The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks, all!

Larry, I remember the 1964 Plymouth Valiant.. with the pushbutton shift on the dashboard!
I think I had whipped cream album too. I thought the cover was a little strange when I was young, but by the time I was a teenager I was amazed at how interesting it had become!

Doug, i know it has been said before but your playing is FANTASTIC, keep up the brilliant work and playing !!

that was very cool! like the low melody on the bridge!

Thanks for listening, Bill and Michael. I'm glad you like it!

I really enjoyed the surf tone you were going for. Nailed it. Going to have to try a pick now.

Thanks, Hal. Surf lives!

Nice flatpickin' Doug!

hello Doug!
you people in the forum are always a mine for me! I didn't know Herb Alpert before,
fantastic tune! and your rendition has a very pure tone
Andrea

Thanks Steve and Andrea, I had a lot of fun with this one. I like playing with a flatpick occasionally. The flatpick adds a certain "snap and pop" that's missing with fingerpicks. Works well for some songs.

I missed this the first time around, and sort of came across it by accident. So glad I did! I'm enamored of your tone and playing on this. Great job. I'm always looking for a good example of Supro tone (not too distorted). Wow---that's a big sound. Thanks for posting your signal/effects chain and recording particulars on the 'tube. I think I want a string though Supro!

Very nice!
Excellent sustain on that little guitar.

Thanks guys, yes, this little student model really growls! It's just a plank of wood with a crappy finish, short scale, one control (volume), no tone control, chipboard case. These sold for about $30 in department stores in the 1950s. That would probably be about $250 in today's money.

I think the Valco string-through pickup has a lot to do with the sound. A couple of things: I installed Rick Aiello's magnets in this guitar. They tend to bring out more mids and fatten up the sound a bit. The guitar did sound good and strong before I changed the magnets, but Rick's magnets broaden the tone somewhat. This guitar originally had a single magnet and a "dummy magnet" (a wood piece painted grey). Valco went to the single magnet in the late 50's, evidently to keep costs down, and the guitar sounded fine with a single magnet. Also, I'm using a Boss delay and quite a bit of reverb. Thanks again.