steelinatune---Heart of a Clown

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 15 Mar 2019 1:20 pm

I left Dallas with some of Jody Camerons C6 on E9th material... Jody is such an incredible teacher, who explains things well, tells you the numbers and the chords which I don't always know... AND he talks slow... Anyhow I HIGHLY recommend his material to anybody wanting to learn some new ideas and positions... By now you all know how much I like the 9th string... Well there's some other stuff to look at as well... I kind of took some liberties with this and blew it in a couple places, but you'll get the idea... AND if you were in the MSA room in Dallas, you'll get the ending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlwdiOnyR2U

Find Jodyâ€™s teaching materials here https://jodycameronpsg.com

Jim Cooley · Post by **Jim Cooley** » 15 Mar 2019 6:28 pm

Great work as usual, better ending. I was there. Travis would be proud.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 17 Mar 2019 9:00 am

Jim Cooley wrote:Great work as usual, better ending. I was there. Travis would be proud.

Thanks Jim... Wasnâ€™t as clean as I would have liked, but thereâ€™s SO many strings and SO many Pedals and Knee Levers, and SO much for me to remember

Itâ€™s hard for me to keep it all straight.

BTW... have you loaded that speaker yet?, and if so, what do you think?... I hooked up both of my 15â€™s to my amp, so 2 12â€™s and 2 15â€™s and it sounds yummy

Jim Cooley · Post by **Jim Cooley** » 17 Mar 2019 1:53 pm

Dale,

I finally got some time to compare the Double-T 15 to the Telonics. I sent you a PM in case my reply I was off topic.

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 18 Mar 2019 9:21 am

Always enjoy hearing you pick Dale...Thanks... Carl

Don Crowl · Post by **Don Crowl** » 18 Mar 2019 9:21 am

lOVED YOUR SOUND & STYLE. WISH I COULD MAKE NON PEDALS COME CLOSE TO SOUNDING LIKE THAT. MAYBE SOME PLAGIARIZATION & CREATIVITY ON MY PART IS IN ORDER.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 18 Mar 2019 2:04 pm

Thanks Carl and Don, I appreciate your comments.

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 27 Mar 2019 4:06 pm

Dale that was a great job. The ending was priceless.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 28 Mar 2019 4:53 am

Dale, nice work and great tone. Loved that ending.

Steve Huddleston · Post by **Steve Huddleston** » 28 Mar 2019 7:56 am

That was great! Another thumbs up on the ending.. Iâ€™m going to steal that ðŸ˜‰

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 28 Mar 2019 4:10 pm

Thanks Gentlemen... Thank Travis Toy for that ending... Travis used it a time or two in the MSA room and I guess its kinda burned into my mind... LOL

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 30 Mar 2019 10:56 am

Dale, on the MSA S10 could you explane what you're doing with the Left Knee right as far as the 9th string. I Dont think Iâ€™ve ever seen that change before, It sounds cool. Also Why the duplicstion of the 6th string lower on this same knee lever.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 2 Apr 2019 12:56 pm

bob drawbaugh wrote:Dale, on the MSA S10 could you explane what you're doing with the Left Knee right as far as the 9th string. I Dont think Iâ€™ve ever seen that change before, It sounds cool. Also Why the duplicstion of the 6th string lower on this same knee lever.

You found me out Bob

Iâ€™m lowering 9 a whole, down to C, the reason I also duplicate the whole lower of 6 on the that same KL, is because I use that change with the whole lower of 9...
I can also split that with the B pedal and also lower 4 with my RKL as well...
I also hit my 5th pedal where Iâ€™m lowering 5 a whole.
Thereâ€™s a lot of combinations Iâ€™m able to use there... if I were smarter theory wise, I might be able to find another way...
LKR, is very close to what you would get 2 frets below where youâ€™d use the knee lever, by hitting strings 9765 with the A pedal...
but for me its a little harder to get that grip and the transition not as smooth...
And then I would lose all the combinations I can get with LKR...

I know it sounds pretty convoluted and sorry if I only added confusion to your question.

bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 5 Apr 2019 2:22 pm

Dale, that was clear as mud

I know what you mean about theory. Had I spent more time on theory and less time on steel guitar rag I might be better off. That's a sweet change at any rate. That little MSA is a tone monster it sounds great.