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Randy Beavers
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Lebanon,TN 37090
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Posted 20 May 2005 4:12 pm |
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We had dinner last night with Johnny and Joan Cox at Russ and Laney's. They came to town for Johnny's daughter's graduation ceremony. Well, Johnny delivered a new "Super-Slide" to me with a custom sunburst paint job. You won't believe how pretty this guitar is, and it plays and sounds great! Even though my left arm is in a sling, I had to take it out so I could play this little beauty. I knew I had some pain pills left and I figured this would be worth it. 
I have a theory about these guitars and the impact they are going to have on our instrument, including pedal guitars. Most of us started out with a lap steel and progressed to pedals later. Today beginners want to have a guitar with 2 necks, 8 floor pedals, 8 knee levers, you get the picture. They are overwhelmed at the start by what took years to accomplish by the greatest players ever. Or else they hear the price of a pro-guitar and give up right there. When steel guitar was at its very roots of development, you could buy a 6-string lap steel very inexpensively, which thousands of people did. The natural progression took place: many took it up, but many also dropped it. But the thousands that stuck with it, players of the likes of Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Lloyd Green, Curly Chalker, Maurice Anderson, and others created what we now have today.
What if some rock'n'roll guitar player sees and hears a lap steel of this quality, and decides to play his slide guitar licks on it on hit records? You'd have a bunch of kids taking up the instrument, starting out on inexpensive lap steels once again. Here, we'd have the natural progression starting again, only this time they'd have all the knowledge we have to draw upon.
This is just my opinion, however, the sheer numbers of players learning this instrument have dropped dramatically with the decline of lap steels. |
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Kyle Bennett
From:
Dallas, TX USA
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Posted 20 May 2005 5:22 pm
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Hi Randy,
Merry Christmas! We posted a picture of your new Sunburst SuperSlide on our website today. Also, check out the new Scarlet color.
Kyle / MSA www.msasuperslide.com
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Randy Beavers
From:
Lebanon,TN 37090
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Posted 22 May 2005 8:46 am
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| Kyle, I want to tell you what a great job you did on the paint job. Absolute perfection! |
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MUSICO
From:
Jeremy Williams in Spain
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Posted 22 May 2005 9:01 am
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Talking of great paint jobs...and I´ve looked over the website photos and they are beautiful....
Over on pedal steel there is a feeling that black sounds best. ¿Is there a similar feeling among non peddlers?
Jeremy Williams
Barcelona Spain |
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Peter
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Posted 22 May 2005 10:26 am
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| Kyle, where can we hear one? |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2005 5:43 pm
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Oh man, those pics have me lusting. Can somebody explain the Moody strap? Is that for standing up and is it comfortable?
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Dan Sawyer
Rickenbacher B6, Fender Dual Professional, Fender Deluxe 8 (trap), Fender "White" 6-string w legs, Carvin steel w HiseTri-plex.
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 May 2005 3:49 am
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Musico....Thank you for your compliment.
I have always believed the color of an instrument has a physiological impact, and it's true that preferred colors vary relative to an individuals perspective.
Peter....I have a feeling you will be hearing one soon.
Dan....When you have the opportunity to examine and play a SuperSlide, I believe you will find it to be even more beautiful than the pictures.
The "Moody" is an excellent quality strap
which snaps on to each end of the guitar and supports the SuperSlide.
The "Freedom Bar" extends out of the body of the guitar at the push of a button, and allows the player to select a comfortable desired playing position away from the body.
The Freedom Bar, Moody strap and lightweight
of the SuperSlide combine to make it comfortable when standing up playing.
Having the ability to stand up and play steel guitar with a strap provides a steel player the same freedom of movement as that of a regular guitar player. |
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Larry Self
From:
Spring City, Tn. Bledsoe * R.I.P.
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Posted 26 May 2005 5:57 am
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| Hi Randy hope you are feeling better. thanks for your support. I think it would great to have a super slide jam at the show next yr.what do you think? best of luck--Larry Self |
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