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Bob Carlucci

 

From:
Candor, New York, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 7:57 am    
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Looking for parts in the fork and spoon drawer when deciding to add a knee lever is a fair indicator of hackdom...

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Perry Hansen

 

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Bismarck, N.D.
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 9:08 am    
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Three whole licks, huh. What's a Lick???
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Mark Metdker

 

From:
North Central Texas, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 9:20 am    
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When someone from the audience comes up to you and says

"You shoulda heard that steel player that was here last night. Now THAT guy could play."

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James Morehead


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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 10:32 am    
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Hey Mark, What if you go find that steeler to watch HIM play?
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Mark Metdker

 

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Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 11:52 am    
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I thought you were there to hear Chris play with The Derailers! That's the only reason I showed up.

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James Morehead


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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
Post  Posted 25 Jul 2005 1:50 pm    
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Yeah, This cheap ole redneck got two for the price of one! HA!
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Bill Myrick

 

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Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
Post  Posted 28 Jul 2005 2:25 am    
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Several years ago I saw a man playing a gig with a piece of metal fastened across A-B & C pedals so they all went down at once ---Never caught on I guess-- havn't seen any more ----
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Bob Hayes

 

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Church Hill,Tenn,USA
Post  Posted 28 Jul 2005 7:03 am    
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Why would anyonw want to lick his or her a pedal?I've been pushin' & pushin' and still can get that guitar to move! Oh! The second neck is in case the first neck gets broke or tired!I keep polishin' & polisin' with my steel guitar rag ,and still can't get it!
No Mam'..those are NOT metal fingernails!
"HEY YOU" Are you gona do some ironing...or are ya waitin' fer the monkey to get here!!!!GGOSH..Why is it called a "NECK"?
"HEY BUDDY...Get Pedlin'..You're holdin up traffic"!!!!! It's called a"PUSH PULL" cause you can push or pull from either end or side!!How do you know which is the Top neck and which is the bottom??? "What kind of Organ is that"??? Lets see now....I put my left foot (toes) on those first and second foot pedals right there...and my right foot goes on that BIG accelerator lookin' thing.That makes the sound go up & down..or is it Louder or not so loud?.Then I put my right knee between thosebars that are hangin' down right....wait..ther's a couple more down next to them and one thats...no two thats looks almost horizontil...and then on the othe end theres some more.......Damned..Youve'got to be kind of like and orangatang to play this thig a ma jig. No wonder those people ar so WIERD!!!!
And So The Story Goes!
Grouchy
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Michael Garnett

 

From:
Seattle, WA
Post  Posted 28 Jul 2005 7:29 pm    
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My instructor was telling me about a rodeo gig he played many years back where he depended on the other guys in the band to load his stuff, and he met the group at the gig. They forgot his seat, which included his volume pedal, picks, and bar. He played the entire rodeo dance with a tire iron and a flatpick. And some chick took him home afterwards. Will the wonders never cease?

-MG
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Dave Grafe


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Hudson River Valley NY
Post  Posted 28 Jul 2005 10:32 pm    
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Quote:
I thought you were there to hear Chris play with The Derailers

Chris Miller the Portland boy?
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Pat Dawson


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Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jul 2005 11:10 am    
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3. You replace only the strings that break, and buy a dozen 17s 10s and 36s once every couple years.


Whew! I'm not a hack. I buy 18s, 11s, and 38s.



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Tim Fleming


From:
Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
Post  Posted 29 Jul 2005 5:28 pm    
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When you spend more time reading posts than playing...oops you caught me catching myself.
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Greg Vincent


From:
Folsom, CA USA
Post  Posted 11 Aug 2005 12:37 pm    
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Ernie Ball volume pedal.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 11 Aug 2005 3:34 pm    
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Worse, an old DeArmond volume pedal ....
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Charlie McDonald


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Post  Posted 11 Aug 2005 3:44 pm    
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Then I definitely qualify as a hack.

But when I get me a Goodrich, I'll be a pro.
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Dave Van Allen


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Souderton, PA , US , Earth
Post  Posted 12 Aug 2005 10:19 am    
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When someone from the audience comes up to you and says
"You shoulda heard that steel player that was here last night. Now THAT guy could play."



and you've been playing there all weekend...
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John Bresler R.I.P.

 

From:
Thornton, Colorado
Post  Posted 12 Aug 2005 11:41 am    
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You play a 4 neck fender steel, but 3 knecks are tuned exactly the same.

I knew of a famous picker did this!! Everyone thought he was really a showman pickin' on all those necks.


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Eric West


From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 31 Dec 2005 11:19 am    
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#2005a.

Being outraged at a backwater writer's characterization of Pedal Steel Guitar, and then being happy when he changes it....

Just a thought..


How about like with guitar players.

"Relic"ing a 5000$ guitar...



EJL
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Terry Edwards


From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
Post  Posted 31 Dec 2005 1:21 pm    
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You've been playing in your bedroom for 10 years cause you're still learning.

Terry

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Duane Reese

 

Post  Posted 31 Dec 2005 7:13 pm    
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When you have pulls that are out of tune, and you are so LAZY that you don't even bother to tune them, but instead just go up to you keyhead and run your string(s) a little bit out of tune in order to bring the pull(s) a little more in tune as a compromise...

And then you give up on that plan because you can't even hear what you are doing and it's now even worse (probably) and you just start playing anyway, hoping everyone is too drunk to notice.

Terry I hope you never have the misfortune of seeing this.

[This message was edited by Duane Reese on 31 December 2005 at 07:35 PM.]

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Howard Tate


From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 31 Dec 2005 10:32 pm    
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Will someone please post a sound clip of this lick, I can't seem to get the phrasing right.

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Brett Day


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Pickens, SC
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2006 12:18 am    
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If someone asks you "Could y'all show me how to play those thangs y'all call licks on the steel gee-tar? Ha!Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10

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Jim Walker


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Headland, AL
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2006 2:44 am    
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Usin' a pair of channel locks, a 3/8" drive extension, a 3/8" x 1/8" drive adapter, and a 1/8" drive deepwell socket to adjust the tuning nuts 'cause the tuning wrench rolled away somewhere never to be seen again...


Or the hack that you bought the axe from sold it in another auction.

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Jim Walker


From:
Headland, AL
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2006 3:30 am    
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Picture taken March 2001.



1. Ernie Ball Volume Pedal
2. Kitchen Chair.
3. 6 string guitar amp
4. 6 string guitar effects.
5. Ernie Ball Slide
6. No blocking
7. Brain: "%*#@&$><"


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Jim Gorrie


From:
Edinburgh ~ road works congestion capital of The World.
Post  Posted 1 Jan 2006 6:20 am    
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. . . When you play and sound like ME ! !
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