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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 18 Nov 2011 7:23 pm    
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Here's a couple video clips of what is called "Sacred Steel." I hope you guys and gals enjoy. Please leave some comments. Thanks!!!

Newport News,Virginia: http://youtu.be/nlE1EbxlZzI


http://youtu.be/-y1EVp3P6DE
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Anders Eriksson


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Mora, Dalecarlia, Sweden
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2011 12:38 am    
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Praise the Lord!

Love you playing!
What guitar are you playing and what's your copedent?

// Anders
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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2011 1:20 pm    
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Hey Nick, great stuff. It was nice meeting you and your wife at my gig last week. Keep up the good work, I love what you're doing....JH in Va.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2011 6:40 pm    
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Anders Eriksson wrote:
Praise the Lord!

Love you playing!
What guitar are you playing and what's your copedent?

// Anders


Hi sir, Im playing a 1974 MSA Semi-Classic. I didnt have pedals on, but its basically E7th. And thanks sir.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2011 6:42 pm    
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Jerry Hayes wrote:
Hey Nick, great stuff. It was nice meeting you and your wife at my gig last week. Keep up the good work, I love what you're doing....JH in Va.


Thanks Mr. Hayes, just hope I can continue to play like you one day. And we really enjoyed meeting you and your wife as well. We hope to come by and see you guys on the 25th.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 15 Dec 2011 5:21 am    
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^^^^
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Franklin

 

Post  Posted 15 Dec 2011 5:44 am    
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Nicholas,

I responded in your other thread and was assuming you played a standard E9th....Having heard you I believe the standard A, B and C configuration from the E9th tuning which raises the fifths a whole tone on one pedal and raises the thirds a half tone would be an advantage to your style.....the third pedal could raise the root note and fifth note a whole tone for some easier accessed blues pentatonic riffs. Enjoyed your playing.

Paul
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.


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Ayrshire, Scotland
Post  Posted 15 Dec 2011 4:29 pm    
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Forum members Bishop Hall and Pastor Grace have posted some great clips of Sacred Steel over the past few years. Check out `Sacredstrings` on You-Tube.

Arch.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2011 7:41 pm    
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Archie Nicol wrote:
Forum members Bishop Hall and Pastor Grace have posted some great clips of Sacred Steel over the past few years. Check out `Sacredstrings` on You-Tube.

Arch.



Hi, Sacred Strings is my family. We're from the same church background.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2012 9:48 pm    
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Hi sir, I really don't know what my tuning is, I basically go by what my guitar player tells me. I don't know how to read music but I've been playing steel for 8 years and kinda need another one right about now. But, thanks for the comments and hopefully I can add some new videos soon.


Franklin wrote:
Nicholas,

I responded in your other thread and was assuming you played a standard E9th....Having heard you I believe the standard A, B and C configuration from the E9th tuning which raises the fifths a whole tone on one pedal and raises the thirds a half tone would be an advantage to your style.....the third pedal could raise the root note and fifth note a whole tone for some easier accessed blues pentatonic riffs. Enjoyed your playing.

Paul
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Jerry Overstreet


From:
Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2012 10:40 pm    
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First, let me welcome you to the forum Nicholas. Enjoyed those videos. Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind a question, what is the pedal to the left of your vol. pedal?
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 4 Jan 2012 7:38 am    
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Thanks sir, and the pedal I used was a Digitech RP50 or RP55 Multi effect. I want a Envelope Filter but its hard to find one.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 4 Jan 2012 7:41 am    
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Here's another video, hope you enjoy it and I plan to post more on Youtube soon.

Please let me know what you think!!!

http://youtu.be/CkrBuGetM2s
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2012 8:41 pm    
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BUMP
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 2 Apr 2012 9:11 am    
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That Digitech will have an envelope filter in the "effects" section. They're not too sophisticated like a Mu-Tron or something, but they get the job done - "sensitivity" and "tone" knobs, and practice.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 2 Apr 2012 9:27 am    
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I gave that pedal away to a fellow steel player who needed an effect pedal! I have a chorus pedal that I use not but I'm trying to sell that!
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Sam Conomo

 

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Queensland, Australia
Post  Posted 2 Apr 2012 12:06 pm     steel
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i really enjoyed your phrasing ,
thankyou.
sam.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 10 Apr 2012 3:38 pm     Re: steel
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thanks sir, music is my passion and my first love!!!!

Sam Conomo wrote:
i really enjoyed your phrasing ,
thankyou.
sam.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 10 Apr 2012 3:40 pm    
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thanks and music is my passion and church is my life!!!!
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Nicholas Ackron

 

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Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 16 Apr 2014 7:33 am     Sacred Steel
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Here's a video of my younger cousin in Alabama that I taught years ago. His name is William Booker. http://youtu.be/QVz_fn7Ko8c
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Paul Honeycutt

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 28 Jun 2014 9:55 am    
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A good Envelope Filter that flies under most people's radar is the Maxon AF-9. I have an original, but the reissue is nice as well. The circuit was licensed from MuTron and it's pretty much a MuTron running on 9V rather then 18V or what ever the MuTron ran on. I have compared mine side by side with a friend's original MuTron and the only difference I could hear was that the MuTron sustained notes slightly longer. Not something you'd even notice unless you were listening for it.

I've been listening to Sacred Steel for a few years now, but I recently got the bug to learn to play it. Thank's for posting your clips. Don't laugh, but I play musical saw and I hear similarities in the phrasing of it and the sacred steel stuff. It's very vocal and the vibrato is the key.
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Nicholas Ackron

 

From:
Daytona Beach
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2014 5:05 am    
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Thanks and welcome to the Sacred Steel family! Keep practicing and you never know we might invite you to one of our services for an instrumental!!!
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