Tru Country Steel Sound

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Tommy White
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Post by Tommy White »

Mr. Cox, I bow to thee. :D
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Bill Terry
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Post by Bill Terry »

without any hesitation can say to you that 75% of any players sound lies within the players hands, head and heart. Hands = technique, head = knowledge and heart = the feeling with which he plays. All this determines his/her sound. The gear, guitar/amp/effects accounts for maybe 15% at best. The rest is the conditions in which he is playing i.e., the room, mics, sound engineer wheather live or recorded ect.
I agree with Johnny...
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Brian LeBlanc
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Post by Brian LeBlanc »

No matter WHAT equipment I use

I still sound like ME

...and i'm get'n pretty sick of it...
'Frenchy' LeBlanc...
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Nick Reed
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Mark Shuda
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Dickey Overbee

Post by Mark Shuda »

I caught TruCountry last night and was blown away by Mr. Overbey's sound. Wow, what an artist. If and when I pass through the pearly gates, I want to hear that pedal steel for eternity. That is "THE SOUND".
Thank You Mr. Overby for your contribution and reverence to what I still call "Country Western Music".
Mark Twang
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Ron Whitworth
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Post by Ron Whitworth »

As Mark said above,
" I caught TruCountry last night and was blown away by Mr. Overbey's sound. Wow, what an artist. If and when I pass through the pearly gates, I want to hear that pedal steel for eternity. That is "THE SOUND".
Thank You Mr. Overby for your contribution and reverence to what I still call "Country Western Music".
I was down the hallway when the show came on.
I could instantly recognize Dickey by his style,tone & touch.
Just as Mr Cox & Mr White said above BUT I did not know which steel Dickey was playing until I walked in the room where the TV was so I could see it.
He really does sound the same on the Emmons or the Sho-Bud !!!!
"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."

We need to turn the TWANG up a little

It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.

They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head :)

Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron

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Ricky Hagan
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Post by Ricky Hagan »

I also watched it and enjoyed Dikie's playing very much.He sounded great.But I stll have a hard time getting in my old head that he would have the same tone no matter what he played on.To me thats like saying Brent Mason would sound the same on a Les Paul,Tele,Strat.or any other brand of 6 string electric guitar.Everybody seems to want that old P/P sound.(I have 2 Of them).Why bother buying one if you're gonna sound the same on any steel.Just don't understand.But everyone seems to agree with Johnny so I guess I'm wrong.By the way there is a lot of us that have been playing a long time to.
Pete Walthall
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tru country

Post by Pete Walthall »

iliked dickys playing pertty licks and fills but to my ears a little to bright.you could hear his picks hitting the strings. but what a great player.now ya'll can beat me up like i was a goverment mule. ha ha. not you wayne morgan
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