The Steel Guitar Forum

Is this (click me) a sitar bar on LeAnn Rimes' "Something's Gotta Give"? There's no electric sitar in the credits, but Dan Dugmore is on steel, and Dan Huff, JT Corenflos, and Tom Bokuvac are on the guitar. There's also a keyboard, but it doesn't sound like it came from a keyboard synth. I...

I'd like to make a few corrections/additions to my above post. Firstly, I was incorrect, Mike Johnson, Russ Pahl, and Rusty Danmyer layed down steel on Dierks Bentley's first, self-titled album; Gary Morse did not record any steel for that album. My apologies to the above mentioned players. Second, ...

Hi Charles, Gary Morse did all the pedal steel on Dierks' two albums. You can email Gary yourself (he's a Forum member and a nice, patient guy), but I'll reckon the answer to your studio question is he used a Sho~Bud pedal steel and a Fender Steel King amp. I know this is his preferred equipment. I ...

Gary Morse laid down some great steel on Dwight Yoakam's cover of "I Want You to Want Me".

Ken, the steel on Brad Paisley's "You Have That Effect On Me" was actually played by the fabulous Mike Johnson. The talented Randle Currie played on Brad's later albums, Mud On The Tires and his newest, Time Well Wasted . I would not consider "You Have That Effect On Me" a hit as...

With due apologies to b0b if I incite a flame war (please, please, may this not), the following is meant to be a message to Mr. Del Ray Grace, and not to divert the discussion to religion, politics, or any other path that leads to uncivilized discussion on the Forum. With that said... <SMALL>Our big...

What albums have the two recorded together?

I saw Gaylon Matthews at the Gretchen Wilson show last night in Atlanta. What an excellent picker! He was right up there in the mix, and boy, he sure made that Rains and Fender Steel King sound good! He really shined on the ballads, "When I Think About Cheatin'", and my favorite, "I D...

<SMALL>push pull tone vs. all pull tone</SMALL> I ascertain the proper means to address the subject matter of the statement above would veritably be " abduction-adduction timbre vs. wholly-adduction timbre ". That's really only for those who care about the nicities, however. But, really, ...

Jim, I'm sorry, I should have clarified. The funny thing is not that he's on an SRV kick, but saying "that he's on now" (emphasis mine). He's always been goofy about SRV.

<SMALL>John Mayer's stuff is pretty OK, although I'm not big on his SRV trip that he's on now.</SMALL> That's funny, considering the guy used to do SRV covers here in Athens and in Hotlanta before "making it". I don't find much music on the airwaves these days that great, but there's part...

Howdy guys, I hope this is the right place to post this, but here goes. I my little brother is hoping to get a guitar for his birthday that's coming up. The family lives in Peachtree City, about fifteen minutes from Fayetteville, but I'm here in Athens, so as much as I'd love to teach him, I only se...

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<SMALL>it would be helpful if we students had a standard from which to measure our progress</SMALL>

As a student and beginner, I respectfully disagree. Metrics are not the means to an end. Measurement of musicality is qualitative; music is not quantifiable, because it is an art.

I've been lurking but not posting. This thread just really motivated me, though. I have to say, right on, Jason! The music that gets radio play is a total letdown today! I listened to the last two hours of a countdown of the Top 100 Biggest Pop/Rock/R&B hits of the year. I try to do that every y...

How about a link to the original thread?

Tony, your doubts are substantiated. Most scientific studies (the kind that get published in scientific, peer-reviewed journals, the ones like these ) have shown perfect pitch is not a ubiquitously teachable skill. It is a talent that is cultivable in those who are born with it. You are born with th...

*Sigh.* Where's a Physicist when you need one? Anybody seen Dr. Robinson around here? Alright, well, I am not a physicist, however, I disagree with Erv. I hypothesize that the longer the scale length, the less pedal travel is required to bring a string of a fixed mass up (or down) to pitch. My reaso...

I just wish they would acknowledge the award as much as they do the others. I don't like it being tucked away into that one minute mention they give 2/3rds of the way through the program, just before commercial break. What's another minute and a half going to cost, really? Oh well. That's the busine...

Mr. Fullbright, a warm welcome to Jawjuh!

Jim, even though you have to change up your note selection for another genre, you don't have to change the sound of the pedal steel to sound like anything other than a pedal steel. Take Paul Franklin's work with the Dire Straits, or Greg Leisz with the Intercontinentals, or BJ Cole with Shania Twain...

<SMALL> Sorry M.P. but it makes no sense to me to play those guitar licks on steel. Why not just get a keyboard then to do ALL the parts, including the drums,guitars,etc?</SMALL> Would Mike's suggestions make more sense to you if you think of them in the context of playing music, rather than playin...

Pat Metheny's playing and composition are truly inspirational! He's definitely made some "Desert Island" albums!

Darn. And here I thought this thread was going to be about the pedal steel guitar's equivalent to Jimmy Page...



Has anybody tried that on a PSG, anyways? I'll bet it sounds terrible!

<SMALL>If you are 20 now, what will traditional mean to you when you are say 50. Maybe you will say something like "do yall do any good ol traditional stuff like Robert Randolph or some neat stuff like that?"</SMALL> As a twenty-something, I don't see a lot of potential for tradition. Mon...