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Topic: 10-string Super Slide is cool. |
Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 11:38 am |
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I have been wanting a 10-string non-pedal ever since I stupidly sold my two Alkire E-Harps a few years back. I talked to several owners of the MSA non-pedal, in addition to playing one at the TSGA Jamboree earlier this year. So I finally decided the SuperSlide is the way to go. I put in an order and got the guitar a few weeks ago.
I must say that the MSA SuperSlide leaves very little, if anything, to be desired in a non-pedal guitar. This instrument is really a thing of sonic beauty and playability. It's been set up in my music room since I received it and sounds great through any amp I've used. Of course, it's black. 
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Rick Garrett
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Tyler, Texas
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 12:10 pm
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Congratulations Herb. I've enjoyed mine more than any guitar I've owned to date. Really great sounding little horn. Can't wait to hear you play yours!
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 5:07 pm
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Do all the steel players in Travis County, Texas call their guitars "horns" or is it just a coincidence that both you happen to live in Travis county?
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 30 Oct 2005 5:53 pm
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Bill
Rick Garrett lives in Tyler TX, which is in Smith County and probably 175 miles from my home, definitely not in Travis County. For that matter, I live only a few hundred yards from Hays County.
I don't know if Rick has ever SET FOOT in Travis County.
Though I've done so in the past, in this particular thread I did not refer to my axe as a horn. Axes are sometimes horns, when both are musical instruments; then again, there are times when neither an axe nor a horn is even remotely connected to guitars. And there are times when guitars are not remotely connected to music, but that's for another thread.
What was the question again?
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 9:23 am
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Herb,
Odds are in the next 6 months I'm going to be getting a SuperSlide of my own. I'm thinking single neck, higher string count model. The 12 string version blows me away-all the big lush chords available.
Being primarily a 6-string dobro and lap steel player, I'm wondering if going to 12 strings will be biting off more than I can chew. Would you mind sharing your 10 string tuning, and do you think you will develop some teaching materials for 10 string non-pedal? There appears to be very little available for 10 and 12 string non-pedal.
I know that you have played a lot with Cornell Hurd. Back in the day, before Cornell fled the Bay Area for Texas, my wife and I were regulars at a club in the San Jose area where Cornell played a lot. I'm telling you, those were some of the most fun times we ever had!
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Mark
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2005 9:41 am
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| When I can eventually afford a Superslide, I'll probably take an axe to my old horn... |
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Donald Ruetenik
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Pleasant Hill, California, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 5:07 am
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 5:16 am
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Like the guy above, I sure am curious as to what a 12 string non pedal steel would be tuned. Probably some variation of the C6th tuning? Herb, if you know, please tell us!! Please?
Ernie Pollock 
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Rick Garrett
From:
Tyler, Texas
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 5:25 am
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The tuning on my 12 string Super Slide is,
D,B,G,E,C,A,G,E,C,A,F,D
I don't know Herbs tuning but I bet it's a C6th.
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 9:42 am
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I have a question about the 10 and 12 string non-pedal steels and their tunings and the advantages of the extra two and four strings. I presently play a D8 non-pedal and have been seriously looking at a D10 for the extra chords and licks I can get out of it. I use a C6th tuning about 80% of the time on the first neck and pretty much stay with an E13th on the second.
Can anyone tell me, in percentages, how much of a range I would gain by moving from a D8 to a D10 or a double 12?
I want to add that I don’t want or will never go to a triple neck for the sake of not using pedals. I love the country steel but play with an old time wind, dance band. I also want the steel on legs not on my lap.
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 2 Nov 2005 10:56 am
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Les, I can't answer your question with any intelligence so I will not make the attempt.
I will say that the SuperSlide-Off DVD I purchased from Bobbe Seymour was very educational in terms of giving one a "feel" for the different string configurations.
Bobbe Seymour was playing 8 string and sounded incredible, making me think "why would anyone want more than 8 strings on a non-pedal?"
But the sheer "lushness" of the sound that Reece Anderson and Randy Beavers found in that 12 string tuning was just amazing.
All 3 of these guys are among the finest steel players on the planet-so for a part-timer like myself, I should be taking anything I hear on a DVD like that with a very large salt shaker.
That's why I posed the question to Herb earlier if I would be biting off more than I can chew. I will be seeing Bobby Black most likely play his 12 string non-pedal in a local gig in a couple of weeks, and this time I'm going to really pay attention instead of just being mesmerized, like the time I saw him play several months ago.
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