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  Topic: instruction material for 8 string steel
Bill Monk

Replies: 10
Views: 1405

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 28 Dec 2004 2:33 pm   Subject: instruction material for 8 string steel
The 2-volume Cindy Cashdollar Western Swing videos are good for non-pedal.

They're $29.95 each from Amazon. Or, I have a used set (with booklets) that I'm though with and have been meaning to post to ...
  Topic: What is the best thumb pick???????
Bill Monk

Replies: 44
Views: 6650

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 29 Jul 2004 9:34 am   Subject: What is the best thumb pick???????
>>I use Jeff's picks but in time they break in the bend. Is there a cure for this.


Paint the bend with a thin layer of superglue inside and out.

The same trick will rescue one that has started to c ...
  Topic: Things that could get a steel player fired....
Bill Monk

Replies: 34
Views: 3316

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 29 May 2004 7:24 am   Subject: Things that could get a steel player fired....
Cal -

From the "Leroy VanDyke application for work"

->welt-defined guidelines

Wow, that sounds pretty rough... http://steelguitarforum.com/smile.gif
  Topic: Steel Friendly Handtruck?
Bill Monk

Replies: 15
Views: 1973

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 11 May 2004 11:47 am   Subject: Steel Friendly Handtruck?
Tri-Kart 750. Carries 225 lb. but only weighs about 12.
Folds up to fit under an airline seat or behind a car seat - about the size of a briefcase.

Has stair-climbing rails, built-in shock cords, an ...
  Topic: Jeff Newman Passes
Bill Monk

Replies: 67
Views: 10885

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 10 Apr 2004 11:18 am   Subject: Jeff Newman Passes
My deepest sympathy goes out to Jeff's family.

I never met him and only talked to him briefly a few times on the phone, but from seeing and listening to him so much on so many of his videos, it feels ...
  Topic: Canned Pedal Steel?????
Bill Monk

Replies: 20
Views: 1926

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 13 Oct 2003 9:56 am   Subject: Canned Pedal Steel?????
Every so often the question appears here: "What do producers want?"

One positive way to look at this loop CD is that it's a real specific answer to that question, categorized for easy learning.

If a ...
  Topic: When BE split the pedal....
Bill Monk

Replies: 29
Views: 6582

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 24 Sep 2003 11:01 am   Subject: When BE split the pedal....
Hey Carl -

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if you can only play two notes in a 7th chord, the notes must be the 3rd and 7th tones of that chord.
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Doesn't that lick have all the needed pitches?

E-G# (1st & 3r ...
  Topic: maj7th chord? What you talkin bout' Willis?
Bill Monk

Replies: 53
Views: 14019

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 21 Jul 2003 3:40 pm   Subject: maj7th chord? What you talkin bout' Willis?
It's a bit misleading to say that a major 7th chord >has a minor sounding quality.

As the I chord in a tune, no it doesn't sound minor.

But if you were to just play a Maj7 all by itself, unrelated t ...
  Topic: PSG Twain "Tribute" CD - Who and Why?
Bill Monk

Replies: 20
Views: 2663

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 11 Jun 2003 9:13 am   Subject: PSG Twain "Tribute" CD - Who and Why?
From the same records company:

Steel Guitar Tribute to ZZ Top
[url=http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8699#title]http://www.cmhrecords.com/moreinfo.asp?cd_cat=8699#title

Among many other ...
  Topic: ? Paul Franklin - sitar steel on Players CD
Bill Monk

Replies: 11
Views: 2867

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 3 Oct 2002 1:12 pm   Subject: ? Paul Franklin - sitar steel on Players CD
That same sound is on Lee Ann Womack "I Hope You Dance", most noticably the fills right after the vocal comes in.
  Topic: Help - my B pedal/6th string is driving me crazy
Bill Monk

Replies: 4
Views: 2098

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 10 Aug 2002 3:56 pm   Subject: Help - my B pedal/6th string is driving me crazy
My 6th string raises and lowers have driven me crazy ever since I started trying to play.
Today I backed off the tuning nuts on everything that affects the 6th string except the B pedal, and here's ...
  Topic: Old Yamaha Digital RX 15
Bill Monk

Replies: 4
Views: 1218

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 30 Jan 2001 10:11 pm   Subject: Old Yamaha Digital RX 15
It's internal battery may be dead.

A lot of Yamaha products of that vintage had lithium batteries that were supposed to last about 3 years, but in fact they can last 10, 12, 15 years before finally d ...
  Topic: Danelectro delay
Bill Monk

Replies: 2
Views: 3301

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 23 Jan 2000 9:44 pm   Subject: Danelectro delay
I got one of themfor 6-string and the delay itself sounds fine, but it wasn't till I got it on a gig that realised just how much volume and tone it was eating, even when bypassed. Maybe they've improv ...
 
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