The Steel Guitar Forum

One that always gets me is the intro and outro playing on Ragbag on El Rayo X live.

I've been holding back tears all day.

Lovely to see, lovely to hear! Looking forward to seeing future builds. Also it might be fun to see other inlay portraits you've done.

LP

Right, that lowest G was called gamma which would be a G in Greek. They at this time established a first octave in capital letters and continuing with lowercase letters into the next octave up (much like today). I guess they didn't have a bigger G so a gamma seemed like a good solution. Eventually t...

Great! Lemme know if I got something wrong. I just know there's a medievalist out there who'd tell me I messed it all up.

LP

Ok, my memory may be a bit fuzzy here but.... Yes the answer has to do with the church modes - Dorian, Phrygian, Lydiam, and Mixolydian known as the authentic modes as well as their counterparts the plagal modes Hypo-Dorian, Hypo-Phrygian etc. Authentic modes extended from their final note (think to...

Will shipping to Italy cost the same as to the UK?

Laurence

If you want to keep it small and cheap, you might try a Laney Cub 10. It's a cool little amp with 6V6 tubes like Bob just recommended. Laney is mostly known for metal amps, but many people find these to sound a bit on the "tweedy" side. Unfortunately if you move up to the Cub 12 it's back ...

That sure is pretty!

If Todd's bar isn't the right size, Jim Burden of Bullet Bars will make you a double ended bar like a Twister, and he'll let you choose the length and diameter. I've got a Twister and Burden - both great bars.

LP

Hey there, So I already posted a link over in "Steel Without Pedals" where I was informed that this was really the ideal place for this, so... Here's a recording/video of part of an improv session session that I took part in earlier this year with a diverse and cool group of musicians when...

Hey David, "ECM-y" and "virtually mature".... Thanks! I'll take it. And thanks for the links and names. Some things I know and some I didn't until now. A lot to chew on. Also thanks for reminding me about that other thread; I'd seen it before - it's sort of a compendium for all t...

Thanks guys! It was fun. We did a lot of playing/recording that night, but only the first bit had video. The Bruno Fuzz Machine came out a bit later.

Adrienne, lemme know if you thinks there's a better genre name for this stuff... ya know just in case we need to fit into a radio format.

Laurence

So I was back home in the States for a bit a few months back, and while I was in Brooklyn my friend Matt called me up and said I should come over and play in a jam session at his new studio which he calls The Brooklyn Sound Room. So I pulled a steel out of the closet at my sister's place. The string...

Don't forget Gerry Goffin.

Hi Alan, It's nice to see you sharing this work here! I listened to this material following our correspondence quite some time ago before I became a full-time diaper changer. I really enjoyed this music. It brought to mind some of John Renbourn's older work. Looking forward to the next installment. ...

Wow! Mandriola is a new word for me! And it's all unison stringing? No octaves? Neet-o!

Very cool! I'm not an expert, but I think that's actually called a "tipple".

LP

I used to have a red knob Dual Showman head, which I believe was a very similar amp to the Twin of that era. I never played it with a steel, but I can say that the clean headroom was pretty impressive.

ciao,
LP

A few years back I happened upon a concert in the piazza of the Italian seaside town of Santa Margarita... and it was Jim Hall! Such an idyllic occurrence. His music that day was so beautiful and interesting. It was somehow intellectual and rarified while remaining so musical and accessible. I remem...

I wonder if it would be possible (assuming someone in that part of the guitar biz were interested) to get us in the neighborhood of "that Sound" with amp and speaker modeling technology.

LP

I can also recommend Jim Burden's bars. When I got an 8 string steel, he made me a bar that's 3 1/4" by 13/16" with a double bullet end. It's a great bar; I love it! You can definitely play an 8 string with the normal 6 string size bar, but I think it's worth trying a larger size.

LP

Yeah, I got my Ultratone on eBay. The guy said he was restoring a Goldtop. Later I saw the magnet on another auction by the same guy. Lame. Anyway, I got a cool guitar on the cheap.

LP

It happens to Gibson laps quite a bit too. My Ultratone was cannibalized for tuners, knobs and even the pickup magnet.

LP

Very cool stuff, Mike! Beck is pretty much my all time favorite. Can't wait to hear the final project.

ciao,
Laurence