The Steel Guitar Forum

I vote we add the credentials next to the name as voted on by fellow forumites. Categories could include abrasive, stupid, talks a lot but never says anything etc.

Seriously though, one of the big things that keeps us in control is that everyone uses their real names and there are consequences to posting stuff that stays with your name forever. No hiding behind anonomity.

Greg

You don't really think I'm Richard Burton, do you??

that's what Liz told us
(among other things)


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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Hey, to quote a good friend, "I don't have to get drunk to make a fool of myself"


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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>wouldn't it be nice to be able to ascertain for one's own satisfaction whether the poster is a 3-week newbie steel player; a 40 year vet of rock & roll history and has never played anything but a Fender Strat or drums; or, has never played anything more complicated than a Victrola?
Saying "Who is the best" and who played the most wonderful passage and/or whatever.
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In a word, no, it wouldn't be "nice" at all.

As in so many other aspects of life, there are many things best left unsaid. Besides, with very, VERY few expections, "Them that got it don't talk and them that talk don't got it."

The only "credentials" I ever want or need to know are these:
(1) Are you sincerely interested in the world of the steel guitar and those who play it?
(2) Can you engage in a civil conversation in a public forum. If you can make me laugh, well, that's a big bonus for sure - I like laughing a lot - but it's certainly not a basis for a qualitative judgement.

In the past 50-some years this perennial new kid on the block has yet to meet a single person so inexperienced or ignorant that I can't learn something from them OR anyone who is so accomplished or brilliant that they can't learn anything at all from anyone else. That goes for all the various folks on the forum with whom I have or ever will disagree, I have great appreciation for the opportunity to ponder points of view which otherwise might never have occurred to me, provided that I am free to draw my own conclusions without somehow losing my "rank" or right to speak my own mind in the process.

Anyway, none of us is really anything more than a channel for the music, the product of the opportunities and choices that have been our lot in life. To think otherwise is the only true foolishness there is, so let's not start acting like some of us own more of the music than the others!

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<font size="2"><img align=right src="http://www.pdxaudio.com/dgsept03.jpg" width="114 height="114">Dave Grafe - email: dg@pdxaudio.com
Production
Pickin', etc.

1978 ShoBud Pro I E9, Randall Steel Man 500, 1963 Precision Bass, 1954 Gibson LGO, 1897 Washburn Hawaiian Steel Conversion</font>
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 13 January 2006 at 10:12 PM.]</p></FONT>

You got me there again, Dave I agree with all that completely!

"a 40 year vet of rock & roll history and has never played anything but a Fender Strat"

-Im only thirty eight! I'll be the first to admit that i NOTHING about steel, but i know alot about musicianship, amps, touring, making records, etc. i post because i have questions or in some rare instances that arent related directly to the PSG itself, answers. But yeah if i ever start tryin to tell you "whos best" or ANYTHING else about your instrument, feel free to tell me to shut up or better yet, just ignore my posts.