What Other Instrument Do You Play Best?

Keith DeLong · Post by **Keith DeLong** » 24 Feb 2007 12:43 pm

Probably in this order:
Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar
Dobro
Mandolin
Fiddle
Harmonica
Button accordions, incl. Cajun
Pedal Steel
Piano

Dennis Schell · Post by **Dennis Schell** » 24 Feb 2007 2:04 pm

Guitar(s) would head my list followed by bass. Then comes mandolin, 5 string banjer and fiddle. Sadly, PSG brings up the rear since I'm a rookie at it....(But I DO spend the most "quality time" with my steel...

)

Dennis

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 24 Feb 2007 8:37 pm

It's a toss up between mandolin and bass, electric and acoustic.
I likely play electric bass best comparatively,
and I work most on it.
but mandolin is in a different than typical style a lot of the time.
Guitar is in there somewheres too. But some drums and percussion, harmonica.
I have recorded on irish whistles, occarina, flute and sax back when,
and oddities like, spoons, carrilion and chimes.

Frank Welsh · Post by **Frank Welsh** » 25 Feb 2007 11:52 am

In order:

Guitar
PSG (Universal)
Non-pedal steel
Tenor Banjo
Plectrum Banjo

I mess around with Irish Bouzouki, mandolin, and electric bass. I love all fretted string instruments. but find that too much "messin around" takes away from my time on guitar and steel.

Can't do everything with only 24 hour days!

Sigi Meissner · Post by **Sigi Meissner** » 26 Feb 2007 2:14 am

I play Steel and Telecaster in a Countryband
I play also 3 pieces with the mandolin

I play best: Guitar
then el bass
then steel
then mandolin

Greetings from Switzerland

Tony Russell · Post by **Tony Russell** » 26 Feb 2007 2:38 am

These are the ones I have been paid to play.

Guitars (ac. & elec.)
steel (Dobro, lap & pedal)
English concertina
Northumbrian Pipes
mandolin family
button box (Cajun, Tex-mex)

These ones - paid not to play!
old timey banjo
ukeleles.

Tony.

Russ Rickmann · Post by **Russ Rickmann** » 26 Feb 2007 6:59 am

Bass, guitar, and 5 string banjo. Russ edited to add 5

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 26 Feb 2007 8:23 am

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BJ Jenkins · Post by **BJ Jenkins** » 27 Feb 2007 4:52 pm

b0b... I used to be a real virtue-Oh So on the Banjer and the Git-tar !!
Highly intelligent with my pickin !

Michael Strauss · Post by **Michael Strauss** » 27 Feb 2007 5:33 pm

21% are bass players. I guess there's hope for me to really learn to play

Tom Sullinger · Post by **Tom Sullinger** » 27 Feb 2007 5:59 pm

I am one of the 21% that checked off as a bass player (40 years)
I do also double on rythem and I did in the past a few years ago played double tenor steel pan drums (Carribean sounds).
That was fun. I do have the PSG but play it less than the others.

Corky Anderson · Post by **Corky Anderson** » 11 Mar 2007 9:15 pm

I started out on drums back in 1969, did that for a couple of years, then I started playing bass and worked in a couple of screaming rock bands. However, my Mom and Dad's buck owens records finally took over and I bought a tele and spent ten years learning don rich and roy nichols licks. I picked up the steel in 1983 and eventually got the odd gig. Then in 1986 I got a real good gig playing steel and I havn't looked back since. I get hired mostly as a steel player, but I quite often get hired because I play guitar too. I also play a little 5 string and dobro as well as lead and harmony vocals. Steel is my first instrument hands down!

Emmons D-10 Nashville 1000/400 American standard tele and fender twin with boss pedals Lexicon mx 200

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 12 Mar 2007 10:31 am

Guitar & Trombone

Jan Viljoen · Post by **Jan Viljoen** » 16 Apr 2011 5:59 am

Bob,

I play various instruments depending with whom I gig:

guitar, mandolin, tenor sax, pedal steel and lap steel.

Groetnis!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 16 Apr 2011 8:59 am

steel
dobro
guitar

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 16 Apr 2011 9:24 am

Every once in awhile, I might play keyboards by ear with one hand, but the steel guitar is my main instrument. I don't play keyboards a lot now, though.

Brett

Tracy Sheehan · Post by **Tracy Sheehan** » 16 Apr 2011 9:52 am

Made my living for 50 years playing steel but played fiddle/violin best.

Rick Campbell · Post by **Rick Campbell** » 16 Apr 2011 10:23 am

I play several instruments...... all equally bad.

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 16 Apr 2011 11:05 am

Electric Spoons..

Ronnie Boettcher · Post by **Ronnie Boettcher** » 16 Apr 2011 12:08 pm

Started out on trumpet at 7, in the school orchestra. Then added french horn, and self taught guitar. Gibson J45, and had a 58 fender strat (in mint condition) walk out of my house. Since 1963, it was 5-string bluegrass banjo(sorry b0b). Then in 66, added my D-28. Got a used fender 400, till I figured it out that it helps to have knee levers. Added my LDG in 77, and a electric bass. Also have a fiddle, and what I play on that is screeches. Can't seem to get the hang of it. Still have all but the fender 400. Used it to help buy my LDG. Oh, and for some information, Martin said they no longer guarentee their guitars if it's over 40 years old. I had to pay for a repair of a bridge.

Jim Snowman Mitchell · Post by **Jim Snowman Mitchell** » 16 Apr 2011 8:12 pm

Jeff Spencer · Post by **Jeff Spencer** » 16 Apr 2011 9:46 pm

Guitar, Resophonic lap, lapsteel, Pedal Steel, Bass, Uke, harp, Mandolin, Spoons

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All badly however

Mike Schwartzman · Post by **Mike Schwartzman** » 16 Apr 2011 11:16 pm

Bass here for lots'o years. 6 string guitar as well...only 3.5 years on pedal steel. I'm hoping (and practicing) to be halfway decent on pedal steel prior to pushing up daisies...if not, I'll have a wonderful time trying.

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 17 Apr 2011 4:05 am

5 string banjo, blues harp, resophonic guitar, mandolin, guitar, bass.

Note to banjo detractors: Remember, one of the most widely studied books on pedal steel instruction was written by two award winning banjo players (Winnie Winston and Bill Keith).

Storm Rosson · Post by **Storm Rosson** » 17 Apr 2011 6:18 am

Bass, 6 string guitar

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