The Steel Guitar Forum

Is it still available?

Hi all, This is my take on "When You're Smiling / The Sheikh of Araby" based on Keely Smith version. It's not steel, but I hope you will find some steel pedal flavor in it. I wish I could play in on pedal steel. I am sure some of you would do (or probably have already done) terrific versio...

Hi all, Hope you are all in good health and spirit. It's been a while since I have posted something here. I believe the tune I am posting could be much better rendered with a pedal steel. This is a live take on Elvis Presley” “Such a Night” with my new Gretsch G2420T Streamliner. A couple of s...

Hi all,

Last night I decided to do a version of one of my favorite songs, Ray Charles's "You don't Know Me".

I hope you will like it (despite the G string being a little flat).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI2wWnchsRk

Blessings,
Abel

Hi all, Here is a short composition in the Jump Blues style created in a few minutes (after I composed my snippet) with the Trio Plus Band Creator by Digitech. 1. I selected the Jazz Genre and the Swing Style and taught the Trio the song by playing a simple chord sequence. The Trio+ creates the bass...

Glad you liked it Doug,

I thought the sound was close.

Cheers,
Abel

Hi All,

Hope everyone is in good health and spirit.

I just recorded this one late last night.

I hope you like it despite the downs of Live.

Sleepwalk (Santo & Johnny version) on Guitar

Blessings,
Abel

Hi all,

I hope you will like this new live performance as adapted from Hank Marvin's version and despite the misses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuI1orO4hUo

I also play an octave and a harmony line on the Backing track.

Blessings to all,
Abel

Hi All, I hope you are all doing Ok. I haven't posted a video for a while. I wanted to play Sway with the Mexican Strat I won a few month ago in a drawing at Joe's in Burbank. I just got back from work and forgot to take off the small yellow envelop from my shirt pocket containing a Clippers vs Phoe...

Hi Jerry, Thank you very much for the info. Is it this one? : http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailpieces/Electric_guitar_tremolos/1/Les_Trem_Stop-Tailpiece_Tremolo/Pictures.html#details The price probably went up, or is there another store where you can get it cheaper. The golden one is $174. I...

Glad you liked it. I am using the mid pup when actually I should have used the neck pup for more fullness in the sound Jerry. I am horribly missing the tremolo bar too. Does yours goes 360 degree around or does it have a stopper on the left hand side. Can you tell me how to get it and how much it co...

Hi All, I hope you are all doing Ok. The full title is "When My Baby Goes Rockin'" and is interpreted (and composed) by the excellent Mark Tortorici (The Hollywood Combo). I am using the Epiphone Sheraton II through the Line6 Duoverb solid state. Please dismiss the background noise and the...

Glad you liked it. I got the Manager's price for this basically (friend of mine). The problem with most of the Bigsby tremolos is that it is very hard to hold the bar and pick the low E string because of the raised bar holder (I wonder why it's this way). The only Bigsby I found that swayed all the ...

Hi All, I decided to call this "Secret conspiracy" as a modest answer to "Secret Agent Man". I hope you like it. I had a bad sounding midi file as backing, so excuse the sound (and the mistakes and missed bends, it's live). "SECRET CONSPIRACY" I guess I could have waite...

Hi Tray, About 2 years ago, a friend from Idaho named Pat fale sent me this soundfile: "Don Rich Hoedown Coltrain" asking me to do my version of it. Is it the Don Rich you are mentioning, or just a tribute to him?. I did a somewhat reduced version of it, borrowing the theme and a couple of...

Hi All,

Mike,

I think you mentioned the DVD to me at the LA Pedal
Steel Jam, I can't believe I didn't get it get one then.
I would like to order one now please. Curly Chalker was a legend.
Also you mentioned a convention, is it in LA?, and when?.

Thank you,
Abel

Bob,

Glad you liked it.
The guitar I used is a discontinued Yamaha solid body
AEX500NS acoustic/electric. Not the best of sound.

Jim,

I got it this time. Thank you: "PDG" Pedal Steel Guitar.

Regards,
Abel

Hi David, Actually there is a harmony line on the backing track for the bridge parts of the song. I play the main line. You can hear it on the "normal" guitar version too. Glad you liked it. I think the sax patch sounds really cool and the tracking is excellent on this unit if set right. P...

Hi All, This will make you smile: My version of "TAKE FIVE" on a strat fitted with a Roland Synth pup, using the Alto Sax patch: TAKE FIVE with Sax patch This is my (normal)guitar version: TAKE FIVE "normal" guitar The backing track is an excellent midi file I found on the web. I...

Hi All, Just wanted to share with you this. I saw 3 Steel guitar players perform Saturday at the Hootenanny Rockabilly / Country Festival in Silverlake. - Don Herron on DOBRO with BR549. Don was chosen by Bob Dylan to be his steel player). - Chris Lawrence on Pedal Steel with Mike Ness - Rick Shea o...

Hi Jim,

Good to hear from you.
I don't think Jay is a member here. If I see no answer, I will email him your message.

Blessings,
Abel

I might have gotten it wrong.
I remember at the last L.A. Steel Jam organized by Mike Perlowin, and after Jay's superb Sleepwalk performance, someone said that he has been playing for only a year.
I' ll ask him. Jay and I have become friends since.
But you might be right though.

Regards,
Abel

Hi All, Jay Leach has been pretty busy playing steel guitar on "American Idol", and a few days ago on ABC "The View". Despite the background noise, one can still hear he crafty licks in backing upi Jessica Simpson. Jay Leah is a guitar player who got involved about a year or so a...

Hi All, Here are 2 of my videos I never posted here before. " THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND " (Michel Legrand) and " ZORBA " (Greek Sirtaki dance). Or on Youtube by typing: "ABELKHIN" , but I prefer the former for the quality. I play all the guitar parts and harmonies. The...

This is my (clumsy) version of Bireli Lagrene
beautiful original "Made in France".

http://akhineche.com/MADE_IN_FRANCE.WMV

I couldn't find a midi file, so I took a background
from a Brasilian band playing it on Youtube and played over it.

Regards,
Abel