The Steel Guitar Forum

Herb
Yes that tune,is played on E13(Mc auliffe).
The gadget i had on the center neck was a bigsby tone changer, that put my C#minor into
E9.
Im now working in a woodshop that restores high end furniture.
LEE

Hise hand changer was an original Bigsby factory option in 8 and the vary rare 10 string models-they can be used in three positions

Lee, I just wanted to add that you are one of the major influences on my starting to play steel guitar (you and Cindy) and I will always be grateful to you for that. I hope that you will record again, good luck to you.

Lee,

If you had a fan club, I'd be president. You made me the steel guitar junkie that I am today. The number one item on my christmas list would be any type of instructional video/book/cd/cd rom/lp/papyrus scroll from Lee Jeffries. Any thoughts about doing something along these lines ??

MW

Since we're all embarrassing Lee here, you might as well count me in as a huge fan! Still have the little piece of paper that Lee wrote a tuning on for me, must have been 5 or 6 years ago now. I think Lee was instrumental(no pun intended) in the modern re-emergence of the non-pedal steel.

Lee, I'm with Marc - if you did anything like that, I'd plonk my money down in a heartbeat.

Kerry

Ithink you guys are getting me mixed up with that Wakefeild fella?.
Joking aside thank you for the kind words.
I was very very lucky to have had made a living from playing steel and drinking to much.
Herb in answer to Q about slants on that tune, there are none.
The tone changer i had on the center neck, was for as i said the C#minor.
That may have misled you,its just another version of the E13(EC#G#F#DBG#E)high to low.
the other E13 i use is(EC#BG#F#DBG#).
The latter tuning is the one used on, in the steel of the night.
The first E13, i had the tone changer drop the C# to B.
What Paul is talking about in his post is a device that is in place of the bridge.
the Bigsby changer that i had mounted to the head stock, and was much more limited in function.
Chris i thank you for the non pedal comment"
But you know what, John Ely is realy the one.
Let me ask you guys a question? what would you like to see from an instructional video?
I saw Cindys video a couple of years ago, and thought it was excelent, i wish it had a been around when i opened the can of worms.
ALL THE BEST
Lee

Some of those E13 licks would make a great video, "Play along with Lee". Just listened to "Jumpin' from 6 to 6" the other day, I'm still impressed with your playing on that Lee. Lot's of riffs, not to mention great tone, and Speedy West-like sound effects. Fantastic intonation - this sounds like it should be a given, but on some of the new rockabilly and western swing stuff it ain't (including my pathetic playing).

Lee, did you use that Rickenbacker on that album? I still have the Country Cabin Boys 45 with a picture of that steel on the front.

Chris
Yes sir that is a Rickenbacker T8.
I am playing through Merle Travis Standel"
Which was loaned to me from R.C Allen, i still cant beleive it,.
Lee

I'd like to throw in my 2 cents here.I'd love to see some instructional video,perhaps showing some of the stuff from the Big Sandy albums.
Thanks Lee for being an inspiration to me and everyone.You've always been super nice and helpful to me.Great to see you on the Forum.
In case anyone is interested,keep your eyes on the Forum's Buy and Sell section,as I will be putting my T-8 Rickenbacker,like the one on "Jumpin' From Six to Six" up as soon as my dsl connection is back up in a few days.

Lee,

I agree with Chris that an E13 video would be great. There are already a number of C6 videos out there. I'd be happy to pay for a modest home video which would undoubtedly be easier to put together than the slick commercial stuff offered by Homespun, Hot Licks etc. Just set up your camcorder for about ten minutes a day and run through some of your solos. After you get about ninety minutes worth put it up on Buy and Sell right here at the forum. I'd be pretty surprised if you didn't sell out the first week.

MW

Lee, I liked Cindy's video a lot, but there's room for more. I'd like you to cover the steel from a more rock-a-billy perspective. Show some of your signature effects. Do a tuning other than C6th. I'm sure you could find a lot of buyers here on the forum, myself included.