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I tune the chord to themselves: B6, C#m, C#ma, Dma11. Starting with the B at +1 hz sharp of ET, you end up with A at 440 hz.

I'm sorry. You said steel album. Well I presume Don's had Tom Brumley on it.

Don Rich did one.

Thanks. Imitation is flattery. Steal away.

A session I did a couple years ago.
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Nice to see you posting, Rolene. Love and respects to the family.

My condolences to Rick, who I just played with a few weeks ago.

When I was studyingg with Tom He told me that of all ths stuff he did with The Buckaroos, he was most proud of his work on that one.

Hi Ben
Thanks for the comeback. It seems like a long time ago I posted to you on the forum. Glad you finally found it. I'll give you a shout when I get back that way.

I read the last interview Jimi did before he died, and he said he was interested in pedal steel, but hadn't had the time to study, being marketed as he was. His image was fabricated by the record co.

I call it my SRV chord, but I guess it's the same; try 10,8,6,and 2 with B pedal down and 2 and 8 lowered 1/2 tone. I like it on fret 4, since Jimi and Stevie both tuned in Eb.

What a coincidence! I just this morning tightened up my C pedal pull rod on my Bud a turn for the same reason. I like it..

What Bob said.

Hans, The tuning thing is a real can of worms. A steel player has got to develop his sense of relative pitch. Tune your E (on E9) 1/2hz sharp to the tuner and tune your open major chords (by ear)in order: B, C#, Dma7 and A7. The A should end up at 440. Winnie Winston's harmonic tuning method should ...

Thanks for "chiming in", Paul. Yeah, I was just thinking about how steel has a ready market in the traditional country ensembles; but there are obviously fewer or those than there used to be. I love the old western swing standards, but that's mostly heard and appreciated at steel guitar co...

It's the closest thing to heaven this side of the pearly gates, that's why.

I was captured by the "Hit Sounds" album by Lloyd Green. I found it in a cut-out bin in the late sixties. He made me believe that steel is the baddest tone machine of all time. And I still believe it. It is the real soul music. So what if Hollywood thinks we're trash? Not being part of her...

Is it possible to put a Bb lever on a Sho-Bud?

It's nice to hear somebody's trying to bring steel to that part of the country. I played that area years ago with Mark Snow. My neice is engaged to a guy from Shelburne. Do you have any honky tonks around there now? I played at Alan's Bar-B-Que on Rt. 2 in Gill back in 1972 with Red Sweeney. I was o...

God bless you, gentlemen! You will be in that number!

Rack and barrel pedal tuners suck. They slip out of tune. Get a Sho-Bud with the plastic hex tuners.

Tell the young guys; "It's what Robert Randolph plays." 8

It seems to me that if you could work in a low third on the bottom, you'd have F#-A-C-E; a D9th chord, shared by both C6 and A6 copedants. Plus, your third string would be usable for non-country applications. I'm still playing E9th Nashville, though.

Well said!

Sorry, I read it wrong. I thought there was going to be some great polka tab!