Who Plays S-14 Guitar?

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 26 Mar 2014 7:10 pm

how do you tune it? why do you like S14? what brand is it? post some pix, that would be great..thanks

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Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 26 Mar 2014 8:55 pm

Bill Stafford Plays A S-14 EXCEL PSG.

"Steelin' The Blues"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BLfYAvPnEw

Roger

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 26 Mar 2014 10:37 pm

thanks Roger, that's some nice playing, I know that a great Julian Thorpe played 14 string, but can't find any videos on the net, except one, and on that one is just a music, no video...always wondered about those 14 string monsters, but was chicken too much to try to play one, lol, I am old now, I can do whatever I want, so who know, maybe my next step is going to be a S-10 Sierra or Excel or something... I heard some guys here on the SGF who kick butt on U-12...some great pickers on here... thanks again for the info Roger...

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Jan Viljoen · Post by **Jan Viljoen** » 26 Mar 2014 10:56 pm

Help yourself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwDIfztJTQE

Let the games begin.

Wesley Medlen · Post by **Wesley Medlen** » 27 Mar 2014 3:29 am

Terry Woods plays a BMI 14 string from Mo.

Craig Baker · Post by **Craig Baker** » 27 Mar 2014 3:57 am

Pretty sure the late Winnie Winston played and wrote about 14 string tunings.

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Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 27 Mar 2014 6:00 am

my favorite U-12 player is David Wright, amazing musician, Maurice as well, Julian had it's own style that can be little hard to understand sometimes, but there is not too much of his music out there neither...

David Cubbedge · Post by **David Cubbedge** » 27 Mar 2014 8:00 am

I saw Joe Wright play a 14-string Sierra at some local steel shows put on by the late Jess Hurt between 2000 and 2007. He was unbelievably awesome and versatile. I've never heard Johnny B Goode played better anywhere and that includes all guitarists!

James Sission · Post by **James Sission** » 27 Mar 2014 8:31 am

Dan Burnham mentions on his website that has a video of Julian playing. You might email him about its availability.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 27 Mar 2014 9:38 am

Richard "Cuz" Garver plays a 14 string Sierra.

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 27 Mar 2014 10:21 am

The late Al Vescovo played a 14 string C6.

There is about an hour and 10 minutes of video footage of Al, playing at the Phoenix show in 2010 and 2011. His widow is contemplating issuing a DVD.

Rich Peterson · Post by **Rich Peterson** » 27 Mar 2014 10:29 am

Dan Burnham

http://danburnham.com/MY-GEAR.html

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 28 Mar 2014 12:43 am

David Phillips of San Francisco is a wizard of the 14 string pedal steel!

Shorty Rogers · Post by **Shorty Rogers** » 28 Mar 2014 8:19 am

There was a player named Tom Webb who had a very early Mullen D14. He toured with Gatemouth Brown for a number of years and I met him around San Jose. Not sure what became of him or the guitar. Either Peter Grant or Steve French may know more.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 28 Mar 2014 7:13 pm

Not to hijack the thread, but Mike, I would love to have a video of Al Vescovo. I loved hearing him play, steel or guitar either.

Rich Swiger · Post by **Rich Swiger** » 31 Mar 2014 3:59 pm

Hi. I played one for a wile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwDIfztJTQE
It was a nice guitar but I went back to a D 10 Just too many strings. and the large bass strings really unusable wile playing with a band. That said, other players love em.

Happy picken

Ian Sutton · Post by **Ian Sutton** » 1 Apr 2014 8:28 am

What Dave Zirbel said.

Steve French · Post by **Steve French** » 1 Apr 2014 12:55 pm

Sad to say, I lost touch with Tom many years ago. He was a good friend and a great teacher. He got into Scientology, I think, and moved to Florida. Been at least 20 years ago. Del Mullen might have more recent information. I'll never forget that Mullen D14 -- what a beast!

Earl Foote · Post by **Earl Foote** » 1 Apr 2014 2:05 pm

Bryan Thomas in Houston plays a 14 string Sierra.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 1 Apr 2014 5:12 pm

I OWN a S-14 Wheeler, Mr. Wheeler being a classic madman-in-the-basement kind of builder. It's already at least two degrees of being haphazardly re-tuned (re-copeded?) into some bizarre, non-sense tuning... but at 4+4, I've always had the intent of getting a operating C6th tuning on 8 or 9 strings and use the rest for something more related to this:

than to a "real" 14-string. But right now a D-10, an octave dropper and a couple of loopers are getting me where I'm going. There are always rainy daze needing a project, sometime.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 1 Apr 2014 6:05 pm

Shorty Rogers wrote:There was a player named Tom Webb who had a very early Mullen D14. He toured with Gatemouth Brown for a number of years and I met him around San Jose. Not sure what became of him or the guitar. Either Peter Grant or Steve French may know more.

Tom was a fine musician - I took dobro lessons from him in the mid '70s in San Jose at Guitar Showcase. Pete Grant also taught there in those days, a buddy of mine took banjo lessons from him for a bit.

I asked Pete six or seven years ago years at a NorCal steel jam if he was in contact at all with Tom, but he hadn't heard anything of him in years - he seemed to disappear off the face of the earth.

Tom played in a band around the Bay Area that was very good called Shagbark Hickory. Pedal steel, dobro and a little banjo.

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 1 Apr 2014 6:15 pm

...just found a couple of old posts from Dave Ristrim and Steve French where they heard years ago that Tom Webb quit music in the late '70s and moved to Florida to become involved in Scientology.

Thinking back to those days, though the memories are pretty sketchy, when I knew him I would have never seen that coming.

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