The Steel Guitar Forum

I've converted some of my recordings to MP3 format and posted them for people to listen to. There are 8 original tunes at:


http://soundhost.net/b0b/radio

Also, there are 4 gospel tunes at:


http://soundhost.net/b0b/gospel

None of this is new stuff, but it's the first time those originals have been made available online. Hope it doesn't bog down the web server!

Thanks for listening, folks.

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<small><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 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 20 February 2003 at 08:53 PM.]</p></FONT>

b0b, verrrrry nice work....thanks for making it available! GENE

Good job, b0b.
I know that you play bass, but did you do the guitar also?

Bob, what tunings did you use on sage brush shuffle and was some of that band in the box. The steel sounds real nice, which non pedal steels did you use? Thanks

Okay, here are some details:

Four of the originals (including Sagebrush Shuffle) are from my Quasar Steel Guitar CD. They are all on my Extended E9th tuning, which was slightly different in 1995 from what it is today. You might notice the use of a G# to A# pedal, which I no longer have. The guitar was a keyless 1983 Sierra Crown.

The other four originals are from the (out of print) Diatonic Adventures project. I used my unique F Diatonic tuning for those, and recorded them in my living room. The guitar is a 1978 Sierra Olympic.

None of the tunes used Band-In-A-Box. Aside from the drums on two of the Diatonic tracks (which I sequenced), all of the tracks are live musicians. I only played steel - the other instruments were played by my friends.

The gospel tracks were played on my current guitar, a 1996 Sierra Session tuned to Extended E9th. I double tracked them, adding chord pads after I laid down the lead track. There are no other instruments. I used a Peavey Tubefex preamp, and went straight from that into the recorder.

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<small><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 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax

b0b! Nice job! Several months ago I wrote to you in effort to see if such an addition might be made to your already fine Forum and you explained it could overload your server or whatever..............and that your program was not origonally set-up to handle audio tracks. (I appreciated your comments)
But at this point, might it be possible to adjust the set-up.
It would be really nice to be able to hear Forumites from around the world while we're busily lurking, viewing or responding to posts on this wonderful site.
Lot's of firms have music accompanying their web pages. It would be really nice to be able to enjoy a similar feature here on the Forum. Feature one member, either one tune or 7 tunes, during a one week span.
I know I'd enjoy it and it would certainly give us something to do while we're waiting for pages to download or whatever. How do the rest of you feel about this? What a way to become better acquainted with those we correspond with on a regular basis. A post; a photograph; and now a featured artist each week. Great plan!

I wouldn't want music playing automatically while I'm on the Forum. I'm almost listening to the Opry archives, SteelRadio, or a steel CD while online. Having a list to choose from to listen to when I want would be just fine.

Very nice b0b

I would like to hear some clips of the Sierra
8 string lap. Can you play something Hawaiian on it??
You are one of the few people I admire when it comes to breaking "new ground" in that you are not afraid to stick out your "neck" and try something different. Don't you ever stop!

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I've only recorded once with the Sierra Laptop, Roy, and I'm not happy with my performance on that track. The guitar sounds wonderful, but my hands weren't doing too well that day.

Maybe I'll do a demo on it sometime, just for the Forum. When I have some "spare" time.

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<small><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 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax

b0b
Anyone I know on these tracks with you??

John Millar, Rich Rottman, Sandy and Lenny Nelson, Fred Campbell, Dan Smith, Tom Bischoff, Lou Wray, Bucky Buckingham, Ed Wray, John Fleischhauer.

Whoa! Your making me homesick!

Lou and Bucky wrote "Old Toby" and played on it. Lou is my sister. Ed Wray is her ex-husband. He played guitar on "The Great Pyramid". The others are all Sonoma County musicians.

Real nice!!!!!!!!! I love your tone too. Real pretty progression on that extended tuning .

Very tasty and most enjoyable. I hate to tell you, but the tone on your pedal guitar is exactly to my tastes ! (So many pedal players use that shrieking sound which is very irritating). You are a very fine musician Bob!

Bobby,
That tone is to die for. Hope some day I'll be a fraction as good as you. AWESOME!!!!!!!
Gonna go burn my steel. No, just kidding. Gonna go practice, 'tho. Got me in the mood.
Scott

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Carter Starter
Peavey 212 Chorus
Crate Vintage 50
Regal Dobro
Dad's old Mongrel Tele
G+L L1000 Bass
Peavey Bass Rig
Assorted effects,etc.
Suzuki Keyboard

"Crooked River Band"

Great sounds. I am impressed by the bar movement and restrained use of pedals.

It made me want to pick up the steel guitar.

So I did, high in the air, but came to my senses in time to gently set it back down. Maybe with a few more years of practice I could qualify for a witch burning, tho I understand MADD has put a kink in those events.

Anyway, I enjoyed it very much. Ken

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MSA Hard learner psg
Earthquake raveged Peavey
$40 no name bass
Fender stratoscratched
Rusted mike stand
Assorted broken effects

Bob, what pick-ups did you use on the 96' Sierra?
Tony

Very nice playing and musicianship b0b. Your Amazing Grace captures the spirit of the piece perfectly, one of the best versions of it I have heard....IP

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<font color=red size=5>Great stuff!!!

Good going, b0b. Nice soft tone and big chords. Hope I can get my own Sierra sounding like that when I get my wierd tunings and pedal set-up finally finished.

Thanks for the compliments, everyone,

Tony, I think that the Gospel songs were recorded with the Danny Shields dual pickup, but I'm not sure. I didn't take notes that evening - I just sat down with the recorder and played.

All of the Quasar recordings were done with that pickup for sure, and the Diatonic tracks were done with a single-coil Shields pickup (the stock pickup for that '78 Olympic).

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<small><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 (C6add9), Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by b0b on 06 April 2003 at 11:52 AM.]</p></FONT>

That's some darn nice playing, b0b. Have you been playing a 12 string for a long time? I was wondering if the extra 2 strings take a long time to get used to. After playing a 10 string for so long, it would probably take me quite a while to get used to those 2 extra strings.......Regards, Carson<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Carson Leighton on 07 April 2003 at 04:05 PM.]</p></FONT>

I've been playing 12 string E9th for 25 years, Carson. I never really played 10 string until recently. It's not hard to go back and forth between the two.