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Topic: Blues / Rock Tune On Pedal Steel And Lap Steel |
Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 9:12 am |
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Time for a little change from the usual (and my favorite) type of music to something with a blues beat and some different sounds. There's two verses of Lap Steel, 2 verses of straight PSG, one verse of PSG with distortion and all the rest is lead guitars. The rock licks tacked onto the end were done on the PSG C6 neck with no pedals.
Steel Guitar Blues
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Bo Legg
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 11:09 am
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Greg
Sounds like you've got the hang of that blues thing. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 11:17 am
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greg...some good stuff...what tuning are you using on the lap steel?
you need to kick that drummer in the butt tho! |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 11:54 am
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Bo, I figured it would be a good backing track to have around and a lot of fun to play with.
Chris, the lap steel is a Rondo SX with E C A G E C high to low. I devitated from creating the drum track myself and used BIAB to drive my Boss DR-880 over a midi cable. I just added the intro and outro beat by hand. I am pry the only person left in the world recording with a drum machne but I like the sound of the Boss samples. I'll go kick the Boss right now!
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 1:34 pm
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cool..it inspired me to put a 6th tuning back on my rick..but i use a6 so i don't have to change my heavier strings...
drum machines are a tool and they work...i've used my alesis sr16 on recordings..tones are great, but takes a little thinking to program it acceptably.
not to slight you at all, i've listened to several of your offerings and am impressed with your command of licks and styles, on all of the instruments you play....feel that your groove is slightly stiff, probably due to the drum tracks...still way better than anything i've done...just trying to inspire you to perfection, cause you're almost there! |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 1:50 pm
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It's a little unnerving to create all the tracks and record it and mix it too. Not as relaxed as just sitting and playing while someone else runs the equipment while you find your groove. Most of the tracks are one or two takes and by then it just gets worse if you keep trying to improve it. Kind of like putting the 1st layer of mud on sheetrock and playing with it too much.
The lap stel is great to play in front of the TV or out on the porch. I don't find that having only 6 strings is at all limiting. There's always bar slants, string pulls and then the open string when all else fails. I've got a 12 string superslide on order so that will be a change of pace. It's supposed to be here in May.
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 2:53 pm
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Some people have emailed me about the "C6th" riff that's played from 5:21 to 5:25. I actually played that on E9th:
Just play E9th strings 4,5 and 7 starting at fret 18, then 17 , 15 ,13, 10, 9,8 6, 3.
No Pedals! It sounds a little cooler if you slide into fret 18 then play the descending part of it. Of course you can use bits and pieces of this progression all over the place!
You CAN play the same thing on C6th on strings 2,3 and 5 with pedal 6 (string 2, E to F):
Fret 17 then 16,14, 12, 9, 8, 7, 5, finishing at fret 2. Think of frets 2 and 14 with pedal 6 down being the G chord and you have a reference to work from.
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Danny Sherbon
From:
San Angelo, TX
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Posted 29 Apr 2008 2:59 pm Thanks
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| Thanks Greg |
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