The Steel Guitar Forum

Stephen, Yes, you did say "when he retired". My point was that I always felt Bill should have been the leader throughout his Navy career. But due to the vagaries of playing music within a military system, that wasn't possible. It was all about rank (obviously). Not arguing with you, just a...

Jeff, you are mis-informed on that one. No, it's correct and those aren't my words, that's direct from our official description and press releases during the day. Fleet bands have specialty groups, but their secondary mission is to support ceremonial functions and perform other duties, as directed....

I rarely post here anymore but there are some inaccuracies and misconceptions I need to clear up. I must make mention of Pat Gulley - their Nashville-based steel player Pat may be from Nashville originally but all Country Current members are based in Washington DC and live in the metro DC area durin...

Some people are singers. A very select few are artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cixiEyfeJSg

RIP, you lovely lady.

Reece has been my dear friend and mentor since 1972. I owe him more than I could ever repay. My prayers go out to his family and many friends who've also been forever touched by his talent, generosity, and love. RIP.

Dan, I did pass along your comments to Curtis and he said to tell everyone thanks for the wonderful feedback and that he is most grateful. Harold, My setup depends on which show you're watching. The first half of the season I used my normal stage setup, which is a Revelation pre-amp into a TC Furlon...

I couldn't agree more about Curtis. He's a crowd favorite at the Grapevine Opry live shows for his singing and also for being one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet.

Many thanks for your kind words.

I'm not going to call him a liar,you can. I will. Either that or, more likely, he had no idea what he was talking about. I went to the Carter factory for various reasons many times and saw all the guitars, including Starters, in various stages of construction. In fact, as I recall there was one spe...

Just saw this post. I've added the chart from the original Carter Starter site to the Carter support section on the steelguitar.com site. Go to this page and click on the Carter Starter Rodding Chart link:

http://www.steelguitar.com/carter/support.htm

Sorry about that.

My wife and I went to see the Dean Parks concert last night and it was superb. I admit to being a little surprised to see that a steel player could draw such a large and receptive crowd but there ya go. It was also a somewhat bittersweet reunion for me with an old girlfriend -- the steel I had last ...

Late to the party here... Thanks for the nice words on the site design. Just to clarify: My friend Al is not affiliated with the web site, or with steelguitar.com, other than the link I provide to his site. Al is entrusted with the task of selling any remaining Carter stock and parts via his own sto...

Got tickets to see Dean and his backup band next Wednesday. Full report and detailed analysis to come

Richard, There are two primary tools for manipulating text with Acrobat: the Typewriter tool and the TouchUp Text tool. The first overlays text and isn't particularly useful for your needs. The second is the one you want. From the Acrobat menu, select Tools > Advanced Editing > TouchUp Text Tool . T...

Late to the party.

I can not edit the PDF file directly, even using Acrobat Pro.

I'll bet you can. Acrobat Pro can edit any PDF that doesn't have security enabled. Which Acrobat tool are you using to make text edits?

With due respect, the National Anthem is not a song about personal freedom. Literally, it's about the author's awe and wonder at seeing the symbol of our young country survive an artillery bombardment at Fort McHenry. Metaphorically, it's about endurance, sacrifice, and perseverance. To the extent t...

As a former military musician, I found this deeply offensive. I can handle botched lyrics; stuff happens. But this was the aural equivalent of dragging our flag on the ground. We have flag etiquette, perhaps we need anthem etiquette. As Tony above and thousands on the 'net have pointed out, it's abo...

I was deeply saddened this morning to receive a call with this news. I had a letter to Buddy sitting here on my desk, ready to mail this morning, telling him how much I cared for him and for our friendship over the past 30+ years. I'll now have to tell him in prayers. It would be impossible to overs...

Greg is correct. The Flip4Mac plug-in is the solution of choice for playing windows media files on a Mac.

If you're interested in understanding structure and analysis of all the Beatles songs from a musicologist's point of view, you really should check out Alan Pollack's Notes on The Beatles . In 1989 the American musicologist Alan W. Pollack started to analyze the songs of the Beatles. He published his...

No need to convert. If you want to continue to use the built-in player, simply add the Flip4Mac codec to QuickTime. Then, WMA files will play seamlessly in any OS X scenario:

Get it here.

My foot is centered over the #6 pedal only. Then I pivot for 5&6 or 6&7 without moving my heel. Pedal 6 by itself functions like the AB pedals on E9, moving from a 1 to 4 chord or a 5 to 1.

Also, the 5th pedal produces a 2 dominant seventh, not a minor seventh.

Carl, Many thanks for your explanation. I do understand the technology and broadcast standards -- I just don't understand what type of problems you encountered playing videos on your computer. But to avoid further topic drift, if you don't mind I'll send you an e-mail and we can avoid boring non-SMP...

Carl, Sorry, I misread and thought your original comment confused interlaced and progressive scanning. Apologies for my simplistic reply but I wasn't sure of your level of knowledge on the subject, which is obviously high. I still don't understand why you said progressive scanning content causes com...

It is the progressive scan (repeating every other line) that cause computers to go nuts. Since they are NOT designed for that; it was designed for TV sets. Just in the interest of clarity, and with due respect for Carl, actually the opposite is true. An interlaced display is the type that alternate...

Echoing Junior's comments of thanks to Reece & Teresa for the hospitality (and for leaving the game on while we played :D First playoff win in Rangers history, yay!) I applaud all the students for jumping right in and taking turns in that last jam. That's not an easy thing to do but nobody flinc...