii Does anyone know o...

Leon Redbone covered some great country tunes, and several have dobro in them, played by some great musicians. I can't think of which songs have dobro off the top of my head though. Most every Roy Acuff tune features the playing of Brother Oswald. And going back a bit farther, the Dixon Brothers (I ...

Have you tried just ordering from their website?

I live about 30 minutes from the shop (I'm in Ithaca, NY, they are in Interlaken) and have mutual friends with the owner. If the only issue is that they won't ship it, maybe I can help you out there.

I don't play C6 too much anymore, but I'd probably get one anyhow.

1. The dyads on the 5th and 6th strings are still applicable to high bass A. And
2. I will eventually get back into C6, I think.

Stacy Phillips' books are pretty good with the caveats that: 1. It's written for high bass G, so the mp3s need a pitch shifter to play along in A. Or you tune down to G. Most apps that show tunes down also shift pitches though. 2. The mp3 files are mostly mere snippets of the songs, or mp3s of the o...

Alternatively, Ken Dale has STL files for a bullet bar "gripper." https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=387253&highlight=gripper Ken sent me the STL file, and I printed it off at my local library's maker space. It's just a lot heavier than the shubb bar, because the shubb is ...

I no longer use it because I cannot get the same slants as a bullet bar, but the Shubb GS1 (https://shubb.com/product/gs-guitar-steel/) was, by far, the easiest bar to hold and control that I have tried. The wooden handle is so easy to grip, and you could probably glue fine sand paper or a tribute p...

I go to my wife’s nail salon and get a set of acrylic nails put on my right hand. Ray Alden, a fantastic clawhammer banjoist who has passed on, used to get "silk wraps" instead of acrylic, saying they don't chip, but rather wear down like a real finger nail. He only go three nails done at...

What is most infuriating about steel guitar for me is the very expensive "trial and error" nature of the steel guitar. 1. Choose an instrument: Do you want to play acoustic or electric? If the former, do you get a dobro, a tricone or a nut riser for that old dreadnought with a bowed neck? ...

Chris Harwood wrote:Height may be the key. You may have alerted me to something. I made legs for my console but they are fixed length...but my chair height isnt!

If that doesn't work, shims under the near-side feet could add that tilt I was talking about.

Let us know how it turns out.

Chris, have you tried adjusting the angle of your console so that it does downward, away from you? When I had a D8 I found that a horizontal console fatigued my wrists and made everything awkward. Changing the angle helped, but going to a metal bodied dobro helped more. As for picks (on the steel), ...

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/35_258718419_10224146688646299_4096885524377567590_n_1.jpg Thanks for this. I play high bass A, but as said earlier, the 1st and 3rd strings are the same, so it's a great thing to learn for me, as well. A quick question though: The image says that's a C7 ...

I've never heard of Ireal Pro. Is it worth checking out? I resisted it for a long time, feeling that, if I'm bringing a tune to a band, I should have it memorized. But they aren't always my tunes, and if everyone has iReal Pro, you can share playlists (groups of songs with chord charts). And set li...

Andy Volk wrote:Less obvious perhaps is his skill as an engineer and video/audio recording master. His playing is first rate but he also knows how to capture and present it with perfection.

A video about this, Sebastian?

I, too, am a Sebastian Fanboy. I've used several of his tabs and love them. I always get the mp3s with the trans. Looping and slowing down sections really helps the learning process. And later, the backing tracks are so much fun to play along with, slowly increasing speed until I can play with frien...

Here's one with the amp/case. Clever design!

https://reverb.com/item/69514279-1938-o ... up-version

Here is a 1949 "soundie." Mostly dancers, but there are short clips of the players here and there. https://archive.org/details/56004-hawaiin-rhythm

I stopped playing in 6th tunings before trying it out, but I always liked Kayton Robert's approach of adding an extra low-low A as the 8th string, which he seems to have used mostly as a sound effects string. He played C6, but it woulnd't be out of place in A6, I reckon. Bass is bass...

There was a topic about Herb Remington's dvds being available through Texas Music Supply. Not sure if it's for A6 but here's the link to volume 1: https://www.texasmusicsupply.com/nonped ... ume-i.html

This is a REALLY good question! And I've struggled with my answer. I think I am mostly playing for the swing dancers that will, one day soon, flock to see me. But I am also playing to impress Leon Redbone, the Mills Brothers, Sol, Bix, Jimmie Rodgers, etc - all sources of inspiration. (I've played b...

I’m going to spend the next ____[months/years] preparing an album with the same instrumentation... Consider at least one copy sold already! This is really great stuff and fun to listen to! I can admit I have most likely been dealing with ADD my entire life. I feel you! Like many people, I never rea...

Thanks everyone. These are all great suggestions. As I've read and reread your thoughts I came to the realization that, what I really need is time. More time! When I learned the banjo in my 20s and 30s, I was single and childless, finishing college (and later working seasonal jobs) with VERY little ...

It helps if you know the tuning... All things being equal, if you don't know the tuning, what informs your decision to use one over another? Is it the chord progression? For example, I have been focusing on high bass A, which Sebastian retunes to C# minor. Or perhaps an E7 variation? Why one over t...

Learning the chords... I often forget that. Thanks. It really does help when I do that. And breaking a tune into phrases is solid advice. But do you transcribe or take notes as you go? Or just commit a section to memory and then plow on? As for humming the melody, I know the trick but my brain seems...