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 Topic: Square neck guitar upgrade |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 6 Views: 2062 |
 Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Sep 2021 5:51 am Subject: Square neck guitar upgrade |
| Or you can have Ben Bonham build you something like my Myrtle/rosewood tricone...check out his instagram page of past projects ....why not have the instrument of your dreams now, for the same price a ... | |
| Topic: Major Chord Tunings and Minor Chords |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 14 Views: 8734 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Sep 2021 4:42 am Subject: Major Chord Tunings and Minor Chords |
| It would be interesting to learn how other players are exploiting simple tunings to solve complex harmony problems.
Alan— I play on one of the same tunings as you (L-H eGBDGBD) on a 7-string ... |
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| Topic: Reentrant Tuning |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 41 Views: 17609 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Aug 2021 6:44 am Subject: Reentrant Tuning |
| 1) Useful chord extension “out of the wayâ€. Keeping the 6, 7 or M7 tonally above the root, easy to use, but also easy to avoid. This is what I’m doing with my current tuning, bDADF ... | |
| Topic: Tonight’s gig livestream 7pm |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 2 Views: 1102 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Aug 2021 7:06 am Subject: Tonight’s gig livestream 7pm |
| Goldurnitt, missed it!
But it seems that the stream is still available…do you happen to know for how much longer it can be accessed? Thanks, Dan and anyone else who might want to arrive ... |
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| Topic: Reentrant Tuning |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 41 Views: 17609 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Aug 2021 6:22 pm Subject: Reentrant Tuning |
| Would anyone currently playing/experimenting with a re-entrant tuning care to share an example or two of what you're doing with it? Video, sound, tab, etc…anything welcome… | |
| Topic: Bob Dunn & Jimmy Wyble 1941 - I Found a New Baby |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 13 Views: 2822 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Jul 2021 8:13 am Subject: Bob Dunn & Jimmy Wyble 1941 - I Found a New Baby |
| Here's a list of 115 songs with Bob Dunn on steel, from the mid 1930s to about 1950. Only a very few after the early 40s.
Here are 7 songs that I posting on my channel last year.All from 1939. ... |
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| Topic: Bob Dunn & Jimmy Wyble 1941 - I Found a New Baby |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 13 Views: 2822 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Jul 2021 5:16 am Subject: Bob Dunn & Jimmy Wyble 1941 - I Found a New Baby |
I appreciate the introduction to great sounds of the past which are unfamiliar to me 
PostPosted: 16 Jul 2021 7:05pm Post subject: I just ordered this, i have maybe six songs from him o ... |
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| Topic: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 42 Views: 11446 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jul 2021 5:22 pm Subject: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
| Inspired by its mention in this very thread, I ordered a copy of 'Kealoha's Modern Harmony Method for Hawaiian Steel Guitar' (1935) and it arrived all the way from Australia a few days ago!
As sta ... |
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| Topic: Todd Clinesmith still making bars? |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 6 Views: 2015 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jul 2021 3:31 am Subject: Todd Clinesmith still making bars? |
| Don't know about the past few weeks, but I ordered and received one a couple of months ago. He's also responded to emails more recently. Don't give up - he makes a really good bar.
Ditto: I also o ... |
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| Topic: Danny Boy ( Londonderry Aire) - Resonator Guitar Solo |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 3 Views: 1595 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Jun 2021 5:43 pm Subject: Danny Boy ( Londonderry Aire) - Resonator Guitar Solo |
| Have been admiring your performance(s) (and not just because of the name in the song title)!
Such tasty and varied chords to accompany the flowing melody…I think you've inspired me to try tu ... |
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| Topic: Weissencone Build |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 12 Views: 3131 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jun 2021 6:07 pm Subject: Weissencone Build |
| Ditto, ditto, ditto!
Oh, and after you post the sound clips please have it delivered to my local music store so I can at least try it out. Look forward to it, Thanks, Dan  |
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| Topic: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 42 Views: 11446 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jun 2021 4:54 pm Subject: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
| Joe A. Roberts wrote:
Allan, if you are back to a 7 string open G, perhaps you could throw a reentrant F string on string 7 (or 6) and try the Kealoaha tab pages above. I am very curious about t ... |
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| Topic: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 42 Views: 11446 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jun 2021 5:46 am Subject: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
| I recommend highly Guy Cundell's thesis and his other great academic work and transcriptions for anyone interested in the evolution of tunings in the 30s.
If I recall correctly, he gets into the ne ... |
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| Topic: Clinesmith Joaquin was just delivered |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 13 Views: 4394 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Jun 2021 12:47 pm Subject: Clinesmith Joaquin was just delivered |
| A beauty!
Happy Honeymoon  |
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| Topic: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 42 Views: 11446 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Jun 2021 12:42 pm Subject: Dominant 7th Tunings: anybody still using them? |
| In both of my primary learning methods from the same time period (late 30's), Alvino Rey's 'Modern Guitar Hawaiian Style' and the 'Gibson System for Hawaiian Guitar' (I think also written by Mr. Rey, ... | |
| Topic: New release out today, Keepin' It Real |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 27 Views: 5782 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jun 2021 10:33 am Subject: New release out today, Keepin' It Real |
| Greetings from Central Jersey!
So far I've listened to it between 5-10 times all the way through and love it! From my listener's perspective, it is a coherent next step after 'Steelonious' and a fu ... |
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| Topic: Surf and Steel - Kai Winding Spinner |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 16 Views: 3348 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Jun 2021 6:06 am Subject: Surf and Steel - Kai Winding Spinner |
| I'll have what you're having....
All you have to do is walk hard, Peter: https://youtu.be/f_1mxNtLCK0 |
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| Topic: Surf and Steel - Kai Winding Spinner |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 16 Views: 3348 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Jun 2021 3:19 am Subject: Surf and Steel - Kai Winding Spinner |
| The musicians were secretly recorded as they were waiting for Brian Wilson to show up for the Pet Sounds Sessions while he was off on his search for an army of 50,000 didgeridoos |
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| Topic: Book of lap steel, page one |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 6 Views: 2686 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Jun 2021 4:08 am Subject: Book of lap steel, page one |
| ...and seemingly page one of the book of blues slide guitar in america, too!
https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/06/the-forgotten-story-of-how-hawaiians-transformed-american-music/ https://www.smit ... |
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| Topic: Marcel Bontempi - steel guitar showmanship! |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 9 Views: 2306 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 May 2021 3:43 am Subject: Marcel Bontempi - steel guitar showmanship! |
What the...?! Who the...?! When the...?! Where the...?! 
Delightfully disorienting in most time/space dimensions!  |
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| Topic: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 7 Views: 1869 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 May 2021 1:32 pm Subject: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
| There's a reason why an aluminum alloy has been used for 92 (?) years.
Can you actually see spin marks in those cones or are they stamped? Curious. Good luck. They were spun. The lines wer ... |
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| Topic: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 7 Views: 1869 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 May 2021 3:37 am Subject: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
| I know that Paul Beard has "chucks" for the National cones. He's occasionally done some customization in the past.
I don't know if this translates to something he can do so..best to rea ... |
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| Topic: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 7 Views: 1869 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 May 2021 9:57 am Subject: Odd sized replacement cones for tricone |
| Months ago I started my lap steel adventure by buying a John Morton 7 string tricone resonator on this very forum. I was told by the seller that it takes the standard National replacement cones, which ... | |
| Topic: Manoloff's "Electric Hawaiian guitar Method" |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 8 Views: 2488 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 May 2021 4:36 am Subject: Manoloff's "Electric Hawaiian guitar Method" |
| Sebastian,
Let us high bass A players know how good (or not) this method is, ok?  |
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| Topic: Shania Tune 6 string E A D G B E Tuning |
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| Dan Koncelik Replies: 19 Views: 5027 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 May 2021 5:52 am Subject: Shania Tune 6 string E A D G B E Tuning |
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PostPosted: 6 May 2021 8:25am Post subject: Thanks, Bill. No slants, just pulls... Now my head is spinning the other way! My head is spinning BOTH ways I was wondering th ... |
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