A word of encouragement for other newbies.............

[Ray Montee]

I submit this item simply to show that with minimum equipment and a little expert assistance, one can hope to achieve a reasonably listenable work product.

It's done on an old seven string Rickenbacher Bakelite by way of an old FENDER Pro-Junior and a Holy Grail Reverb unit, Spanish Guitar strings, two Dunlop finger picks and a Golden Gate thumb pick with a bullet nose bar.

To hear it: http://Picosong.com/C9R7

[Andy Sandoval]

Love it Ray, your tone is wonderful.

[Alan Tanner]

Good stuff Ray.....we need more. Do you ever use BIAB for backing tracks???

[Roger Kelly]

Excellent touch and tone Ray!
You prove that with a lot of know how and very little equipment you can sound like Jerry Byrd.

[Clark Doughty]

Thanks Ray.......
Just shows to go ya, skill and ability trumps equip every time!
You are an exceptional player and thanks for sharing....clark...........

[Chris Templeton]

Super nice, Ray. I'm glad you are recording.

[Ray Montee]

MANY THANKS to you that chose to listen and comment.

Alan, these are BIAB tracks...........

Worked fine for me.

[Doug Beaumier]

Very nice, Ray!

[Jim Cohen]

Very nice, Ray. Now, what did you mean by "other" newbies...?

[Eric Philippsen]

I really, really enjoyed that. Very nice.

[Pete Burak]

Glad to see you are getting the hang of using PicoSong, Ray.
Sounds great.

[Ray Montee]

Thanks for the words.........
Had it not been for YOU I would never have realized such a service was available. Additionally, had you not been kind enough to do so, I'd never have figured out how to use it. Your friendship is very much appreciated.

By the way you are one heck of a standard guitar player. Quite impressed by what I heard the other day.

Do you have SKYPE?

[Pete Burak]

No Skype. I should probably put more energy into getting it working on my Laptop.
I am now thinking of using an Apple thingee called "FaceTime".

If you need any other help you can call anytime. If I can't pickup, I'll call you back.
Pete

[Stuart Legg]

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[Ray Montee]

What did you DO.......... to give this feeble attempt at playing that EXTRA 'punch' that it sorely needed?
Many thanks, as always, to you, my friend.

[Stuart Legg]

I just did it analog because I didn't want to download the Pico's suggested downloader. so after I added a few ukes and a Madeline and fatten the stereo it would have sounded great if I went digital completely.
I was just having some fun with it.
Bo said that makes him want to throw his pedal steal away get out his lap steel and take lessons from you.

[Daniel Policarpo]

That's great Ray! That's the kind of stuff that got me into steel guitar in the first place. Fantastic Tone! I use the Holy Grail unit as well. If used sparingly, I find the sound remains rich and the reverb itself is very pleasing. We have so many options these days, but nothing beats the "simple" chain of expression, working with what you got. Really good stuff, Ray.

[Donny Hinson]

Jerry would be proud!

[Alan Brookes]

"A word of encouragement for other newbies"
I would hardly have thought of Ray as ever having been a "newby", and certainly not after all those decades of great playing.
Another great performance from the Skipper.

[Rick Schacter]

I enjoyed that very much. Nice job, Ray.

Rick

[Larry Bressington]

Apparently my phone doesn't support system to play it, so until I get on the desktop I can't actually play it... but I know if it's from you Ray is Top notch. I love a man who can do a lot more with a lot less.