Jerry Byrd's Folio Of His Best Steel Guitar Hits

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Jerry Byrd's Folio Of His Best Steel Guitar Hits

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Anybody know what this is? I just bought a copy on eBay--not a repro. I have high hopes it'll be cool.
Remington Steelmaster S8 w/ custom Steeltronics pickup. Vox MV-50 amplifier + an 1940's Oahu cab w/ 8" American Vintage speaker. J. Mascis Fender Squire Jazzmaster, Hofner Club bass, Ibanez AVN4-VMS Artwood Vintage Series Concert Size Acoustic Guitar. 1920s/30s Supertone Hawaiian-themed parlor guitar. Silvertone parlor guitar.
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Mark Helm wrote:Anybody know what this is? I just bought a copy on eBay--not a repro. I have high hopes it'll be cool.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MAGNET-REPRODU ... 2184944244

only one i see is this, but its a fridge magnet. Very odd
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I had the book about 20 years ago. As I remember, it had 10 songs, fairly easy tab, no audio. The songs were a mix of Hawaiian tunes and JB originals.
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Marc:

It's because I bought it. $12 bucks and not a repro :D
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Here's the song list (from the JB Fan Club site):

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What is Jerry's "D-9th Tuning?"
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Jerry's D9th tuning in this collection is ECAF#EC# (high to low).More accurately called D9th plus A6th.
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Dave Mayes wrote:Jerry's D9th tuning in this collection is ECAF#EC# (high to low).More accurately called D9th plus A6th.
Thank you, Dave!
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