The Steel Guitar Forum

just jamming on some freddie king bues. sorry for the cheesy video and audio, but hey its the blues! strings dangling from the keyless tuner. never got around to cutting off the excess..lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKdeid_M ... re=mh_lolz

Have Mercy, Bill I'm lovin' that sound and pickin'. Mind sharing tuning? E 135, 135? Enjoyed it a lot.

Way cool Bill!!!

tuned like an "underarm" guitar! E A D G B E

many thanks!! just threw it up there warts and all. blues is fun..no matter what you do!

Bill Hatcher wrote:tuned like an "underarm" guitar! E A D G B E

many thanks!!

Really! So kinda like playing standard tuned 6 string with a slide?.... or are you getting the pedals in on the action? Great sound and execution there. Would you care to disclose any info on the guitar, electronics etc?

Thanks a bunch

oh yes on the pedals

its a little lite 6 guitar from jim flynn at lonestar steels. i made the body for it and sent the finished body out to him to add all the mechanics. i have had for a few years. just now getting around to messing with it. its got 6 floors and 5 knees. it's a work in progress, but i am liking it for some rock/blues stuff.

i wish i had warts like that
love the flying string ends
you must not have cats

Sounds great Bill. How do you have the pedals setup ?

Tony

Well done Bill

Eddie "PYS".

Tony Dingus wrote:Sounds great Bill. How do you have the pedals setup ?

Tony

havent got it settled yet, but one pull is the G to G#. that gives the 7 chord and one of the knees drops the D to Db. that gives a 9 chord and one of the floors pulls A to B and D to E...big E minor chord and some 5ths for rock and blues stuff.

Awesome, Bill! That's a great rendition of Hideaway. It's nice to See you play after all the years of enjoying your Audio clips!

thanks doug. as soon as i get a little better on this thing, i might even show my face!

Hey Bill,
I think that would have made Mac Atcheson sit up and take notice.

Kewl stuff.

Now come on over and show me some of those hot licks.

Bill

i miss mac!!!!!

Great stuff Bill!

Love it!

Wow. That was refreshing. Got me ready to go practice instead of watching TV all day. Thanks

Bill that's "effing" amazing. I take back every bad thing i ever said about you.

Actually, you know I never said anything bad about you, but I have said that I fail to see the reason for a 6 string pedal steel guitar, and now I have to take that back. You've proven that it is a viable instrument, and I humbly apologize to everybody who makes or plays one.

I know quite a few blues guitarists. I'm going to forward the link to all of them.

mikey!! thank you and all the rest of you guys too!

hope your blues brothers like it.

Wow! That's a mean blues machine you got there, Bill. Now I want one...

Nice work Bill

How does it sound comping with the track?

Bo Borland wrote:Nice work Bill

How does it sound comping with the track?

sorry about the sound. i need to work on the video/audio thing. the sound is just from the old rca camera i used so its not all that great.

in as much as how the guitar sounds, i like it a lot even though i have yet to install the back pickup on it. that is a seymour duncan little 59 in the front slot. its moveable so i can change the tone a bit on it.

i guess i will record another track and mix it and post it to give a better representation of the sound.
thanks for the interest.

you got that sucker smokin' Bill

Wow!

Knowing that you also tune your bass the same way reminds me of the old saying about shotguns...."Beware of the man who only shoots one gun" !!!

We still want to get you on a GaSGA show some day when you have time!

BC

Wow Bill, glad you finally stoked the boiler on that
little Big machine.
Please post more as you use more of the pedals and levers. Thanks for you friendship too!

Mike, thanks for the apology,but I wish at some point you could play one in the e9th and the C-6(8 strings).

They are really a blast, and sooooo much lighter.

Hey, Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!!!