My lap steel travel / practice rig (videos)

[Steve Green]

A recent thread about a small amp to use on vacation made me decide to record some video of my travel / practice rig. It's a Danelectro Hodad small 9 volt battery powered amp. I also use a "Music Bullet" powered speaker hooked to my cell phone for my backing tracks (mp3 files). I've got $100 in the Melobar (Ebay), $26.99 in the Danelectro, and $14.99 in the Music Bullet. Super small, and sounds OK for hotel room practicing.


VIDEOS:

Deep Water - Thanks to Doug Beaumier for posting the video that got me interested in this song. Tried to cop his licks, but I'm just not capable yet. Got lost a couple times. Also kind of embarrassed my little "harmonic slide" to end the song didn't come out like I planned. Also thanks to David Hartley and Mark Dunn for the backing track.

Sleepwalk - One of my all time faves to noodle around with.


Harbor Lights - Another of my faves. Weather's getting kinda bad here, you can hear thunder in the background.

[Doug Beaumier]

Nice picking, Steve! You've really improved in the past few months. It's great to see the progress you're making.

[Bill Brunt]

Nice stuff, Steve.
May I ask how long you have been playing?

[Thomas Temple]

That was really great, think that pretty well answers the question about a small pack away amp as well. Plus I take it from other comments that you are a fairly new player so I take encouragement from that as I have been having a learning curve issue and the curve seemed to be heading down hill. Will use your videos as great examples to "hanging in there".

Tom

[Steve Green]

Thanks for the encouragement, Doug. I've always been the kind of guy who likes to "figure things out" on my own, but I'm not progressing as well as I'd like. I went ahead tonight and ordered both of your C6 books. Your youtube videos really knock me out, and EVERYONE brags on your books, so I took the plunge. I look forward to receiving them.


Bill, I started in October 2010, so I've been at it about a year and 7 months. I don't practice as much as I should -- up until last week, I've been working a 6 day a week job. I hope to start a new job this week with more time off.

Tom, thanks for the kind words. I hope you're enjoying learning the steel guitar as much as I am.

[Doug Beaumier]

Steve, Thanks for ordering my two C6 song books. I appreciate it. I'll ship them tomorrow morning. I look forward to seeing more of your videos in the future. You've got a nice touch on the steel guitar! Thanks again.

[John Bartlett]

Steve;

That's great! I like your set up, and your playing.

Thanks for posting this. I can see that the motel room practice can sure help me out.

I'm going to need lots of vacations, though, before I can sound as good as you do!

John