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The 2-volume Cindy Cashdollar Western Swing videos are good for non-pedal.

They're $29.95 each from Amazon. Or, I have a used set (with booklets) that I'm though with and have been meaning to post to Buy & Sell anyway. Email in interested...

>>I use Jeff's picks but in time they break in the bend. Is there a cure for this. Paint the bend with a thin layer of superglue inside and out. The same trick will rescue one that has started to crack but hasn't broken yet. The fit won't be quite as tight, but it works a lot better than a two-piece...

Cal -

From the "Leroy VanDyke application for work"

->welt-defined guidelines

Wow, that sounds pretty rough...

Tri-Kart 750. Carries 225 lb. but only weighs about 12. Folds up to fit under an airline seat or behind a car seat - about the size of a briefcase. Has stair-climbing rails, built-in shock cords, and an extra pair of fold-out wheels so you can use it as a hand truck or a 4-wheel cart. They offer siz...

My deepest sympathy goes out to Jeff's family. I never met him and only talked to him briefly a few times on the phone, but from seeing and listening to him so much on so many of his videos, it feels like I've lost a close friend. Strange thing, just Tuesday morning I had been looking at some pictur...

Every so often the question appears here: "What do producers want?" One positive way to look at this loop CD is that it's a real specific answer to that question, categorized for easy learning. If an aspiring player were to learn all these licks, be able to play them in tune, in every key,...

Hey Carl - ========== if you can only play two notes in a 7th chord, the notes must be the 3rd and 7th tones of that chord. ========== Doesn't that lick have all the needed pitches? E-G# (1st & 3rd of E7) tells your ear it's E D-F# (7th and 9th of E7) tells your ear it's not just E7, it's E9 D-E...

<SMALL>It's a bit misleading to say that a major 7th chord >has a minor sounding quality.</SMALL> As the I chord in a tune, no it doesn't sound minor. But if you were to just play a Maj7 all by itself, unrelated to anything, it may sond minor, in fact it usually it will sound minor to me - specific...

From the same records company: Steel Guitar Tribute to ZZ Top http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8699#title Among many others, they also offer The String Quartet Tribute To Black Sabbath http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8685#title You just can't make this kind of stuff up...

That same sound is on Lee Ann Womack "I Hope You Dance", most noticably the fills right after the vocal comes in.

My 6th string raises and lowers have driven me crazy ever since I started trying to play. Today I backed off the tuning nuts on everything that affects the 6th string except the B pedal, and here's what I found. Snap the B pedal down (no hard, just quick), the A note is in tune. Play a quick B pedal...

It's internal battery may be dead. A lot of Yamaha products of that vintage had lithium batteries that were supposed to last about 3 years, but in fact they can last 10, 12, 15 years before finally dying. The last time I needed one they were still available and cost under $10. They are generally sol...

I got one of themfor 6-string and the delay itself sounds fine, but it wasn't till I got it on a gig that realised just how much volume and tone it was eating, even when bypassed. Maybe they've improved it now, but definitely compare the sound you get plugging in straight vs. thru the pedal. When I ...