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Topic: Waylon and Ralph on Austin City Limits... |
Mike Kowalik
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San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 1 Jul 2006 1:36 pm |
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I picked up this DVD recently and it is really great.Ralph Mooney is playing his Super Pro thru a Nashville 400 and really sounds great....he might be using some delay also.
I always thought he played thru a Fender Twin Reverb to get his great sound but this dvd is evidence he can get super tone out of other amps as well.
I never had the opportunity to see Waylon live so I have a question for anyone that did....what amp was Ralph using at the time?
Also ...does anyone know what tunings he used on his guitars....on this dvd he plays all but one song on the neck nearest him and one song on the neck farthest away....and it doesn't sound like a C6th tuning.
So if you dig Waylon and Ralph like I do add this one to your collection!! |
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Jim Hussey
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Reno, Nevada - USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2006 9:02 pm
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Back in the late 70s I was the house electrician at the Concord Pavilion. In 78 or 79 Waylon and Willie came through complete with Ralph on steel and the Hells Angles for security. I remember 4 things about that show:
1 During the afternoon sound check, Ralph played with a tall Coors on the deck next to his guitar.
2 That night during the show I made sure he got the spotlight on every solo.
3 He played through a Boogie amp. After the show he kept saying over and over: "What ya thing of that Boogie amp, sure do like that Boogie amp!"
4 Willie’s set went way over and when the house was facing overtime for the crew, they sent some poor guy on stage to ask him to stop. Willie walked up to the mike and announced he was going to do every song he ever wrote if it took him til sunrise.
We got the overtime time!
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 1 Jul 2006 11:01 pm
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I just got this DVD as well, and I think it would be safe to bet that the necks are reversed on that guitar. The sounds Ralph Mooney get from that back neck are 100% E9th.
BTW, as DVDs go, this is quite a good one, well worth investing in. The "Live from Austin City Limits" DVD series seems to maintain high standards throughout. I have five of them an all are good-sounding and -looking, though the song selection on Hag's effort were a bit on the sleepy side. The pick of the bunch would have to be the Texas Tornados, A+.
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´75 Emmons p/p D10 8+4, ca '72 AWH Custom D10 8+3, Hybrid Zum coming soon, Peavey Nashville 1000
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 2:58 am
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I was fortunate to be in Ralph Mooneys suite in Dallas this year while the band were organising what they would play.......my good friend Red Kilby took me up there...lots of beer drinking......lots of road stories.....even put on some old tracks that Moon played on of Buck Owens and Waylon....Moon just played along with them..no problem...also told a few stories that I can repeathere
What a great time
Tony |
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Sidney Malone
From:
Buna, TX
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 4:38 am
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That is a great DVD for sure! I also have the Merle Haggard & Tony Joe White concerts from ACL....all top quality productions!
Another one with a lot of Moon on it is the Lost Outlaw concert found on this DVD.
It can probably be found on Ebay pretty cheap. I got one a few months ago for $6 shipped!
[This message was edited by Sidney Malone on 02 July 2006 at 05:40 AM.] |
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John Lockney
From:
New Market, Maryland, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 5:28 am
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At the end of several songs on the "Austin City Limits" DVD Mooney touches the space between the necks with his (right-hand) finger-tips and raise his wrist... Why ?
Maybe there was a tone-control between the necks on that model Sho~Bud ? Or, maybe it was to signal the end of the song ? To stretch his wrist ?
Or, with that grin, I might believe it was a flourish just to puzzle and amuse steel-players for generations to come… |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 7:01 am
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I noticed that also....don't think there is tone control switch....I think he's changing his tone at the end of the song by putting his hand over the pickup....sounds crazy but that seems to be the logical answer.
Does anyone have any info on his tunings? |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 7:18 am
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According to an interview I once read, Ralph used a modified E tuning (sort of an E9 with a flatted 5th) on his rear neck. There were no first and second chromatic strings (F# and D#) and the bottom three were tuned to a sort of 6th tuning. The front neck he tuned to an open G similar to a resophonic guitar tuning. You may also be able to notice in the video he routinely used both feet on the pedals simultaneously. |
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Ron !
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 7:38 am
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I have a videotape here that's recorded in Germany a while back.Ralph plays his Sho-Bud and uses the E9th on the back neck.Playing with both feet on the pedals without having shoes on.And boy what a sound...using a sitarbar.
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 11:25 am
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| Do any of you know if a dvd was ever made of the show SUPERPICKERS? It had the BIG-E,Phil Baugh,and I think Johnny Gimble.It was years ago,I taped it at the time,but the tape got taped over by accident.Sure would like to have this one,Thanks Bama Charlie. |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 2 Jul 2006 6:30 pm
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I'm hoping they get around to releasing that one, but don't hold your breath.
They have released the Superpickers album on CD, though. Great stuff. The Emmons/Hicks twin stuff is pretty mindblowing, as is every note Phil Baugh plays. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 4 Jul 2006 2:42 am
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| Another item that may be of interest regarding Ralph's unique tone, the interview I spoke of in an earlier reply also mentioned that prior to delivering a new guitar to Ralph, Sho-Bud would rewind his pickups to the same specs as the pickups on his old Fender guitars. |
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Jerry Hendrix
From:
Manistee, Michigan, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Jul 2006 5:27 am
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And then there was Ralphs pedal steel that he had, before the Fender. The one that the guitar body just sat on the legs, not screwed-in, & sort of a coat hanger deals hooked-up to the pedals. Now this one had "that" sound. Now was the Fender guitar
pickups wound to the that guitars spec`s??.
Gess we better ask ol Ralph...Ol Jer.. 
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Rick Jackson
From:
Carson City, Nevada
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Posted 11 Jul 2006 12:08 pm
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| I have been wrong many times before, but my understanding is that Gene Fields always wound Ralph's pickups at Fender as he does now at GFI..Maybe Gene could shed some light on this....rj |
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