Jerry Douglas playing a Cole Clark steel

Mike Ihde · Post by **Mike Ihde** » 14 Aug 2009 2:53 pm

Wow!

http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/2009 ... l_Jam.aspx

Fontaine Burnett · Post by **Fontaine Burnett** » 14 Aug 2009 5:09 pm

A great sounding axe in the hands of an absolute master!! Thanks for posting that link Mr.Ihde! I'd like to hear you playing one of those too...now THAT would be a real treat!

FB

Mark White · Post by **Mark White** » 15 Aug 2009 5:21 am

Looks like he's using a Red Bear type thumb pick and Perfect Touch finger picks. I'd like to hear a demo of the Cole Clark with a horseshoe pickup. Amazing player that guy

Thanks for posting.

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 15 Aug 2009 8:08 am

I was surprised when he mentioned it has double humbuckers, because you only see one at the nut. But if you look closely you can see the pole pieces for the neck humbucker sticking up through the fretboard between the 16th-18th frets. Very interesting. It has a very mid-rangey hollow-body archtop sound. This is like the Gretsch 6120 of lap steels.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 15 Aug 2009 8:18 am

David Doggett wrote:.................if you look closely you can see the pole pieces for the neck humbucker sticking up through the fretboard between the 16th-18th frets...................It has a very mid-rangey hollow-body archtop sound...................

And in fact you can see those pole pieces sticking WAY up at more level camera angles.

and re: the middy sound, if that is indeed an onboard graphic eq, it appears to be accentuating this timbral signature.

Great clip. I've been sleeping through any discussions of Cole Clark. Time to google & catch up.

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 15 Aug 2009 12:26 pm

I'm amazed at how much he picks with his ring finger (no pick!)