The Steel Guitar Forum

The changers shift the tuning. I haven't seen them used like modern pedal guitars, but a good player can smoothly use different tunings in a solo or individual phrases.

Howard R, you are right. I've seen Lion play this style instrument and recall it had six changers. It seems like a pretty good system.l

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/395_Road_Test_Multimatic_1.jpg Last Friday during the sound check for Asleep at the Wheel in Cincinnati we gave the Multimatic a try through all eight tunings. Curtis Clogston found something musical in every single one. We were all impressed with it. ...

Margie Mays has been playing this tune at least since I first saw her in the early 90's. It's pretty safe to call it her arrangement.

This is one of my favorite tunes to play and Sol's version is wonderful. But he didn't write it, it's an old pop tune.

I played one of these at Elderly and was very impressed with the sound, volume, and looks of this model. If I were in the market for a resonator guitar, I would buy one of them.

I think Kay is talking about David Kolars, who played some great music on an old National Tricone late Saturday night. Big fun!

Barbara Kuhns, Floyd Alexander, and I will be rolling into Joliet late afternoon on Wednesday. We try to set up the sound system before the evening gathering begins, but we don't always make it. I understand we'll be in a different room this year. We may feel the need to experiment with speaker plac...

Gerald mentioned to me at Winchester that he intended to post some videos on the web as soon as he could figure out how to do it. In his typical fashion, he got right on it and made it happen. The videos do indeed tell the story of what goes on at these conventions. You can see the serious and playf...

Try This:
http://www.cityfolk.org/festival/directions.htm

Can you have someone document that on video? Why not? If Rick is agreeable, someone could certainly videotape it. In fact, Rick is one of a number of metalworking artists featured in this exhibit that is part of a regional folk festival-the Cityfolk Festival. It is free and runs three days, with lot...

Here are some links for Multimatic pictures: http://www.hsga.org/membersrecordings/DougSmith/Mm1.jpg http://www.hsga.org/membersrecordings/DougSmith/Mm2.jpg http://www.hsga.org/membersrecordings/DougSmith/Mm3.jpg http://www.hsga.org/membersrecordings/DougSmith/Mm4.jpg http://www.hsga.org/membersreco...

I recently bought an eight button Multimatic. It is a little shopworn, but NOS. This is the same model that Margie Mays played at Joliet, and that her husband tinkers with to keep running. She has two of them-one for parts. It jumps around a bit when you change tunings. Dickerson made just a handful...

Eleanor Powell toured with Andy Iona in the the late thirties. She and Red Skelton did at least a couple movies together-Ship Ahoy and I Dood It.

There were actually two groups of hula dancers this year-Dori Neumeier brought her group, Hui Hula O Punahele-five dancers and three musicians. They are from the St. Louis area. They performed Naka Pueo, among others. Kayton Roberts is remarkable. There's no telling what will happen when he sits dow...

I think Bobby used this seven string C6 tuning, or something like it, at the Augusta Concert.

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The Augusta Heritage Center(http://www.augustaheritage.com/) has a summer program of music and craft classes. Bobby taught a steel guitar class this year at "Guitar and Cajun Week". We had a great time teaching, playing and jamming with the students and other instructors. Wayne Henderson, ...

The name of the first tune is Kaula Ili. Barb Withee plays bass on both cuts.

I don't know anything about Steve Kaufmann's dobro camp, but it is likely that Bobby Ingano will be teaching a steel guitar class at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia, July 10-15 this year. A week with Bobby could do something for your playing and attitude!

The guitar we used on Jazzing The Strings is my trusty 1928 tricone. I just dropped by the house to pick it up and head back to the convention. I wish you could have heard the sweet steel duets that Herbert Hanawahine and Duke Ching played last night in a restaurant in Winchester. Nahe nahe!

I don't recall ever hearing vibes at Winchester. There was someone who played a sort of electronic autoharp.

The 17th Annual Aloha international Steel Guitar Club Convention gets under way today in Winchester, Indiana. Gerald Ross and LT Zinn will kick things off with workshops today, and there will be performances Thursday through Saturday at the Willard School. Saturday evening is the luau and floor show...

I have played a number of acoustic(wooden body) steels and my favorite is a 0018H Martin from 1940. I almost always play out with resophonic instruments, but this Martin has a rich, sweet tone, especially in the lower register. The band liked it so much that we went ahead and made some recordings wi...

The Hawaiian Room at Scotty's Convention Here's a list of the folks who played in the Hawaiian Room at Scotty's Convention. If I missed anyone, I apologize. Let me know and I'll make it right. Margie Mays Dale Nightwine Sharon Denny Doug Smith Gerald Ross Ricky Davis Chuck Lettes L. T. Zinn Bill Sta...

Winchester, Indiana is the location for the annual gathering of the Aloha International Steel Guitar Convention. This years special guest was Herbert Hanawahine and and though it's tough to get Herbert to say anything on stage, when you can play like he does you don't need to say a thing. One thing...