Paul Franklin playing a Sho-bud - recent vid
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Godfrey Arthur
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Wow. I stumbled upon this thread backwards, I found the clip on youtube and then checked to see if this all-star clip got talked about on the forum. Sure enough here is this thread. You guys don't miss much do you.
What a pleasant surprise to see and hear Paul playing a wood Sho Bud. A nice wood tone. I also sense Paul's struggling with the guitar he used, and appreciate his explaination his use of it and the difficulty at this gig, being the amp and/or POD first and then his experiences during the Sho-Bud-Emmons days with the Sho Bud's dynamics problems, having moved on to newer guitars that suit his style.
I was looking for a clip with Paul playing a wood Sho-Bud coming from watching clips of David Hartley playing his Sho-bud and then his aluminum neck guitars.
One can hear the aluminum neck tone when those guitars are used and we can sense that sustain the player is looking for to allow him/her to glide and play more changes after the pluck without much effort, as Paul's style shows, and it is because of that mass of aluminum among other parameters.
Aluminum necks, being the staple these days for session players who know the instrument inside and out, lends to the modern style of steel comping within a song, yet still have some trade-offs in tone vs all wood. Getting sustain at the expense of some tone in this case.
The sound of the wood Sho-Bud on the changes Paul played on By The Roadside, the always soulful call and response, endings, sure had a sweet tone. A combination of the classic tone we would hear on country songs way before aluminum necks, but with a modern player's touch. And Paul had to limit his soaring stretch, playing it safe due to the different sustain of the vintage instrument.
For as beautiful as steel music is, it must be frustrating to have limitations from the technology of the instrument.
Here's to future innovations in pedal steel construction to evolve the music. Combining the classic and the new.
What a pleasant surprise to see and hear Paul playing a wood Sho Bud. A nice wood tone. I also sense Paul's struggling with the guitar he used, and appreciate his explaination his use of it and the difficulty at this gig, being the amp and/or POD first and then his experiences during the Sho-Bud-Emmons days with the Sho Bud's dynamics problems, having moved on to newer guitars that suit his style.
I was looking for a clip with Paul playing a wood Sho-Bud coming from watching clips of David Hartley playing his Sho-bud and then his aluminum neck guitars.
One can hear the aluminum neck tone when those guitars are used and we can sense that sustain the player is looking for to allow him/her to glide and play more changes after the pluck without much effort, as Paul's style shows, and it is because of that mass of aluminum among other parameters.
Aluminum necks, being the staple these days for session players who know the instrument inside and out, lends to the modern style of steel comping within a song, yet still have some trade-offs in tone vs all wood. Getting sustain at the expense of some tone in this case.
The sound of the wood Sho-Bud on the changes Paul played on By The Roadside, the always soulful call and response, endings, sure had a sweet tone. A combination of the classic tone we would hear on country songs way before aluminum necks, but with a modern player's touch. And Paul had to limit his soaring stretch, playing it safe due to the different sustain of the vintage instrument.
For as beautiful as steel music is, it must be frustrating to have limitations from the technology of the instrument.
Here's to future innovations in pedal steel construction to evolve the music. Combining the classic and the new.
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