I'll Sail My Ship Alone

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 21 Oct 2008 10:37 am

This tune was written by the great Moon Mullican.

I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLcxuIfYV04
I played the Gibson Console Grande T-8 into my old Fender Pro.
E13, A13 and E7 tunings

John Burton · Post by **John Burton** » 21 Oct 2008 12:10 pm

Sounds good!
Great old song.

Mike Gross · Post by **Mike Gross** » 21 Oct 2008 1:36 pm

WOW! This should be in your next CD.

Rocky Hill · Post by **Rocky Hill** » 21 Oct 2008 2:07 pm

That was a great song.You also inspired me with your version of You're The Reason! another truly great tune.

Rocky

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 21 Oct 2008 2:57 pm

That was great Rick, nice tune and I love that old Gibson of yours.

George Piburn · Post by **George Piburn** » 21 Oct 2008 4:10 pm

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 21 Oct 2008 6:51 pm

Thanks John!

Mike, I trust your judgement in these matters - so . .
here's an MP3 of the rough studio mix.
You can hear all the instruments a lot more clearly.
I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE - mp3

Thank you Rocky!

Hi Tom, yep she's a sweetheart . .

Mr Boards, thanks for the encouragement!
Check out the MP3 and let me know what you think of the mix - I've listened to this song about 200 times now . .

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 22 Oct 2008 3:42 am

Hey Rick, that Gibson sounds way too

and add your vocal to this great country classic,ya got a winner.

Mike Gross · Post by **Mike Gross** » 22 Oct 2008 5:21 am

Rick,

The MP3 really sounded good. That is another one that has to go into your next CD.

Larry Hillman · Post by **Larry Hillman** » 22 Oct 2008 7:15 am

could never get 'youtube' to play. after loading i hit play and it starts to reload over again.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 23 Oct 2008 3:44 am

Jody, thank you buddy!
and thanks for all the help and encouragement . .

Mike, it'll be on there amigo - and you'll get the first copy!

Larry, sorry to hear you're having a problem with YouTube.
I hope you get it figured out, maybe if you contact them they could help you.
I had some problems a while back and they responded pretty quickly.
Are you able to listen to MP3s?

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Oct 2008 10:56 am

back when all the hippie rockers were making country albums, leon russel did a version of i'll sail my ship alone...the album was 'hank wilson's back' and curly chaulker played all the steel (pedal).

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 24 Oct 2008 2:49 am

Good job Rick. I like the way you used all three necks. Very fluid. Keep em' coming.

John D. Carter · Post by **John D. Carter** » 24 Oct 2008 2:15 pm

Great Stuff Rick! I really enjoyed that. What are your tunings on the necks? As a single neck player and still a beginner, how does one learn how to use three necks, I mean, how does one decide on tunings and when to go from neck to neck? This is still somewhat of a mystery to me. Thanks.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 24 Oct 2008 4:33 pm

Thanks G-man!
I will. I seem to be on a roll these daze . .

John, my tunings have evolved over the years.
I currently have
E7 on the back neck h2l - E B G# E D B G# E
A13 on the middle neck - E C# A F# E C# A G
and E13 on the front neck - G# E C# B G# E D B
E7 has the root on top, A13 has the 5th on top and E13 has the 3rd on top.
Each tuning has a different register and different chord voicings.
I don't have any set criteria for when to change necks, just whatever works. In this song I used the A13 tuning for the verses, except when I used the E7 tuning in the 2nd verse - and I used the E13 for the choruses.

The A13 is just A6 with the bottom F# raised to G.
The E13 is E6 with the bottom C# raised to D.
I like having that 7th on the bottom . .

For more info on tunings and recommended gauges - http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel/Tunings.html

Don Kona Woods · Post by **Don Kona Woods** » 28 Oct 2008 11:03 pm

Rick,

You did a nice job on an old favorite of mine by Moon Mullican and while I got your attention, we missed you at the HSGA convention in Joliet.

Aloha,

Don

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 29 Oct 2008 8:10 am

Hey Don, thanks so much - I sure missed being there with all you wonderful folks!
Yeah, that's great old song. Moon sure wrote some good ones . .

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 29 Oct 2008 6:24 pm

Gorgeous tone Rick...nice singing too!

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 30 Oct 2008 12:07 pm

Thanks Steve, that means a lot.

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