The Steel Guitar Forum

Went and seen THE Freedom Fest other nite and Slim Yamamoto was playin what read as an EXCEL, blue in color.Havent ever heard of it but may have read it wrong. He was backin Joe diffie,Tracy Lawerence and Mark Chestnut. Also who plays the red Carter with GEne Watson? THANKS KEnny Ray

Corky Owens is playing with Gene Watson. I saw them in Llano, Texas last month and Corky was playing a Franklin. He told me he had a new red birdseye mica Carter ordered.

That's Yamaguchi, but yes, he plays Excel...it's made him a hero in Japan...home-grown and all. Slim is a great player, and I've gotten to share the stage with him many times. Nice guy, no doubt.

Corky just became a forum member.

I guess the tests are getting easier.

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Slim does play Excel, I had the pleasure of working with him in 99 at the London Paladium with Mark Chestnut. Slim is a real gent and a genuine master of his craft.He played it through a Lexicon reverb and an Evans pre amp direct into the PA.

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Franklin S10
Fender Strat
Godin Tele

I knew Slim in Okinawa, when he used to play with Charlie Nagatani's Western Cannonballs band. He played well then and was using a Japanese Steel then. Nice guy,
good played and they had an excellent gal
singer with them. They played extended tours
of Okinawa because there were lots of Bases
there. Also saw Corky with Gene at Lawn, Pa
and he was really getting after that Franklin. TJH

i saw slim when we opened for mark chestnutt and noticed that slim plays 'lots' of the piano licks on the steel...i presume with a midi unit!
in one band i play with, the fiddle player is melvin fong....interesting names (slim yamaguchi) country western/eastern.