Dobro lessons for 1 week

Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars

Moderator: Brad Bechtel

Post Reply
User avatar
Andy Zahnd
Posts: 401
Joined: 30 Dec 2002 1:01 am
Location: Switzerland
Contact:
Contact Andy Zahnd

Dobro lessons for 1 week

Post by Andy Zahnd »

Hi
I would love to get any better on the Dobro(there is maybe still some hope! :\ )
I would love to get 1 to 1 lessons for 5-7 days
Country, Blues, maybe a little Rock and Bluegrass. It can be somewhere in the world, USA or Europe, I just want as much input I can get!
Who can help me on this???

(I'm not shure I'm here on the right place, so I post the same thing on the "for sale: Music,Lesson" topic
looking for to hear from someone!
Andy
Top
User avatar
Mark Eaton
Posts: 6047
Joined: 15 Apr 2005 12:01 am
Location: Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California

Post by Mark Eaton »

There are a number of ways to go about this, including staying at home and doing it via Skype (webcam) lessons on your computer screen.

But there really is no substitute for being with a teacher one-on-one.

Since you are willing to fly to the U.S., check out these two guys for starters - Jimmy is on the east coast in New Jersey, and Mike is not too far from me in Northern California, a couple hours from San Francisco. Both are superb players with a gift for teaching, and really good guys. There are others I would recommend as well, but I'm going to start with these two.

http://mikewitcher.com/

http://www.jimmyheffernan.com/
Mark
Top
User avatar
Andy Volk
Posts: 10251
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Boston, MA
Contact:
Contact Andy Volk

Post by Andy Volk »

Check out Artistworks.com
Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com
Top
User avatar
Chase Brady
Posts: 228
Joined: 6 Jan 2014 8:25 am
Location: Ohio, USA

Post by Chase Brady »

I've been working through Jimmy Heffernan's "Dobro Handbook". Highly recommended.

http://truefire.com/techniques-guitar-l ... -handbook/

--Chase Brady
Check out my YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGB22R_hYOXh55h_zfazCPQ
Nice YouTube comments help local musicians get gigs!
My Web Page: pages.suddenlink.net/chasebradymusic
Top
User avatar
Steve Wood
Posts: 170
Joined: 29 Dec 2007 10:01 am
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Post by Steve Wood »

Lessons With Troy has helped me a lot.
Top
User avatar
Patrick Harison
Posts: 77
Joined: 14 Jan 2014 11:34 pm
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Contact:
Contact Patrick Harison

Post by Patrick Harison »

I'm a student of John Ely's via Skype... He's known for teaching electric straight steel, but I understand he also has some Dobro students as well. From what I know, he does the straight up dobro thing GBDGBD with the stevens bar and all the other stylistic this and that. John's definitely the best music teacher I've ever had, so, that might be worth looking into as well as all of your other options...
Professional Accordionist, Amateur Steel Guitarist.
Top
User avatar
Howard Parker
Posts: 2610
Joined: 4 Aug 1998 11:00 pm
Location: Clarksburg,MD USA
Contact:
Contact Howard Parker

Post by Howard Parker »

ResoSummit is where you want to be.

The best of the best teach, Auldridge, Douglas, Ickes, Hall, Giegerich, Travers and others.

-edit- This list is a representation of past instruction. I have not heard who is confirmed for 2014.

h
Howard Parker

03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
Listowner Resoguit-L
Top
User avatar
Jim Cohen
Posts: 21749
Joined: 18 Nov 1999 1:01 am
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Contact:
Contact Jim Cohen

Post by Jim Cohen »

According to the website, the 2014 faculty include:

Rob Ickes

Paul Beard

Greg Booth

Billy Cardine

Jaret Carter

Andy Hall
(tentative)

Jimmy Heffernan

Orville Johnson

Randy Kohrs

Stacy Phillips

Tim Scheerhorn

Mike Witcher
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Steel Without Pedals”