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Ben Hoare
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Every time I get on the forum there seems to be more and more Aussie steel players,I was wondering how many use the forum and what sort of guitars they play.
Cheers Ben
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Brendan Mitchell
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Post by Brendan Mitchell »

Hey Ben
I use an S10 Emmons and at home I play on a D10 ZB.
Regards
Brendan
edited to include amps :
Music Man HD 210 for gigs and a Peavey Classic 20 for practice and recording .
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Michael Dene
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Hi Ben,

....Emmons LeGrande II D10 through a Session 500.
You forgot to say what you play :?:

Michael
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Sorry Michael of course.Hi Brendan.
I play a Franklin D10 8&7 through a variety of valve amps.Cheers guys
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Richard Argus
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Post by Richard Argus »

Hi fellas,
Daily visitor to the forum.
All my steels are Emmons
S10 pp
D10 pp
D10 LGIII

Peavey Session 400, 500 & NV1000
Fender Steel King

Cheers,
Richard
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Ian Ellis
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Post by Ian Ellis »

Hi Ben and fellow aussie players.

I play MSA Classic D10 into a Steel King, sometimes use a DigiTech RP150.

Cheers

Ian
MSA Classic D10, FSK, Regal Resonator, Digitech RP150.
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Ashley D\'Silva
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Post by Ashley D\'Silva »

Hi Ben, I live on the peninsular and play a GFI SD10 through a Fender '76 twin. Also am learning Dobro.
Been playing for about 5 years only at home. Have not yet ventured out though I have palyed in bands (not Country) for about 25 years while living in London.
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Post by Ben Hoare »

Wow so many steel players here I didnt know its
great . Hey Ian I play a regal square neck as well a black lightning with all he goods in my opininion they're great instruments and Id like to see that 76 twin ashley ,that was the year I was born.I used to use a twin a 72 I think anyho a great amp.Ben
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Post by Milt Quackenbush »

Hi Ben, I Play a Bethel D-10 9&9, Terry Bethel set up. I also play a Carter S-10 4&6, Fred Justice set up. www.myspace.com/miltonquackenbush
Hi Ashley, How ya going? Quack
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Jeremy checking in ....

I play a Pro-1 ('84 short body style) through a Fender Blues Deluxe.

I've lived in Tasmania for the last 5 years, I'm moving to Perth WA in a month or two.
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Ben Hoare wrote:Every time I get on the forum there seems to be more and more Aussie steel players,I was wondering how many use the forum and what sort of guitars they play.
Cheers Ben
Hi Ben,
I play a ’75 D10 Emmons PP.
Other guitars are listed here
Amps range from a PodXT Pro at work, a bunch of plug-ins (amplitude, Waves etc..)to a Peavey Nashville 112, a beat up mid 70s marshall, and a line6 AxSys.
The genetic timebomb lurking within me went off earlier this year bringing partial paralysis of feet and fingers (cryoglobulinemic vasculitis). I am told this is temporary...but all writing is done with a mouse these days (and my trusty Korg Triton) whilst I learn patience... My guitars call out to me constantly as I am surrounded by them in my studio.
Too much equipment....I think I need help.
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Post by Damien Odell »

word.

BMI S12 B6 uni 6/5. BMI S10 E9 3/5. Peavey Duece 2 x 12" black widows through a Behringer graphic. Fender valve super 112.

I am finding there are a lot more Australian steel players than I had realised. A lot of them don't get on the forum - they come out of the woodwork now and then.

out.
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Post by Paddy Long »

Michel Rose, Warren Neilsen and Bob Alloway all play Zums !
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Post by Damien Odell »

Australia has 2 world class players in Michel Rose and Tomi Grasso.
Michel can play E9, western swing and jazz as good as anyone I reckon. Tomi Grasso can speed pick like it's going out of fashion - he is amazing to watch.
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Dont Forget Lucky lives in Oz to Damien.Hes fairly world class Id say.
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Post by Ashley D\'Silva »

Hi there Milton,

Good to talk again. we have setteled here in Melbourne real well and enjoying the place.

Hear you are coming to Brisbane ! That will be great.

Say hi to Pam

Regards

Ashley
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Brendan Mitchell
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Post by Brendan Mitchell »

Let's not forget Kenny Kitching when we talk about world class players , Mike Tyne is no slouch either .
Stuart Devenish
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Post by Stuart Devenish »

Hi guys,

thanks Ben for starting this post; and its GREAT to have the Forum up again -- thanks b0b!

I'm definitely NOT one of those world class players you all referred to previously in this post. I live in Sydney and play an Excel Superb S12 Uni through a Fender Steel King. I had planned to get to Brisbane this year, but my work program won't allow me ... again!

There's got to be lots of other Aussie pickers out there lurking. Be encouraged to join in and meet up with your fellow Forumites. Learning steel on your own is a long and hard journey; we all need the encouragement of taking the trip together. I'd love to know who you are, where you live and what you play.

Best.

Stuart.
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Post by Shane Reilly »

Hi Ben and fellow Aussie steelers!I play an Emmons D-10 PP through a Boogie Mk 3 head and a JBL speaker.There are a lot of players out there that don't post or are not members,this list could be many pages if they all barked up.Cheers folks.
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Nice to hear from you Shane I think Miles would have liked the steel.Who do you play with...If anyone is on myspace please feel free to contact me on
www.myspace.com/benspickin
Im just about to head rural again so I think in the future any steel contact would be a buzz.Ben
ps anyone going to gympie or Mildura
David Greenwell
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You know there a bunch of very GOOD steel players down here in South Australia.
I play an ANAPEG half Universal, although I have two Emmons and a Sierra I am about to take delivery of my second ANAPEG a Universal with 7 peddles and 6 levers. I have waited 5 years for this guitar and have been involved in its manufacture from the selection of the Gigi wood to the colour of the front rail.
Today Noel Anstead emailed me the first Pics. of the finished Guitar,apart from my initials and some extra work on the wheeled case,it will be ready for me to fly to Queensland and take delivery. With any new Anapeg Noel likes the new owner to spend time with him and the guitar, so as to make final adjustments, he likes to allow 2 days for this.As soon as the Picture uploading facility is working again I will post some pictures of this incredible instrument. As most Forum members know ,it is said that Noel Anstead makes the best Steel Guitars in the World. I don't want to start a heated discussion by that last statement--just wait until you see the Pic.'s. :D
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Clinton from Melbourne here. Very new to Pedal steel but enjoy having my patience tested by my '85 Emmons S10.
Pat Kelly
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Hi Ben,

Pat Kelly, Wentworthville NSW. ZB D11 and ZB D10. Hellos once again to Brendan, Stuart and all the other guys I don't know.

All Z Best
Pat :)
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Hey Ben,I'm currently focusing on my own group which goes under the name of "Shane Reilly and the International Men of Leisure".We're going into the studio next month to spit out an album,should be fun.I think Miles would have dug steel too,he might have something to say about the musician behind it,but the instrument he would dig :wink: Cheers,Shane.
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Post by Ned McIntosh »

Down here in Wollongong, I played a Marlen D10 through a Fender Vibrosonic Reverb back in the late 70s, also a Dobro 60D. Now I'm returning to the steel after an extended absence.

I have a clear lacquer Carter D10 on the way, with a Fender Steel King amp. Thinking about getting another Dobro too...may as well work the acoustic side of the fence as well as the electric!

Good to see so many of us Down Under, back when I was last active there were probably less than 30 in the whole country! I still remember the first visit Scotty made to the Tamworth Country Music weekend and the morning session/seminar we had with him and Kenny Kitching in a restaurant in Tamworth. Think that was organised by Norm Bodkin if I remember right.

It's nice to be renewing the relationship with such an intriguing instrument.
The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being.
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