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Topic: An interesting find. Is it Steel? |
Don McClellan
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California/Thailand
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 6:39 pm Doesn't sound like a steel guitar to me................. |
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My guess is that it's someone pickin' on a six string g'tar with lots of reverb and/or auto vibrato
or perhaps both.
It's NOT a steel guitar IMHO. |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 6:40 pm
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It just sounds like an electric guitar to me.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 14 Dec 2010 6:47 pm
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The old Acker Bilk hit from the 60s, which he played on the clarinet.
The Eagles do have a steel guitarist from time to time, but on this recording I think Ray and Roger are right; it's a regular 6-string electric guitar. |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 15 Dec 2010 5:29 am
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Thanks to Hank Marvin, that mushy over-processed tone was considered desirable by many of us in 1961! This sounds like 'Wonderful Land' meets 'Stranger On The Shore', and it's quite a musical noise, I suppose.
I was 'diverted' for a short time, but it was James Burton's sound that caught my ears in the end - not so much 'Strat vs. Tele', but 'echo vs. dry and snappy'!.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles, Martins, and a Gibson Super 400!
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 15 Dec 2010 5:41 am
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Clearly a standard electric guitar, probably with a Bigsby or other tremolo arm and maybe amp vibrato as was in vogue in the 50s=60s. I used to play a lot of Ventures stuff in that time period and went for exactly that sound.
There is not a single gliss or bar slide that I hear -- that's the tip-off for me.
I agree completely with Ray, Roger and Alan. It is fun to listen to -- great song and well done in that characteristic style of the time.
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2010 7:12 am
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
| Thanks to Hank Marvin, that mushy over-processed tone was considered desirable by many of us in 1961! |
i am a big fan of marvin! i consider him a very fine player. anytime you can establish a signature sound and play melodies like he did...he deserves accolades.
here is another link to the eagles...they are a marvin sounding rip off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWYVbR-AWFs&feature=related |
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Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 15 Dec 2010 7:19 am
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No argument, Bill - I consider him a fine player, too. Anyone who can be identified instantly deserves accolades. I'm just saying it wasn't my favourite tone.
He is certainly high up on the list of players who established Fender's profile back then.
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