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Sorry folks, I think you'll find this band, though very cool, are miming to a pre recorded track. The big clues are the bass not being plugged in, the lack of a mute on the muted trumpet and...an elec ...

I suppose he could have used banjo strings to take the higher tension.

I use a metal bodied triolian with a nut raiser and I've just tried putting one of those old flat bars under the strings. It f ...

Hi David,
I think it's a good idea to look at all of Bennie's tunes for clues to the tunings he was using.

I'll have to go back and check "My Girl From the South Sea isles" but don't yo ...

Hi Mike
I spent a lot of time trying to work this out a few years ago and came to pretty much the same conclusion of the positions Bennie played as you did. I hadn't considered the use of a capo thou ...

Hi Kev,
Stacey Phillips has tab for this one in his book "the art of Hawaiian Steel guitar", though it's not exactly how Bennie Nawahi played it.
I tried to work it out a while ago but wa ...

Here's some footage of Tom Doughty with Australian classical guitar meastro Craig Ogden at their recent concert at Manchester Bridgewater Hall UK. Craig Ogden was so impressed with Tom's sound when th ...

BMG magazine has started up again:
http://www.cliffordessexmusic.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=17

That's a great price you paid there. My D8 came from Canada and cost twice what you paid and no legs Sad

.

The pickups seem to still have plenty of punch.

The tuner buttons disintegrated pretty ...

Gerry Hogan can be found here: http://www.steelguitars.co.uk/

Bill

Hi Alan,
I spoke to you last night on the phone about this and did a bit of research. I found this on Brad's page of steel:

Harmony

Harmony was at one time the largest American musical instr ...

As a general observation,I find that if I'm asked to play steel for someone outside of the usual country/Hawaiian field I approach it by listening to their music. I'll think of horn lines I can imitat ...

There are lots of different styles of reggae. I personally prefer dubb reggae to the more poppy Bob Marley style that you hear everywhere. My advice would be to let the Reggae musicians worry about th ...

Ah Brad, I think the penny is starting to drop with me. C6 is a tuning I'm not really familiar with. When I look at these string gauge charts they never seem to tell you what octave the notes are in. ...

Thanks Lynn,
as usual I've missed the obvious Embarassed

I thought I'd try these gauges - unless someone knows otherwise?

C E G A C E
.056 .052 . 022 .02 ...

Thanks Carroll.
I've got to be careful here. A dobro would take a higher tension of string than my guitar.
I found this string tension calculator:
http://mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html
but I ...

I have a K&S Weissenbourn copy that's not getting much use at the moment so I thought I'd tune it to C6 - CEGACE low to high,instead of the G tuning I usually use. What string gauges would anyone ...

[url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110276861155]There's one on ebay - Item number: 110276861155

Hi Robbie,
Bennett steels are made on the Wirral. I was told that he does do custom orders so it may be possible to contact Ron Bennett. I've heard good things about them, a friend of mine recently ...

Bump this one up - I want to know the answer as well Very Happy

Hi Bob,

It'd probably be worth you posting this question in the Note Cannons section of the Micheal Messer forum

http://michaelmesser.proboards7.com/

this site is dedicated to Nationals and t ...

Beautifully played Fred.
It's one of those tunes that can be played a hundred different ways and it still sounds great. Except when I played it for an exam at music college - it was very off putting ...

I got an email from Anthony this morning Basil, looks like he'll be contacting you.
Let us know how you get on with the chippy oil, I'm loosing money from gigging now with the price of diesel. Look ...

I've sent you a PM Anthony, but Basil's gear looks a lot better than mine. I'd take him up on the offer if I were you.

Bill

I love these arrangements Todd. I've done a few myself on tricone and I'm amazed at the variety of tone that can be obtained from the instrument. I love the rubato effect you've created with Magnetic ...

It came with the guitar which I won on Ebay. Sorry I can't help anymore, but I'm sure someone else will chip in. They must be fairly common though as I've got another one somewhere that was in a bag o ...

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Topic: Some great Hawaiian swing
Bill Leach Replies: 12 Views: 3568	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Nov 2015 6:07 am Subject: Some great Hawaiian swing
Bill Leach Replies: 12 Views: 3568	Sorry folks, I think you'll find this band, though very cool, are miming to a pre recorded track. The big clues are the bass not being plugged in, the lack of a mute on the muted trumpet and...an elec ...
Topic: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jul 2013 12:47 am Subject: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	I suppose he could have used banjo strings to take the higher tension. I use a metal bodied triolian with a nut raiser and I've just tried putting one of those old flat bars under the strings. It f ...
Topic: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jul 2013 1:05 am Subject: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	Hi David, I think it's a good idea to look at all of Bennie's tunes for clues to the tunings he was using. I'll have to go back and check "My Girl From the South Sea isles" but don't yo ...
Topic: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jul 2013 12:13 pm Subject: Tickling The Strings discussion (King Nawahi)
Bill Leach Replies: 53 Views: 26413	Hi Mike I spent a lot of time trying to work this out a few years ago and came to pretty much the same conclusion of the positions Bennie played as you did. I hadn't considered the use of a capo thou ...
Topic: King Bennie Nawahi
Bill Leach Replies: 11 Views: 3390	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:04 pm Subject: King Bennie Nawahi
Bill Leach Replies: 11 Views: 3390	Hi Kev, Stacey Phillips has tab for this one in his book "the art of Hawaiian Steel guitar", though it's not exactly how Bennie Nawahi played it. I tried to work it out a while ago but wa ...
Topic: Tom Doughty and Craig Ogden
Bill Leach Replies: 0 Views: 891	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 18 Jun 2012 5:48 am Subject: Tom Doughty and Craig Ogden
Bill Leach Replies: 0 Views: 891	Here's some footage of Tom Doughty with Australian classical guitar meastro Craig Ogden at their recent concert at Manchester Bridgewater Hall UK. Craig Ogden was so impressed with Tom's sound when th ...
Topic: Removed.
Bill Leach Replies: 27 Views: 4557	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Aug 2010 8:42 am Subject: Removed.
Bill Leach Replies: 27 Views: 4557	BMG magazine has started up again: http://www.cliffordessexmusic.com/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=17
Topic: National D8 Grand Console
Bill Leach Replies: 23 Views: 12398	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Apr 2009 11:50 pm Subject: National D8 Grand Console
Bill Leach Replies: 23 Views: 12398	That's a great price you paid there. My D8 came from Canada and cost twice what you paid and no legs . The pickups seem to still have plenty of punch. The tuner buttons disintegrated pretty ...
Topic: UK Sources for Strings, Steels, Fingerpicks
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 2014	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Oct 2008 11:18 am Subject: UK Sources for Strings, Steels, Fingerpicks
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 2014	Gerry Hogan can be found here: http://www.steelguitars.co.uk/ Bill
Topic: What is this ?
Bill Leach Replies: 1 Views: 1242	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2008 4:41 am Subject: What is this ?
Bill Leach Replies: 1 Views: 1242	Hi Alan, I spoke to you last night on the phone about this and did a bit of research. I found this on Brad's page of steel: Harmony Harmony was at one time the largest American musical instr ...
Topic: Lap/Reso tunings for Reggae Music?
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 6699	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Sep 2008 2:08 am Subject: Lap/Reso tunings for Reggae Music?
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 6699	As a general observation,I find that if I'm asked to play steel for someone outside of the usual country/Hawaiian field I approach it by listening to their music. I'll think of horn lines I can imitat ...
Topic: Lap/Reso tunings for Reggae Music?
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 6699	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Sep 2008 12:44 am Subject: Lap/Reso tunings for Reggae Music?
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 6699	There are lots of different styles of reggae. I personally prefer dubb reggae to the more poppy Bob Marley style that you hear everywhere. My advice would be to let the Reggae musicians worry about th ...
Topic: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Sep 2008 2:03 pm Subject: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Ah Brad, I think the penny is starting to drop with me. C6 is a tuning I'm not really familiar with. When I look at these string gauge charts they never seem to tell you what octave the notes are in. ...
Topic: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Sep 2008 11:01 am Subject: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Thanks Lynn, as usual I've missed the obvious I thought I'd try these gauges - unless someone knows otherwise? C E G A C E .056 .052 . 022 .02 ...
Topic: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Sep 2008 11:36 am Subject: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Thanks Carroll. I've got to be careful here. A dobro would take a higher tension of string than my guitar. I found this string tension calculator: http://mcdonaldstrings.com/stringxxiii.html but I ...
Topic: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Sep 2008 9:53 am Subject: Yet Another String Gauge Question
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 1737	I have a K&S Weissenbourn copy that's not getting much use at the moment so I thought I'd tune it to C6 - CEGACE low to high,instead of the G tuning I usually use. What string gauges would anyone ...
Topic: Anyone heard of a "GEBS" lap steel guitar.
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 2368	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Aug 2008 5:22 pm Subject: Anyone heard of a "GEBS" lap steel guitar.
Bill Leach Replies: 6 Views: 2368	[url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110276861155]There's one on ebay - Item number: 110276861155
Topic: Bennett Lap Steel, opinions?
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 6483	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Aug 2008 1:47 am Subject: Bennett Lap Steel, opinions?
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 6483	Hi Robbie, Bennett steels are made on the Wirral. I was told that he does do custom orders so it may be possible to contact Ron Bennett. I've heard good things about them, a friend of mine recently ...
Topic: Technique for replacing plastic tuner buttons
Bill Leach Replies: 9 Views: 2882	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Aug 2008 4:32 pm Subject: Technique for replacing plastic tuner buttons
Bill Leach Replies: 9 Views: 2882	Bump this one up - I want to know the answer as well
Topic: National - help!!!
Bill Leach Replies: 7 Views: 2750	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Aug 2008 4:30 pm Subject: National - help!!!
Bill Leach Replies: 7 Views: 2750	Hi Bob, It'd probably be worth you posting this question in the Note Cannons section of the Micheal Messer forum http://michaelmesser.proboards7.com/ this site is dedicated to Nationals and t ...
Topic: "Manhã de Carnaval" (Black Orpheus) on Weissenborn
Bill Leach Replies: 10 Views: 2527	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Jun 2008 3:54 am Subject: "Manhã de Carnaval" (Black Orpheus) on Weissenborn
Bill Leach Replies: 10 Views: 2527	Beautifully played Fred. It's one of those tunes that can be played a hundred different ways and it still sounds great. Except when I played it for an exam at music college - it was very off putting ...
Topic: Any U.K. steelers here?
Bill Leach Replies: 24 Views: 5632	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Jun 2008 5:09 am Subject: Any U.K. steelers here?
Bill Leach Replies: 24 Views: 5632	I got an email from Anthony this morning Basil, looks like he'll be contacting you. Let us know how you get on with the chippy oil, I'm loosing money from gigging now with the price of diesel. Look ...
Topic: Any U.K. steelers here?
Bill Leach Replies: 24 Views: 5632	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Jun 2008 6:49 am Subject: Any U.K. steelers here?
Bill Leach Replies: 24 Views: 5632	I've sent you a PM Anthony, but Basil's gear looks a lot better than mine. I'd take him up on the offer if I were you. Bill
Topic: A couple more Tricone arrangements...
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 1728	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Jun 2008 2:31 am Subject: A couple more Tricone arrangements...
Bill Leach Replies: 8 Views: 1728	I love these arrangements Todd. I've done a few myself on tricone and I'm amazed at the variety of tone that can be obtained from the instrument. I love the rubato effect you've created with Magnetic ...
Topic: Advice needed
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 3860	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 May 2008 2:21 am Subject: Advice needed
Bill Leach Replies: 13 Views: 3860	It came with the guitar which I won on Ebay. Sorry I can't help anymore, but I'm sure someone else will chip in. They must be fairly common though as I've got another one somewhere that was in a bag o ...