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I'll get a video when I have the chance but basically the reason for using the lever is because I thought that it easier to use that lever to get two notes on the same string because otherwise you could pick the F# string instead but then you would be playing four consecutive strings (B, G#, F#, E) ...

Yeah, I can try to get a video at some point including the different variations.

Nice work! Now if we can get some of the others in the band to play some NRPS :lol: :D Well, the concept is inspired by Buddy Cage but it can be applied into almost an up tempo tune. Any time you go from I to IV or IV down to I or I down to V or V/V up to V. Any time that you're going up or down a ...

Thanks so much for posting this Kristen. Can you quote a particular song from a particular album that this is done on? I understand the lick, but having an exact example to hear is always a plus. Be that as it may, thanks again, very important stuff here I would say. Cage was one of the fastest pic...

You're welcome. I should also add that if your G lever raises your second string D# to E, then you can use that for that lick. So for the first two D# string notes you let the string ring while picking the E string but engage the G lever to raise it to E when you hit the string. Banjo players should...

Anyone that has listened to Buddy Cage, particularly in his NRPS years, will be familiar with a particular chromatic lick that he does. A summary of the technique is that you pick the D# string, pick the E string, slide up a fret on the E string, and repeat as many times as you want. To descend, you...

This is an example of how I actually use fuzz on pedal steel. https://vocaroo.com/16mcwvcwL2Zc The same thing works on lap steel tunings with low power chords on the bottom such as open D. But going to low B, A, or G# gives you a very low range. You can do similar riffs with a down tuned guitar or a...

Here is a lick on E9 in the key of E. I have been using this lick for a number of years. The tab includes the same lick twice: one is with pedals and the other is without. G lever lowers the G# string to F#. If you don't have that change, then you can do the last three notes the same as in the non-p...

I hit my distortion/od pedals after my steel, before my volume pedal. I would imagine that that's how most people use them but I'm sure people do it the other way as well. You're probably aware of the difference if you've tried both but I do want to explain it for anyone else that might read this a...

I've been lurking this site for a long time but it's my first time posting. I was wondering what kind of fuzz or distortion pedals people were running if any. I'm probably a lot younger than a lot of members here and my interests probably differ in terms of genre. I'm big into old country music like...