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Gene Warner
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2010 10:23 pm |
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Hi, my name is Gene Warner. I was born in Vermont, but have made my home in San Antonio, Texas for many years now. I have finally joined the SGF, though I have been a lurker for some time. I have been a full-time stringed instrument repairman for 40 years. I play guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, dobro, and steel guitar, to varying degrees. I played a Fender stringmaster triple 8, in a vintage style country and western swing band, in the early 80's, just well enough to lend the proper feel to the music. I took lessons for a while from Denny Mathis, a legend here in the San Antonio area, to get me oriented enough to be able to fake my way though it. Without his help, and the patience of my band-mates I would never have been able to do it. I sold my steel when the band eventually went the way of all bands, and only occasionally noodled around on other slide instruments for many years. Now at a very late age, I have decided to try to play some steel again. After getting over the "sticker shock" of prices on vintage steels (or even decent new ones), I am the proud owner of a nice 1956 Fender Stringmaster double 8. I don't think I could carry a triple neck around anymore, as it's similar to toting a barn door! Being a repairman, I'm busy checking everything out, and trying to find the proper gauges for the high C6th and a D13th that I plan to use for now. I will be looking for info from the members here as I work the rust off. I will also post anything of interest I come up with, as I go along.
Gene Warner |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 12:38 am
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Gene,
We have been waiting on you a long while to get to this Forum.
Now that you are finally here, Welcome a bunch!
Hope you feel right at home.! 
By the way, have you developed your Texas accent yet?
Aloha,
Don |
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James Kerr
From:
Scotland, UK
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 1:40 pm
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Welcome Gene,
We look forward to hearing that Fender when you get time to work on that.
James Kerr. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 3 Feb 2010 1:46 pm
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Welcome, Gene. Let's see (and hear) your Fender!
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Josh Cho
From:
New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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