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Topic: 6 string PSG? |
Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 6:33 pm |
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I happened to look at the Carter want ads and saw someone looking for a 6 string PSG. I thought they all were 8 or more. I'm a lap player with little pedal knowledge but it seems pulling on 6 would be quite limited and defeat the whole purpose of pedals. What's the story?
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Bryan Bradfield
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Jack Mansfield
From:
Reno, NV
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 8:21 pm
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| When Cougar Guitars were in buisness they made a 6 string pedal steel. Only one I saw in person was at elderly Instruments in Lansing Mi.There was one recently on ebay in the last few weeks. I wish I could find one, but I imagine they are rare. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 8:23 pm
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| And then the Multi Kord,,,, |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 9:08 pm
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Sierra had one on display at Scotties Convention a few years back....JH in Va.
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 4:59 am
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Thats just something to make you wish you would have bought a 10 stringer instead!!
Ernie 
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 7:05 am
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What style music would it be used for? Maybe a 6 string player using it for jazz, or blues maybe. It would be interesting to hear.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 9:49 am
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The Fulawka is not a pedal steel guitar, it is a pedaled versions of a Spanish guitar. It is played by fretting the strings with the fingers, like a regular guitar, with the addition of pedal pulls.
It is to a standard guitar what the pecal steel is to the non pedal steel guitar
Blackie Taylor has a double neck instrument with a U-12 (Custom made for him by GFI) steel guitar on the front neck, and one of these on the back.
[This message was edited by Mike Perlowin on 07 December 2005 at 09:49 AM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 10:31 am
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I'm expecting a new six string 4+4 from Lone Star within the next few days. It's a skeleton model. It's currently in transit from Texas.
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 11:29 am
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| Aw, you lucky dog, Bobby. Please to give us a full report. |
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Kenny Forbess
From:
peckerwood point, w. tn.
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Posted 8 Dec 2005 10:01 am
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I have a Gibson 6 string with 4 pedals,
sorry,no pictures, but it's for sale.
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2005 7:27 pm
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I have a friend here in that has a Pedalmaster D-6 with 4 pedals that Roy Thomas built a few years back.
Dave |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Dec 2005 7:30 pm
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One of these days, I predict you'll see a pedal steel player with 6 strings and a few pedals who will flat amaze you! It's only going to be a matter of time.
Some young kid will come along and sound like a cross between Jerry Byrd, Phil Baugh, and Joaquin Murphy! We get so hung up with dozens of strings and pedals, we lose sight of what a real talent could do with only 6 strings. |
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2005 7:48 pm
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Couldn't have said it better Donny! You are right on the mark.
Dave |
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Mark Vinbury
From:
N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2005 1:21 am
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I agree with you also Donny.
Some talented kid who"doesn't know any better"is going to come flying out of nowhere with a "screw tradition" attitude and some home brewed setup.
Check out the kid who won the Guitar Center Shoot Out this year. Slung the guitar down on his knees and did some beat-box routine.
The old guard went into a tailspin.
Yahoo!!! Ain't we got fun..[This message was edited by Mark Vinbury on 09 December 2005 at 01:22 AM.] |
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Stephen Dorocke
From:
Tres Piedras, New Mexico
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 4:38 pm
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| FYI, the Fulawka 6 string IS a steel guitar, and not fretted, as Mr. Perlowin suggests. I've played this instrument. |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 8:17 pm
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I have started a thread on Six String Pedal Steel under Steel Players and it features the Leavitt Tuning.
I have only been experimenting a few weeks and the possibilities are amazing. The guitar is a Carter with just six strings on the back neck and a new pedal/knee set up which is still under construction. Here is a sample of the sound: http://members.cox.net/loveridehd2/WordsOnLeavitt.mp3 |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2005 9:48 pm
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| Freeman Calger (spelling) used to build a 6 string "Cougar" Steel Guitar. NR |
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