"What on earth is that!"
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"What on earth is that!"
I know the Pedal Steel is a relatively unusual instrument, but here in New Zealand it is literally unheard of.
I have my Linkon D10 set up in the lounge and when anyone visits I usually get a comment like, "What is that?".
My current answer is: "Its a guitar on legs.... I'm lazy."
And before that: "Its my pedal-powered electric guitar."
These are getting a bit tired for me... anyone got some good one-line descriptions?
Trevor.
I have my Linkon D10 set up in the lounge and when anyone visits I usually get a comment like, "What is that?".
My current answer is: "Its a guitar on legs.... I'm lazy."
And before that: "Its my pedal-powered electric guitar."
These are getting a bit tired for me... anyone got some good one-line descriptions?
Trevor.
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Re: "What on earth is that!"
Trevor, you will find weird comments all through your steel playing days even in places where they are seen quite frequently. I have had comments like was it a Zither!!! Last I heard was from a very smart dressed woman sitting in front of me at a club I was playing at. In the break, she came up to me and asked "Is that some kind of Piano??"
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I describe my steel as a knitting machine. If you have ever seen an older style knitting machine the similarity is fairly close. Also when I first started to play my kids said it sounded like a strangled cat.
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What on earth is that?
As a guy came up to the bandstand at break-time and asked me, "what kind of piano has strings like that?"
I told him that most all pianos have strings, but this one, you have to play it a little different!
He was satisfied, and walked off...........
I told him that most all pianos have strings, but this one, you have to play it a little different!
He was satisfied, and walked off...........
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It's an honest question. I usually say that it's a "pedal steel guitar".
What surprises me is that I get the same question about my marimba. I thought everyone knew what a marimba was. I can remember not knowing what a pedal steel was (long ago), but I think I must have learned about xylophones and marimbas at a very early age.
What surprises me is that I get the same question about my marimba. I thought everyone knew what a marimba was. I can remember not knowing what a pedal steel was (long ago), but I think I must have learned about xylophones and marimbas at a very early age.
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When I built my first lap steel in 1963, the other guys at our sessions used to call it the Electric Barbed Wire Fence. ...and the way I played it probably sounded like one...
If you think that's bad, try telling someone you're going to be giving a recital on the Cittern ! And almost everyone I meet thinks a Lute is a wind instrument ! Don't even think about having to explain a Hummel, Kneeharp, Trichordia, Symphonie, Viola da Gamba, Viol, Psaltery, Scheitholdt, Crumhorn, etc. And most people think the word "racket" means noise, not the name of an instrument that makes that noise !b0b wrote:...What surprises me is that I get the same question about my marimba...
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