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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 5:00 am |
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| Hello to everyone on the forum! I have finally joined after years of forum enjoyment. I play pedals, lap steel, and the "Tapper", a pedal steel guitar with a raised fretboard that I can use the "tapping technique". It was designed by Ned Steinberger and Sierra and has a second compensated bridge, to help keep things in tune. My new website, to be added to, is: http://thetapper.org/. More to come. |
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Russ Wever
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 5:52 am
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Chris !!
Glad to see ya here . . .
I've wondered about ya but
Scotty had no current contact
info on ya.
~Russ
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Mike Neer
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 5:59 am
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Hi Chris, welcome. Do you have any sound clips we can hear?
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 6:36 am
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| Russ, I'll make sure Scotty has the info |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 6:38 am
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| Mike, Sound clips coming soon. |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 6:52 am
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Russ,
BTW,Hi, I've followed your posts over the years.
I have enjoyed knowing you and wish you all the best. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 7:32 am
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Doug Hello!!! Yes I remember. Great to meet up here
I saw you posted about the Emmons 8 string lap steel. I have one of those and even had Buddy carve his name, with a penknife, on the back. He did say that he had nothing to do with the design of the lap.
I also remember what a fantastic player Jimmy Roule (sp?) is. Let's visit when the opportunity arrises. I'd love to show you the Tapper.
BTW, Do you What ever happened to promoter, John Penny? Chris |
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Russ Wever
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Kansas City
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 8:22 am
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One thing about Chris that stands out in my mind is that back in the
early '90's Scotty had Buddy Emmons booked in to St Louis to do a
teaching seminar, I think it may have been a two-day seminar.
One of the local guys, who Chris really didn't know, wanted so
badly to attend but didn't have the funds ($100 if I recall).
That didn't stop him from attending, because Chris, who also attended,
took it upon his benevolent heart to pay the guys way for the seminar!
No small chunk of change, and all the moreso twenty years ago!
Welcome Chris.
~Russ
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 9:08 am
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Awww was it that expensive? It must have been from the pile of bills I made working at Scotty's.
Hey, that was a fellow steel player with a chance to attend a Buddy Emmons seminar. (Buddy really knows how to spin the bar). He had those sweaty palms and the odor from too much practicing. He played a brand "X" :0)
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 9:47 am
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| I will have some clips up on my website in the next day or so: http://thetapper.org/ |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 10:30 am
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| Clips will be up tomorrow. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 10:38 am
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| Peggy Green was one of my first teachers and I remember seeing/hearing Leo LeBlanc at the Blue Star in Saugus. |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 12:00 pm
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Hi Chris,
Do you recall vividly playing your lap steel in '83 at the J.W.'s (The Kelly Bar) on Pontoosuc Lake in Pittsfield, MA? I remember that PEGGY GREEN was there, and J.D.WALTERS. You left your tuner there, and I mailed it to you. It's good to see the names of people on this forum, that you can associate with faces. I haven't seen PEGGY in years.  |
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 1:33 pm
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| Bill, I remember you and greetings to you. Thanks again for sending me the tuner. I think I had been trying to go up three half steps without changing the string gauges. A little tense for the thin strings. (Tee Hee) |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 1:45 pm
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| Doug and Bill, did you have any doings with the Cobble Mt. Band- Pete Adams playing steel and my friend's cousin Walter singing? |
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 2:24 pm
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Chris, did you play with the late Gary Wayne Claxton while living in the bay area? I heard your name a lot. I think you already left town before I moved here?
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 2:34 pm
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Chris,
Pete Adams could answer questions pertaining to the former band called "COBBLE MOUNTAIN BAND", since he had been a member of that group. Pete plays great steel, and he is very active in BERKSHIRE COUNTY. You'll find him booked at The ITAM LODGE in Pittsfield, MA, usually every third Sunday of each month playing in a band called COUNTY LINE. He's hot on the steel! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 3:52 pm
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Oh yeah I saw that, I'll look at it again.
I also wanted to recognize the contribution of Joe Glaser of Glaser instruments. in Nashville, who handed me the fretboard which I installed with Tom Bradshaw in '92 (around that time), in Concord, CA.. Paul Franklin had been experimenting with that fretboard.
We installed about six or eight allen screws to adjust the fretboard height and foam underneath to exert upward pressure. |
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Zane King
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Nashville, TN
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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Posted 28 Sep 2012 7:11 pm
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| We'll speak next week. A great time to be out and about. Are you making it to Bald Knob? |
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