The Steel Guitar Forum

Me and Tommy gigged a lot with Jack. Every gig he burned up the guitar, sang his heart out and sawed that fiddle smooth in half. The only thing that even starts to fill this hole in my heart is to remember all the fun we had and the great music we made. He will be greatly missed. =-(

I should make the correction...my guitar is not a Rittenberry, but rather a custom built...Gary only worked on the undercarrage and the changer... but it's still smooth as silk.

Rick

Hey Roger,
I know you'll love this guitar. Gary did mine a couple of years ago...the mechanics are right on! I'm a little partial to the color scheme too!

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine!

Have a great day,
Rick

I never had theh pleasure of meeting the gentleman, but I've used his strings since I tried the first set years ago...the best string ever made!!

Thoughts and Prayers to his family!

Billy was,IMHO, the best honkytonk player ever. This is devistating news. Thoughts and prayers to Billy's family and the remaining members of the band.

My God Bless you, Billy Powell!!!! Tell Ronnie, Cassie, Steve, Allen and Leon hi for us! You will be greatly missed!!

With great regret,
Rick

Old timers aren't the only ones who need to leave it alone. :aside: Barry with the robot head...Like you said," To me it sounds like it looks :eek: " Tell me, why do you "mutter? that we need to leave it alone? You've got the right to talk about anything you want...so do we! So mutte...

And according to Noel Redding, one night The Experience had studio time booked after a gig...Jimi, doin' his thang, hit his strat on something and broke one the the tuning keys off. Noel had just sold a tele to a friend of his so they rushed over to his gig and borrowed the tele to go do the session...

LMAO!!! Bo, you're a card...but you can be dealt with!!

Hey Bo, You wrote: "The national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people. Somehow I don’t think Jimi nor the crowd struck that chord. The thing that deeply offended me at the time was the irreverence of th...

Hey Cliff and Ron,
Walter Haynes told me when Jimi was in the Service he spent some time in Nashville and every chance he got he hung around Owen's studio and picked Grady's brain. He certainly knew where to find the great ones!!

Bo, I only thought I was funny! You slam Jimi in your post and then post your website where one can listen to you "play" one of his songs.LMAO!! "Making in sound like a guitar" Hahahaha...I wonder what the "G" stands for in PSG? I've heard a lot of "regular" g...

Hahahahahahah...Now if Bobbe wan'ts to talk about something suckin'...there ya go! That'll teach you to sell me a steel, Bobbe! Yeeeeeeeee Hawwwwwww! Head 'em up! Move 'em out. BTW, Barry, that little guitar sounds better than most on the market today!...if you take the wah, fuzztone, flanger off an...

well, I shouldn't do this to y'all since I can't play steel, but I think someone had to. And a disclaimer for the old schoolers...this is toungue in cheek!!

http://www.ricksharpcountry.com/wma/SSBrevisited.wma

I'll ask in advance...please forgive me!!

Rick

Hey Paul, Yep Walt was one of the best ever! I was very fortunate to spend alot of time with him over the past 8 years or so. Once I asked him how many sessions he did before he started producing...he rubbed his chin for a minute and said, "Oh, I'd say around 3500." So you may have heard m...

BTW if you listen to the clips Walt did steel, fiddle and electic six string...

Walt and I spent a lot of time on stage and in the studio in East Texas and East Tennessee. He certainly did love these Smoky Mountains where he was born. He was a great friend to me and will be greatly missed! Here are some clips of his great playing. http://www.ricksharpcountry.com/wma/waltclip.wm...

b0b wrote:

The real deal - don't forget this was 40 years ago.

I wonder if, in 1968, musicians were still arguing about whether some popular musician of the 1920's was any good or not.

I would say yes they did...unless they were to stoned to remember

And BTW he didn’t use a fuzz box, just true distortion, harmonics, a vox wah and a phase shifter. He DID certainly use a fuzz. Two, actually: A Fuzz Face and an Octavia (fuzz-generated high-octaver). I suppose it depends on which performance he was doing...when I saw him in Norman Olka. a few month...

I'm not sure what to say about bobbe's statement...I’ve heard him say some funny crap, but this beats Chatanooga… “Was she pretty? I don’t know, I couldn’t find her head.” ;-) I’ve been a lead player for 42 years… I own a steel, but I’m certainly not a steel player…yet. But I will say this, anyone w...

Bumpin...I need some hep!!

Thanks to all!

Rick

Hey all, Does anyone have a used copy of From the Bottom Up that they might have gone through and would like to turn lose of? I've heard that's the course to get a man goin', and boy do I need some help...this SD 10 is eatin' me up! I'm just a Po' Boy or I'd just buy a new one. I tried Mel Bay, but ...

Hey Al, The background noise might be a onboard mic on your computer, my lap top has a mic in the screen frame... The 1/8th jack can give a lot of trouble even with the correct connections...after years of fighting the weight of the adapter breaking the jack in the sound card, I went to USB. Here's ...

The Emmons has sold and is on it's way to it's new home in Cypress, Texas. I want to thank all who looked and it was nice to meet everyone that I got to visit with by email or phone. As soon as the transaction is complete a donation to the forum will be made promptly. A big thanks to the forum and a...

Hey Folks,
I did some checking and the pickups are Bill Lawrence XLR-16 in both necks.

Thanks to all,
Rick Sharp

Hey Jim,
I think they are the LXR-16. I'll find out for sure or put up a close up photo.

Rick