The Steel Guitar Forum

I will miss L.T., my friend of over 35 years. We would get together and jam when I lived close to him in Michigan. Those were special times. He was known to all of us Hawaiian Steel Guitar Players at the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club and the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association Conventions as P...

Erv says:
That sure ain't country! Whoa!
Erv

I say:
That sure ain't Hawaiian.

and it sure isn't my brand of entertainment.

I enjoyed meeting and having a friendship with Wanda at the Aloha International Steel Guitar Convention in Winchester Indiana. A Great and Gracious Lady

Aloha Sebastian, As others are saying this hymn has a special meaning to me also and your playing the hymn on your Rickenbacher was so nahe nahe - soft and sensitive. Mahalo nui. I met you some years back in Hawaii. I owned the same Rickenbacher S-6 and sold it to a young Hawaiian lady who is a stud...

David Keli'i is a Hawaiian Steel Guitar master of touch and tone.

Be sure and take in the Hawaiian entertainment with steel guitar at the Halekulani House Without A Key. It starts at 5:30 PM. You can get a good seat at that time.

Great environment !

John Ely has a great Hawaiian touch to his steel guitar playing. John has a great ear for music and because of his living in Hawaii for a time, he was able to both hear and master the Hawaiian sound. Great to hear John play.

Sebastian, you did an excellent job of playing Pretty Red Hibiscus. You had a very good tone on the old Ric.
As they say in Hawaii, "nahenahe"

Daniel,

I would highly recommend John Ely who teaches via Skype. He is highly regarded by Forum members both as a musician and teacher. You can reach him at:

http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/lessons/lessons.php

For the last 30 years or more, L.T. has been a regular at the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club and the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Assn. Conventions. He is a superb Steel Guitar Player. At these conventions, he regularly played the Epiphone D8 without the volume control. L.T. has a unique ability to ...

As Mike says use a metronome or a rhythm track because of the importance of timing.

I used Band-in-a-Box (BIAB) produced by PG Music for practicing and for tape production. You can choose the instruments for your backup. It has a lot of flexibility.

In the Steel Guitar Forum thread, Most Valuable Lap Steel on page 4, the third item from the top, you will see my 1934 Rickenbacher Frypan which is a black crinkle long scale. It is the same guitar like the one posted by Scott. I sold my guitar last year for half the price of the advertised price of...

Very nice (nahenahe) playing with a nice Hawaiian touch.

Sebastian, can you tell us about your backup?

Sebastian that was a great arrangement and playing of Twilight Blues. Your Rickenbacker helps creates the sound of Dick McIntyre. Again well done.

Jean-Sebastien, it sounds so nahenahe because you are sliding your bar slowly to the frets and getting that good Hawaiian sound. Mastering this will take you a long way in playing Hawaiian music.

Aloha Nic, Your association with Alan Akaka has been very rewarding. And now we are rewarded by hearing some of the classical steel guitar playings of Jules Ah See. Alan is the best resource for Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Classic Hawaiian music today. He has played and associated with most of the gre...

Thanks, Nic, for posting this recording of Mauna Kea by the great Jules Ah See.

He has the magic touch on the steel guitar that is unequaled. A True Hawaiian Steel Guitar Legend.

Hi Terry I sent you a PM last evening with important information. I have a large collection of CD's, LP albums, and cassette tapes of the Classic Hawaiian Steel Guitar Players as well as other Hawaiian Music. All in good condition. I have all of the Cord International CD's as well. I want the Hawaii...

It appears to me that the lady on the left is playing with a round steel bar and the other two with a flat steel guitar bar.

That would make a difference in the sound for sure.

There are two people that know a lot about Jerry Byrd's steel guitars but they both have left us: Scott DeWitt and Bill Crellar. You still might pick up some useful information by contacting Scotty's Music Store, 9535 Midland Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63114 · (314) 427-7794 or http://scottysmusic.com/

Roy,

The quickest way to learn the smooth Hawaiian sound would be to take some lessons from Alan Akaka, the Master Kumu (teacher).

His website is: www.KeKulaMele.com

You can tell Alan, I referred you.

I and many others have used the Jerry Byrd's Steel Guitar Course

http://scottysmusic.com/byrdbook.htm

David, Thanks for posting the hymn, IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL. Composed by Horatio G. Spafford in 1873. This is a very meaningful hymn for me which motivates me to have a closer relation with the Lord. I try to be consistent in asking forgiveness and praying the prayer of repentance. It is a wonderful...