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Just wondering if any of you have any knowledge of this strange beast. [url=http://gbase.com/gearlist/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=537717]Click here and scratch your head!

I thought somebody might get a kick out of these:

[url=http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vintaxe_viewer.pl?cat_1956fender_page5&cat_1956fender_page5]click here

[url=http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vinta ...

Wow, I'm not familiar with a Hank version! I really only know (and LOVE) the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys version. Now I have to sift through my mound of records and cds to hunt this down...

Wow, Carl... thanks for the info! I'm going to have to try the "boowah" out myself...
And I'll keep listening...

JLL

Al: you're absolutely right. After a little bit more research I found that Leon Seago is the vocalist on "Born to Lose". I just ass/u/me/d that Ted was the singer. Arrgh! Sorry guys! I guess this coul ...

Is that incredible solo on 'Honky-Tonkin'" that Jerry Byrd does... that moan as the steel break begins... is THAT the famous Ricky moan that gets discussed so much here? I love JBs playing on this son ...

I've been getting really into these guys lately and have wondered if anyone has any firsthand experience of them "back in the day". Ted plays the steel on his recordings. I've been listening to his bi ...

Ray:
Please keep the site up. It is VERY easy to make this cross platform accessible. Email me and I will help you. I do this sort of thing all the time, and I can think of no better cause.
Regards,
J ...

Just being a 'devil's advocate' here; but when you extend this discussion to include the terminology variants (or etymological shifts) of other instruments, for instance of "violin" to "fiddle", etc. ...

You're right, Mark! And Gene, even if we go by a style as a prefix, i.e. Hawaiian steel, Western steel, Sacred steel, etc., we have to look at it and go, "Well, they're ALL playing steel guitars!"...
...

I didn't mean to imply that Hawaiian and acoustic steel music wasn't popular before the 40s, Tim. I meant to say that the synthesis you mentioned via Western Swing became "more than the sum of its par ...

It seems to me that the steel guitar that we *now* know became identifiable or unique from the 40s on. To my understanding and ears it is a unique synthesis of Hawaiian slide, bottleneck blues, jazz, ...

Oops!
BAD news: I meant "Roy" in my post (Roy Ayres). My apologies, Roy and Ray!
GOOD news: There's another cd at the above mentioned site that contains many radio transcriptions of Hawkshaw Hawkins ...

Thanks for the replies, guys!

I just received this from my friend Ken Hippler who runs a great internet radio show at live365.com called "Vintage Country" where I heard the Hawkins' record:

"Th ...

I just heard Hawkshaw Hawkins' "The Longer We're Together (The More We Drift Apart)" and really dug the steel part. It sounds to my (still learning) ears like Jerry Byrds's playing, especially the vib ...

Has anyone out there had a chance to play one of those metal Gibson EH-150s? I wonder how they sound...?

I ran across this site today and was pleasantly surprised. Some humdinger steels and a couple very rare ones. From a Frying Pan to an Electar with the horseshoe P.U. to Gibson's first, the metal body ...

Thanks for the input/info, Mark. I actually sent you an email earlier re: a Gibson Console Grande to the address on your store site. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Wow, Carl.... believe it or not I had no idea Jerry backed Hank up! Most of the HW recordings I have are sadly lacking in recording session information. I'm going back through all those discs now with ...

Thanks for the replies, guys!

Hmmm... the longer scale Stringmasters of the early 50s, or...? I ran across this:
[url=http://www.vintage-instruments.com/navigate/catidx5.htm]http://www.vintage-instr ...

First of all, I'd like to say hello and thank you to you all. I've been a 'voyeur' on the Forum for quite some time and have learned so very much. The Forum has helped me immensely on my path of playi ...

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Topic: Very Strange 1936 Harmony Steel
Jeff Lucas Replies: 13 Views: 2418	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 May 2004 2:48 pm Subject: Very Strange 1936 Harmony Steel
Jeff Lucas Replies: 13 Views: 2418	Just wondering if any of you have any knowledge of this strange beast. [url=http://gbase.com/gearlist/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=537717]Click here and scratch your head!
Topic: Fender Steels 1956 Catalogue
Jeff Lucas Replies: 5 Views: 1023	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Mar 2004 3:38 pm Subject: Fender Steels 1956 Catalogue
Jeff Lucas Replies: 5 Views: 1023	I thought somebody might get a kick out of these: [url=http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vintaxe_viewer.pl?cat_1956fender_page5&cat_1956fender_page5]click here [url=http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vinta ...
Topic: Jerry Byrd's "Roly Poly" solo
Jeff Lucas Replies: 11 Views: 1665	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Mar 2004 4:21 pm Subject: Jerry Byrd's "Roly Poly" solo
Jeff Lucas Replies: 11 Views: 1665	Wow, I'm not familiar with a Hank version! I really only know (and LOVE) the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys version. Now I have to sift through my mound of records and cds to hunt this down...
Topic: JB and Hank Moanin'
Jeff Lucas Replies: 3 Views: 766	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Mar 2004 1:20 pm Subject: JB and Hank Moanin'
Jeff Lucas Replies: 3 Views: 766	Wow, Carl... thanks for the info! I'm going to have to try the "boowah" out myself... And I'll keep listening... JLL
Topic: Ted Daffan's Texans
Jeff Lucas Replies: 9 Views: 1482	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Mar 2004 1:00 pm Subject: Ted Daffan's Texans
Jeff Lucas Replies: 9 Views: 1482	Al: you're absolutely right. After a little bit more research I found that Leon Seago is the vocalist on "Born to Lose". I just ass/u/me/d that Ted was the singer. Arrgh! Sorry guys! I guess this coul ...
Topic: JB and Hank Moanin'
Jeff Lucas Replies: 3 Views: 766	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Mar 2004 12:40 pm Subject: JB and Hank Moanin'
Jeff Lucas Replies: 3 Views: 766	Is that incredible solo on 'Honky-Tonkin'" that Jerry Byrd does... that moan as the steel break begins... is THAT the famous Ricky moan that gets discussed so much here? I love JBs playing on this son ...
Topic: Ted Daffan's Texans
Jeff Lucas Replies: 9 Views: 1482	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Mar 2004 12:36 pm Subject: Ted Daffan's Texans
Jeff Lucas Replies: 9 Views: 1482	I've been getting really into these guys lately and have wondered if anyone has any firsthand experience of them "back in the day". Ted plays the steel on his recordings. I've been listening to his bi ...
Topic: Some great sounds no available for you
Jeff Lucas Replies: 35 Views: 5177	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Mar 2004 10:41 pm Subject: Some great sounds no available for you
Jeff Lucas Replies: 35 Views: 5177	Ray: Please keep the site up. It is VERY easy to make this cross platform accessible. Email me and I will help you. I do this sort of thing all the time, and I can think of no better cause. Regards, J ...
Topic: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2004 10:38 pm Subject: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	Just being a 'devil's advocate' here; but when you extend this discussion to include the terminology variants (or etymological shifts) of other instruments, for instance of "violin" to "fiddle", etc. ...
Topic: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2004 6:04 pm Subject: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	You're right, Mark! And Gene, even if we go by a style as a prefix, i.e. Hawaiian steel, Western steel, Sacred steel, etc., we have to look at it and go, "Well, they're ALL playing steel guitars!"... ...
Topic: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2004 1:38 pm Subject: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	I didn't mean to imply that Hawaiian and acoustic steel music wasn't popular before the 40s, Tim. I meant to say that the synthesis you mentioned via Western Swing became "more than the sum of its par ...
Topic: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Feb 2004 10:26 am Subject: From "Hawaiian guitar" to "steel guitar"
Jeff Lucas Replies: 27 Views: 3424	It seems to me that the steel guitar that we now know became identifiable or unique from the 40s on. To my understanding and ears it is a unique synthesis of Hawaiian slide, bottleneck blues, jazz, ...
Topic: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Feb 2004 4:45 pm Subject: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	Oops! BAD news: I meant "Roy" in my post (Roy Ayres). My apologies, Roy and Ray! GOOD news: There's another cd at the above mentioned site that contains many radio transcriptions of Hawkshaw Hawkins ...
Topic: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Feb 2004 3:42 pm Subject: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	Thanks for the replies, guys! I just received this from my friend Ken Hippler who runs a great internet radio show at live365.com called "Vintage Country" where I heard the Hawkins' record: "Th ...
Topic: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Feb 2004 5:09 pm Subject: Hawkshaw Hawkins' Steel Player?
Jeff Lucas Replies: 8 Views: 1084	I just heard Hawkshaw Hawkins' "The Longer We're Together (The More We Drift Apart)" and really dug the steel part. It sounds to my (still learning) ears like Jerry Byrds's playing, especially the vib ...
Topic: Steel Guitar Must Sees
Jeff Lucas Replies: 10 Views: 1557	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Feb 2004 2:13 pm Subject: Steel Guitar Must Sees
Jeff Lucas Replies: 10 Views: 1557	Has anyone out there had a chance to play one of those metal Gibson EH-150s? I wonder how they sound...?
Topic: Steel Guitar Must Sees
Jeff Lucas Replies: 10 Views: 1557	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Feb 2004 2:01 am Subject: Steel Guitar Must Sees
Jeff Lucas Replies: 10 Views: 1557	I ran across this site today and was pleasantly surprised. Some humdinger steels and a couple very rare ones. From a Frying Pan to an Electar with the horseshoe P.U. to Gibson's first, the metal body ...
Topic: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Feb 2004 1:06 pm Subject: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Thanks for the input/info, Mark. I actually sent you an email earlier re: a Gibson Console Grande to the address on your store site. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Topic: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Feb 2004 10:08 am Subject: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Wow, Carl.... believe it or not I had no idea Jerry backed Hank up! Most of the HW recordings I have are sadly lacking in recording session information. I'm going back through all those discs now with ...
Topic: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Feb 2004 11:46 pm Subject: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Thanks for the replies, guys! Hmmm... the longer scale Stringmasters of the early 50s, or...? I ran across this: [url=http://www.vintage-instruments.com/navigate/catidx5.htm]http://www.vintage-instr ...
Topic: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Feb 2004 6:06 pm Subject: A Thousand Dollar Question
Jeff Lucas Replies: 14 Views: 2855	First of all, I'd like to say hello and thank you to you all. I've been a 'voyeur' on the Forum for quite some time and have learned so very much. The Forum has helped me immensely on my path of playi ...