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Topic: Steel player on the Flying Burrito Brothers |
BJ Jenkins
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Dunn,North Carolina
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Posted 9 Dec 2006 8:52 pm |
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Can any of the brotherhood help with ANY information on the Steel Player on the Gram Parsons-Cris Hillman Group.I know that this stuff is old BUT I am hearing some licks that sort of stand out !!This guy is 'Pickin"
bj
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2006 8:56 pm
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Sneaky Pete Kleinow! He plays an 8 string Fender 400 with 9 pedals and tunes it to a B6.
Do a forum search. There have been lots of discussions about him.
Have fun. Dave[This message was edited by Dave Zirbel on 09 December 2006 at 09:00 PM.] |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2006 9:12 pm
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BJ - there are several of us around here who play old Fenders using the same copedent, and I just adapted it to a 10-string GFI as well. In addition to the 9 pedals (of which he only used 8 - #9 was sort of a "place holder" for his right foot) he installed two knees in the 70's. The guitar is an older (long scale) 400, heavily modified with two pickups (more at different times, including a MIDI system that never quite got going), all kinds of built-in electronics..but the standard Fender cable-pull system (with a few modifications to overcome the single raise/single lower limitation).
His copedent is listed on the forum's copedent page. It's somewhat similar to a C6 tuning, but with some E9-style changes. Really a very early universal tuning that works quite well for all kinds of music - no chromatic strings, not really a "speed picking" setup - but very musical and unique.
Nobody plays like Pete. There are many who emulate him and do a great job, but he's one of a kind. Also one of the nicest, most humble gentlemen you could ever meet.
The first and third Burritos albums, plus the Flying Again and Live in Tokyo recordings are some of his best commercial Burritos recordings, but there are a bunch of boots around where he just tears it up - makes the official releases look pale by comparison. Other nice work is his stuff with Linda Ronstadt, "This might be just a One Shot Deal" with Frank Zappa, and Jackson Brown's version of "Take it Easy", which might be his shining moment. In the early 70's it seemed he was everywhere at the same time on the west coast.
And music wasn't actually his "day job" all the time - he's a skilled stop-motion animator, working on the Gumby series, Terminator, Pillsbury dough Boy and many other TV and film projects. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 10 Dec 2006 12:14 pm
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| Jim..What is the sale length of a Fender 400?,thanks..Stu |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 10 Dec 2006 1:10 pm
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| Stu, It's 241/2" |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2006 5:00 pm
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| Or 23" for the 'burst '63 and later models. My 1000 is a long-scale; my 400 is a short scale, with added knees an a second pickup. |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 10 Dec 2006 5:06 pm
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Way to go, BJ..........letting these cableheads loose!!  |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 10 Dec 2006 6:23 pm
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If they get loose ... you just need a little solder ... 
Russ[This message was edited by Russ Tkac on 10 December 2006 at 06:24 PM.] |
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BJ Jenkins
From:
Dunn,North Carolina
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Posted 11 Dec 2006 8:11 am
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Guys, I thank you all for the information..
I went to the "Sneaky Pete" website and read that the guy in in a bad waywith his health,according to his family..
I hate to see anyone going through this .
I never realized that much of the stuff used in popular ads that I have seen were from the expert hand of Pete.He stood tall with this ole picker before.....He's standing REAL tall, now !
thanks again,friends. I'm gonna send him a note.
bj
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BJ Jenkins
From:
Dunn,North Carolina
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Posted 11 Dec 2006 8:17 am
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Had a glitch..Please excuse the double-whammy
bj
[This message was edited by BJ Jenkins on 11 December 2006 at 08:21 AM.] |
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