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Topic: Tom Morrells non-pedal steel |
Peter Goeden
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Aspen Hill, Maryland, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 9:05 pm |
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| I know Tom played a Bigsby, but can anybody give me more details about what model, year, etc.? Thank you. |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 9:37 pm
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The impression I got was that when Tom got rid of his pedals he had a 10 string model specially made. Or are you talking about before he went to pedals?
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 11:07 pm
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Here is Tom's triple 10, with Ricky Davis.
I think the guitar Jussi referred to was built by Carson Wells??
Here is another pic of the Bigsby with Johnny Cox. Isn't that Tommy Allsup behind Johnny?
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Jussi Huhtakangas
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Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 11:42 pm
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| Yes Mitch, that's Tommy Allsup. The link to the photo I posted was from Greenbay Rockin' 50's Fets II, Texas Playboys played there, Tommy was on guitar, Tom on steel, Leon Rausch, etc. Got to talk with Tom in the lobby bar a bit too, he was a hoot! |
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Peter Goeden
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Aspen Hill, Maryland, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 5:09 am Which guitar was he playing for "Styl'n" and "
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| Do you know which of these guitars he was playing for Styl'n and for Relax'n, respectively? |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 5:31 am
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The Wolf's single neck non pedal was built by Carson Wells, who is one heck of a E9 player himself, when Carson lived in Sabinal, Texas. Carson has recently moved to the Comfort Texas area I believe.
phred
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 7:21 am
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| I saw Tom play here in Atlanta. He had the coolest little set up. The guitar was a lap guitar that he had sitting on a stand. Nice hardwoods with an ebony fretboard if I remember correctly. The amp was the tiny but powerful Walter Woods switching power supply amp that would easily fit in a small briefcase. He just tapped into one of the speakers on one of the backline amps on stage with the Woods. Great sound and of course incredible playing by a ledgend. |
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Peter Goeden
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Aspen Hill, Maryland, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 8:47 am Tom Morrell
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| If I had to pick one steel player hero, it would be Tom. His stuff could be so simple but SO beautiful. Anyway, if anyone knows what he was playing on Styl'n and/or Relax'n, I'd appreciate knowing. |
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Todd Clinesmith
From:
Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 30 Mar 2009 6:40 pm
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Peter
Relaxin had the CW guitar . I am not positive about Stylin but pretty sure thats the CW as well
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Orville Johnson
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2009 7:01 pm
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| One thing Tom didn't get enough credit for- i think he's the best jazz player on a G tuned dobro I've ever heard. He had the best sense of jazz phrasing and tonality, way better than any bluegrass trained picker trying their hand at a jazz standard. Did he ever do a whole album of dobro tunes or just a tune here and there on different albums? i'd sure love to have them all in one place. |
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 30 Mar 2009 7:13 pm
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Orville,
You got that right. I don't think many Bluegrass Dobro folks know about Tom. It would be good to compile the recordings of the Dobro side of Tom , and turn the heads and ears of what can be swung on the G tuning. I have all the Time Warp recordings and I have only heard a few here and there where he uses the Dobro, but I bet enough to fill a CD.
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Danny Letz
From:
Old Glory,Texas, USA 79540
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 6:10 pm
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| I always heard that the little 10 stringer he had last was made of mesquite. I think it also had a little lever or two on the back side that changed the tuning a might when engaged. |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 8:39 pm
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According to the interview he did for Andy Volk's excellent book, the guitar was in fact made of mesquite. I don't know about the palm pedals.
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Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 10:50 am
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| I asked him about the lever on the back,,,he said it was to change tuning, but he said he never used it. |
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Fred Shannon
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Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 11:57 am
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Just talked to Carson Wells on the landline and the guitar was made out of the stump of an old mesquite tree from south Texas. Wolf had Carson put the lever on the back of the guitar that lowered the 3rd and 4th strings of the E13 a whole tone to a 6th tuning but Wolf never used it much. I don't understand all that but that's what the builder says.
Carson's doing well physically but he said the pickin's are drying up down in his part of Texas. (Kerrville area). all the above for what it's worth 
phred
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