The Steel Guitar Forum

Posted: **10 Apr 2002 10:11 pm**

Greetings y'all...
Noodlin' is a funktion i learned here on the Fo'rum. Unfortunatly, Noodlin' don't show up here too often. So i would like to kick it 'round a bit.
Considerin' i don't have any courses on Speed Pickin, i've used Noodlin' to keep me goin' and findin' pockets and such.
How many of you use Noodlin' as Therapy ?
Steel lost in the sauce...

[This message was edited by CrowBear Schmitt on 13 April 2002 at 12:29 AM.]

Posted: **10 Apr 2002 10:44 pm**

CrowBear , I think you have been into to much of that good French Wine again.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 8:37 am**

Since I started learning and playing steel, it has been therapy. Even better when I play out with a pickup band every now and then. But just sitter at home and fooling around, THAT is good therapy.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 8:38 am**

What the #@§+ IS "Noodlin´"

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 8:51 am**

If CrowBear does indeed live in France as he claims, then it must be the part where Beldar and Prymaat come from.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 9:25 am**

Ohhhhh! Mepps! Mepps!

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 1:37 pm**

I find drumming to be good meditation therapy.

Steel takes concentration and very deliberate movement. Drumming works best when you don't concentrate or think about what you're doing.

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<img align=right src="http://b0b.com/b0b.gif" width="64" height="64">Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (F Diatonic) Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6)

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 4:20 pm**

Noodlin' used to mean something different than playing steel.[This message was edited by Dave Birkett on 11 April 2002 at 05:21 PM.]

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 5:57 pm**

Noodlin' is what you used to do between songs to get the singer pissed off.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 6:28 pm**

I find Steelin good therapy for the exact reasons b0b says it's not.

The "concentration and very deliberate movement" and many other factors involved in playing make it impossible for me to think about whatever hassles on on my mind that day.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 10:13 pm**

I agree with Joey to a certain extent. When you just sit and play without thinking, I have come up with some of my best fills and moves. Now, on the bandstand, that's a different story. But I do enjoy just noodling, (BTW, that is a Jeff Newman term I heard on one of his videos) I come up with some neat stuff for myself.

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 10:20 pm**

Thanx 4 the replies guys !
indeed French wine is one of the reasons i chose to live here.
Steelin' is like Drivin', and i don't mix Alkihol w: either.
Wine generaly accompanies a meal.
Now who is Beldar + Prymaat ?
Hercules, Pyrene, and Roland are the local heroes down here in the PairO'Knees.
Now back to the subject.
Noodlin' helps me stretch out, and discover things.
Keep 'em comin' guys...

Posted: **11 Apr 2002 11:26 pm**

Beldar and Prymaat are fictional characters who speak in strange and amusing ways. They claim to come from France.

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 2:44 am**

....and they have sex by throwing rings on each others bald, bullet shaped heads....oooh baby

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 7:10 am**

I'm kinda curious with all this talk about therapy and playin' steel. Does this mean steel playing is therapeutic? Or just that steel pickers generally need therapy??

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 7:44 am**

A number of years ago, I was suffering from some severe depression. I was visiting a neighboring town and discovered a pretty decrepit Emmons LDG in a music store. I bought it and proceeded to disassemble it and recondition it. This was my therapy to getting over my depression. My wife didn't think I needed the LDG but I said: "Honey, it's cheaper than a psychiatrist". So I guess I'll have to say that the steel guitar helped me to regain my sanity.
Uff-Da!

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 9:16 am**

Just what was it exactly, Erv, an Emmons LDG or a Sho~Bud push-pull?

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 9:59 am**

Joe:
You got me! It was a Sho-Bud LDG. I do have an Emmons "Loafer" though. Singe neck on a double frame. Both great guitars!

Uff-Da!

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 12:02 pm**

Playing steel does take my mind off other things, but it doesn't make me "lose myself" like my hand drum does. Drumming puts me in a very meditative state, far from worldly concerns. Noodlin' on steel doesn't quite do that.

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<img align=right src="http://b0b.com/b0b.gif" width="64" height="64">Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (F Diatonic) Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6)

Posted: **12 Apr 2002 2:36 pm**

What's a "Hand Drum"?

is it a Banjo?

Posted: **13 Apr 2002 6:53 am**

I've heard of a frame drum, which is like a banjo with no neck or resonato, a bit bigger in diameter. I guess it'd be a J200 banjo if it were to ever be a banjo.

Posted: **13 Apr 2002 7:04 am**

Forgive my ignorance.
A Google search for "Hand Drum" provided tons of info on all types, even "Hand Drum Tab"..

No "Hand Drum Forum" (yet).

"Everybody's ignorant, only about different things." - Will Rogers

hmmmm, you could make that thing into a banjo..

[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 13 April 2002 at 08:05 AM.]

Posted: **13 Apr 2002 7:35 am**

Actually, this is my new theraputic toy.

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<img align=right src="http://b0b.com/b0b.gif" width="64" height="64">Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (F Diatonic) Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6)

Posted: **13 Apr 2002 11:06 am**

To further clarify Earnest's post...

Beldar and Prymaat are the "ConeHeads" from Saturday Night Live.

Posted: **13 Apr 2002 1:30 pm**

My daughter watches a program called PB&J Otter and whenever they want to get an idea, the do a "Noodle Dance". Maybe this is what noodling is.

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