6 string pedal steels?
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- Calvin Walley
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Ha Calvin a velcro ring! interesting.
I like this one myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBddOD9pJU
Think someone should tell Brian Brewer that he can't do that?
I like this one myself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qBddOD9pJU
Think someone should tell Brian Brewer that he can't do that?
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Brian is pretty good. I mean, real good. It's the kind of performance that Jimmie points to as the full capability of the guitar.
Really nice sound, and all of that appears to be with two pedals.
The other guy hadn't gotten to pedals yet.
I do think that a requirement of a six-string is the capability of the hi G# lower to F# (mine does) and the hi E to D#, to get those two key notes
in E9 in suspension, to resolve into E.
Really nice sound, and all of that appears to be with two pedals.
The other guy hadn't gotten to pedals yet.
I do think that a requirement of a six-string is the capability of the hi G# lower to F# (mine does) and the hi E to D#, to get those two key notes
in E9 in suspension, to resolve into E.
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you have to admit that Velcro ring is pure genius
Mike
i freely admit that i don't have your sophisticated taste in music
oh i forgot to answer your question earlier , yes i still have your music theory book
and the one that applies to pedal steel , thank you very much for it
Mike
i freely admit that i don't have your sophisticated taste in music
oh i forgot to answer your question earlier , yes i still have your music theory book
and the one that applies to pedal steel , thank you very much for it
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If you're going to go for minimalism, why as many as six strings? When I was at school we had an instrument in the Physics laboratory called the Sonometer, which is also called the Monocord. It was invented by Pythagoras, has one string and is used for physics experiments to show the relationship between string length, tension and pitch. I used to use a pen as a tone bar and play all the latest hits on it, much to the chagrin of the teacher.
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Diddley bow has already been mentioned... so we have defined the absolute minimum and unreasonable maximum in the thread. I'm going for optimum for me, however.Alan Brookes wrote:If you're going to go for minimalism, why as many as six strings?
(Actually, I did drop an email to WBS if they are able and willing to make a six stringer with 3 pedals and 4 knees - let's see how it goes).
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since i think Mr. Hudson makes an absolutely beautiful guitar ,
i am going to be ordering mine in the next month or so ,
plus i really want to try the wider string spacing
i am going to be ordering mine in the next month or so ,
plus i really want to try the wider string spacing
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One of the things in my repertoire is a medley of song from "The Sound Of Music," including "Do Re Mi." I play the "sew, a needle pulling thread" part by using the A pedal and F raise, (and raising my 2nd string which I tune to C#, back up to D#, which most of you already have,) and picking strings 5,2,4,1, and 3 in that order for the “a needle pulling" part, and moving up 2 frets and releasing the pedal and knee lever and muting strings 1 and 2 for "thread."
This is another example of something that cannot be done on a 6-string steel. You guys who think you can get it all on a 6 stringer are wrong. You can’t. And you’re missing something the rest of us feel is important and necessary
This is another example of something that cannot be done on a 6-string steel. You guys who think you can get it all on a 6 stringer are wrong. You can’t. And you’re missing something the rest of us feel is important and necessary
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Maybe. The problem for me was that there's more music in 10-stringer than I can handle. Like a sudden low 7th sprong in the middle of the nice home run.Mike Perlowin wrote:This is another example of something that cannot be done on a 6-string steel. You guys who think you can get it all on a 6 stringer are wrong. You can’t. And you’re missing something the rest of us feel is important and necessary
But now I've established a contact with WBS for a 6/3/4 steel. They said they can do it, now we're into price negotiations.
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I'm surprised that the argument is still being made that some of us aren't doing what everybody thinks we should be doing.Mike Perlowin wrote:And you’re missing something the rest of us feel is important and necessary
I can only add, with great respect to accomplished steelers and professionals, is that happiness, for me, is not having to play Do Re Mi.
Just being able to attempt to get the steel sound in whatever I want to play is a wonderful thing. I may miss the middle F# string,
but maybe I can overdub it or play it on piano or bass. Love not having to tune it, especially hi F#.
That is a beauty, Martin.
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I think I can find that F# there somehow even if I don't have a dedicated string for it. I may have to press a pedal, use a lever or move the bar - and probably there are licks that could use such a string.
But pedal steel is not a harp or xylophone.
But pedal steel is not a harp or xylophone.
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U-12 players can argue that the middle F# is "necessary", but then they eliminate the middle D because "I can get it with a lever". Their argument doesn't hold water. Once you add a good changer to a guitar, you can get any note you want at any fret. The number of strings affects the range of the guitar and the convenience of certain scale runs. If your music doesn't require an extended range or close intervals, 6 strings are enough.
I used to play a double 12. For the past 6 years I've been playing a single 8. I wouldn't hesitate to use a well-built single 6 on an Americana or blues gig, where expression is valued over fancy pedal tricks. The music is in your mind, not in the instrument.
I used to play a double 12. For the past 6 years I've been playing a single 8. I wouldn't hesitate to use a well-built single 6 on an Americana or blues gig, where expression is valued over fancy pedal tricks. The music is in your mind, not in the instrument.
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Exactly. The audience doesn't care. It's not being played for an audience of steel guitarists, and no-one cares how you produced the sound, or whether you used a steel guitar or some other instrument. Be happy that you're playing a steel guitar at all, no matter what the configuration.b0b wrote:...The music is in your mind, not in the instrument.
Imagine you've just been listening to a traditional jazz band, and enjoyed the music. Now you read that a traditional jazz purist objects to the particular instruments played. Do you care? Of course not.
The music is more important than the instruments that it's played on. Let's not lose perspective.
"I can only add, with great respect to accomplished steelers and professionals, is that happiness, for me, is not having to play Do Re Mi. " Charlie McDonald
LOL. My sentiments exactly.
"I'm surprised that the argument is still being made that some of us aren't doing what everybody thinks we should be doing. " Charlie McDonald
Well it's just Mike flogging a horse that's so dead it's fossilized.
Tommi started by saying he is considering stepping down to a 6 nd wonders who makes them and if he is crazy to do so. Now despite Mike's recommendation, he is still interested and pursuing a 6.
Mike hijacked the discussion and rebranded it:
"The issue is whether or not a 6 string steel is capable doing the same things a 10 or 12 can. "
Mike P. 28 Feb 7:25pm
Within 15 minutes the point was conceded.
"If that was the issue, nobody would be discussing it. Of course a 6 string steel can't do the same things as a 10 or 12 stringer - nobody would argue with that statement."
Jeff Mead 28 Feb 7:40pm
but Mike will not be deterred...
"This thread is about 6 string steels vs 10 or 12 stringers."
Mike P. 29 Feb 4:41pm
Yet there was another capitulation in the name of getting back to talking about 6 stringers.
"Nobody said that a 6 string is better or equal to a 10 string. It obviously isn't ..."
Dave D 1 Mar 4:54
And yet Mike continues tilting at the windmill.
When I watched Mike playing with that band the only thing that stood out to me, was that crabby Uncle Mike was smiling! That is the point of making music. Happiness. I could care less about the lick.
Mike is correct that his big guitars can play chromatic string licks and lower scales. So what?
I don't give a flying pickled fig about that. I am satisfied to play what I have and reach for the emotion and smooth control that Brian Brewer delivered in the link above.
That is the part that Mike just doesn't want to get. He is still trying to win some imaginary war that only he is fighting.
LOL. My sentiments exactly.
"I'm surprised that the argument is still being made that some of us aren't doing what everybody thinks we should be doing. " Charlie McDonald
Well it's just Mike flogging a horse that's so dead it's fossilized.
Tommi started by saying he is considering stepping down to a 6 nd wonders who makes them and if he is crazy to do so. Now despite Mike's recommendation, he is still interested and pursuing a 6.
Mike hijacked the discussion and rebranded it:
"The issue is whether or not a 6 string steel is capable doing the same things a 10 or 12 can. "
Mike P. 28 Feb 7:25pm
Within 15 minutes the point was conceded.
"If that was the issue, nobody would be discussing it. Of course a 6 string steel can't do the same things as a 10 or 12 stringer - nobody would argue with that statement."
Jeff Mead 28 Feb 7:40pm
but Mike will not be deterred...
"This thread is about 6 string steels vs 10 or 12 stringers."
Mike P. 29 Feb 4:41pm
Yet there was another capitulation in the name of getting back to talking about 6 stringers.
"Nobody said that a 6 string is better or equal to a 10 string. It obviously isn't ..."
Dave D 1 Mar 4:54
And yet Mike continues tilting at the windmill.
When I watched Mike playing with that band the only thing that stood out to me, was that crabby Uncle Mike was smiling! That is the point of making music. Happiness. I could care less about the lick.
Mike is correct that his big guitars can play chromatic string licks and lower scales. So what?
I don't give a flying pickled fig about that. I am satisfied to play what I have and reach for the emotion and smooth control that Brian Brewer delivered in the link above.
That is the part that Mike just doesn't want to get. He is still trying to win some imaginary war that only he is fighting.
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We need whatever instrument we're comfortable playing. If some great steel guitar afficionado can play superbly on a 14-string instrument with 20 pedals and 12 knee levers, that's great for him. For me it would just be confusing.
There really is no debate as to whether more strings, more pedals, more knee levers, and more palm pedals, give more versatility. Of course they do. It's all a matter of what you can handle, and whether it's worth the cost and complications of buying an instrument with features that you don't use. How many of us have eight pedals and rarely use more than the first three?
When I bought my first Sho-Bud Crossover with 8 pedals and 1 knee-lever, and a crossover that allowed me to use any of these pedals on either neck, I thought, "Great, that's 16 pedals and two knee levers. Now, let's see if you can remember what they do."
There really is no debate as to whether more strings, more pedals, more knee levers, and more palm pedals, give more versatility. Of course they do. It's all a matter of what you can handle, and whether it's worth the cost and complications of buying an instrument with features that you don't use. How many of us have eight pedals and rarely use more than the first three?
When I bought my first Sho-Bud Crossover with 8 pedals and 1 knee-lever, and a crossover that allowed me to use any of these pedals on either neck, I thought, "Great, that's 16 pedals and two knee levers. Now, let's see if you can remember what they do."
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Mike this is to you not about you.
It's a bit late to claim the high ground after mucking about in the valley all this time. LOL!
You are the worst thread Hijacker I have seen in 31 years of Bitnet, Arpanet and Internet combined. You do it with such zeal! The only thing more amazing than the altercation you had with Jim Sliff over 6 string PSG almost 10 years to the day, is that you repeat the same behavior.
Now when someone shines a light on your behavior, you run and hide behind Elanor's skirts. When you behave that way, people will speak of you, and it will be warranted, because you have made a nuisance of yourself.
You have a lot to offer if you can control yourself.
It's a bit late to claim the high ground after mucking about in the valley all this time. LOL!
You are the worst thread Hijacker I have seen in 31 years of Bitnet, Arpanet and Internet combined. You do it with such zeal! The only thing more amazing than the altercation you had with Jim Sliff over 6 string PSG almost 10 years to the day, is that you repeat the same behavior.
Now when someone shines a light on your behavior, you run and hide behind Elanor's skirts. When you behave that way, people will speak of you, and it will be warranted, because you have made a nuisance of yourself.
You have a lot to offer if you can control yourself.
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I come here to discuss music and steel guitars, not to fight with anybody or to flame anybody.
With that in mind, I stand behind my contention that the 6 string steel is missing some important stuff, and limits the options of those who play it. And that's all I'm going to say.
With that in mind, I stand behind my contention that the 6 string steel is missing some important stuff, and limits the options of those who play it. And that's all I'm going to say.
Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin
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