The Steel Guitar Forum

J:

Possibly an old refitted and "amped up" Floroscope with raduim painted fret markers and a teflon coated Graphite CFC Fiber Bar. Increasing of the power would make bones more transpaarent.


"Each one of us being a Universe, Worlds are a dime a dozen."

-Eric West-

Years ago I had a set of albums of Manitas De Plata, who was Picasso's favorite Spanish Gypsy Flamenco guitarist. I worked out a few of his progressions and simpler licks. Beautiful stuff. Later it sure helped with my Dobro rolls. I probably could have been a good banjo player, but I decided to play musical instruments instead and took up Dobro and pedal steel.

I heard Tom Kaufman at the Maryland steel jam, and he was great. Lots of blind people play lots of instruments. With will and necessity they develop amazing abilities of hearing. But, for those of us who can, it seems to help to use the eyes and ears together, especially while learning. So I would think a brightly lighted fret board would be a good thing for people with poor vision. For those with good eyes but dim light, black-lighted flourescent markers might be nice. But for people with poor vision, they might need more - like really big fret markers along the lines of those playing cards with really big numbers. Put them on one of Bill's 45 degree front-mounted fretboards and they'd all set.

Steve,

Hardly anyone with an ounce of pride, would enjoy jocosity, even in its mildest form, if the taunting comes through as a form of misrepresentation. Further, any individual who tries to break the barriers of laity, by omitting trite expressions which have been heard for centuries, much like a parrot will grab for a select group of sounds from the English language, will never be criticized by me.

You promise to be concise, and then you see flowers everywhere, and out pops vocabulary that basically says I have too much to say about a given subject, using word choices that literally have the same meaning. Actually, if you saw the Uncle Remus movie, where the bunny escaped a thumping, by telling the bear how much he feared the brier patch, you will know how I truly felt after reading your reply to this thread. Your wittiness is most welcome. Thank you for taking me to class.

Bill H.

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Hankey on 05 May 2003 at 04:37 PM.]</p></FONT>

So it's seems either we need
to be blind,
light the fret boards some way,
or have a combination Pac-a-Seat with automatic stereo TASER Tuner attached and integrated porta-potty back-up for all the bile generated discussing the possibilities...

Or grow and train ears...

Zhotts; left fesse = Too Flat.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 05 May 2003 at 07:23 AM.]</p></FONT>

You're unique, Bill - I'll give ya that...

David D.

I appreciate your proclamation which reinforces the concept of variability. I agree that a much better visual perspective of the fretting, would offer benefits to those with impaired vision.

Bill H.

Steve F. My daddy always told me never to use a long word when a more diminutive word would suffice

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How do you catch a unique bird?

you don't ! jes' let him live free

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Steel what?

Unique up on him thilly....

No flies on me..

EJL