where steel players meet online
| Search found 53 matches |
| Author | Message |
|---|---|
 Topic: Chord Charts |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 5 Views: 2321 |
 Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2015 11:50 am Subject: Joe Wills |
| There's a great website, LOOKNOHANDS.COM where you can tune a phantom guitar any way you want, it will show you chord patterns and the notes on the pattern if you wish.
Joe |
|
| Topic: Dick Blattenberger |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 0 Views: 1342 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:52 am Subject: Dick Blattenberger |
| FYI for Dobro afficiandos, Dick Blattenberger, the great Dobro Guru to so many of us, will receive a special lifetime achievement award tomorrow, Sat, June 24th at the Lehigh Valley Bluegrass Festival ... | |
| Topic: A little Lapsteel exercise... |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 20 Views: 7468 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Mar 2010 11:57 am Subject: A little Lapsteel exercise... |
| That's about all I can do with mine!
Joe Wills |
|
| Topic: Old National - need info |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 6 Views: 2553 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Jul 2009 12:28 pm Subject: Old National - need info |
| That looks like the original version of the National Electric Hawaiian.
Mine is a 1935-36, came out of a landfill. You should have seen it prior to restoration. All those years it lay out in the weat ... |
|
| Topic: How many of you have ever fallen asleep while playing? |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 22 Views: 5733 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Mar 2009 12:58 pm Subject: Falling Asleep While Playing |
| NEVER during a performance, but sometimes while practicing, especially mandolin, never Dobro. Only once during a rehearsal... | |
| Topic: Looking For A Dobro |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 1 Views: 1028 |
Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 17 Dec 2008 8:24 am Subject: Looking For A Dobro |
| Anyone have a 14-fret Standel or Dobro instrument for sale? Looking for one.
Please respond to mrjobro@verizon.net. Thanks! Joe |
|
| Topic: Acoustic steel saddle question... |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 4 Views: 1239 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 8 Nov 2007 1:02 pm Subject: COMPENSATED SADDLES |
| I never thought about this, but keep in mind a steel guitar is fretless, you approximate bar position. Developing a nice vibrato eliminates intonation problems and the need for compensation!
Joe Wi ... |
|
| Topic: Flying with my frypan? |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 15 Views: 3782 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Aug 2007 12:06 pm Subject: Flying with my frypan? |
| Interesting discussion! I haven't flown in years, but if I did I'd pack my bar and picks in the suitcase. Wouldn't want to lose a bar; mine were custom made for me by a friend.
Alas; while the morons ... |
|
| Topic: Buzz on 6 th string on reso |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 5 Views: 2672 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jun 2007 12:29 pm Subject: RESO BUZZ |
| That should read "popsicle stick"!
Joe |
|
| Topic: Buzz on 6 th string on reso |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 5 Views: 2672 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jun 2007 12:28 pm Subject: BUZZ ON RESO |
| It might be the spider rattling against the cone. Take an un-sharpened pencil, posicle stick or such, reach in through a hole in the cover plate near the edge and push on the side of the spider to mov ... | |
| Topic: Teaching someone lap w/o any musical background |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 30 Views: 7290 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Jun 2007 12:22 pm Subject: TEACHING MUSIC |
| Alan Kirk writes: <<..."classically trained" music teachers. They have done more to turn off people to music than any other factor. >>
I couldn't agree more! First came the mu ... |
|
| Topic: Lace Dobro Pickup ? |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 10 Views: 12850 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Apr 2007 12:05 pm Subject: AMPLIFYING A DOBRO |
| I don't have any pickups installed, I always mic. The problem there is that the volume must be turned up high enough so the Dobro will be heard, and you have to learn to "work the mic" so yo ... | |
| Topic: Bar-mitzvah with a Hawaiian theme? |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 18 Views: 3011 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Jan 2007 11:45 am Subject: HAWAIIAN MUSIC AT A BAR MITZVA |
| ...and I thought the coal miner's wake I played at was unusual.
Nu...any yentas in designer grass skirts? |
|
| Topic: mechanics of slanting |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 11 Views: 1395 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Nov 2006 9:46 am Subject: mechanics of slanting |
| John McGann writes . When I was learning reverse slants, I was sitting bare foot on a couch. Drop a bar about 18 inches onto your big toe once or twice and you'll learn how to hang on to it! |
|
| Topic: Junior Browns Steel |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 34 Views: 3301 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Aug 2006 10:36 am Subject: Junior Browns Steel |
| Nothing to do with his guit/steel, but Junior's one heck of a vocalist...if you like a powerful uncompromising country baritone. I personally do! | |
| Topic: Drink up me 'earties ... Yo Ho! |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 31 Views: 5715 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jul 2006 12:34 pm Subject: Drink up me 'earties ... Yo Ho! |
| "Lap Steels of the Carribean"? All ya need is skeletal hands and a bone fer a slide, matey! |
|
| Topic: Tone Poems III |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 4 Views: 872 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jun 2006 1:07 pm Subject: Tone Poems III |
| Some unusual sounds on that CD, but very interesting. Beyond the usual instrumental albums, stuff you may never hear anywhere else! | |
| Topic: Common Ground Reso Week/Heffernan workshop |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 5 Views: 1405 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 May 2006 10:38 am Subject: Common Ground Reso Week/Heffernan workshop |
| FINALLY got to met Jimmy Heffernan last Saturday at Camp Jam in the Pines at Paradise Lake Campground. Jimmy's DYNAMITE on reso and banjo as well. He's a good friend of a good friend, but I had never ... | |
| Topic: Thanks! |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 2 Views: 621 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 May 2006 4:32 am Subject: Thanks! |
| Many thanks to Ron Victoria for coming out to the New Jersey Folk Festival and supporting my band WARM HEARTED COUNTRY! It was pleasure meeting him, and we appreciate the photos he took, adjusting my ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Concert |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 1 Views: 604 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Apr 2006 5:42 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Concert |
| The 5th Annual Z88-9 FREE Bluegrass Concert is scheduled for Sunday, April 30th Noon-4pm on the campus of Burlington County College, Rt 530, Pemberton, NJ. Featured artists for this year are: LOU REI ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Concert |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 1 Views: 516 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 28 Apr 2006 5:42 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Concert |
| The 5th Annual Z88-9 FREE Bluegrass Concert is scheduled for Sunday, April 30th Noon-4pm on the campus of Burlington County College, Rt 530, Pemberton, NJ. Featured artists for this year are: LOU REI ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Concert Sunday |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 0 Views: 499 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 28 Apr 2006 5:41 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Concert Sunday |
| The 5th Annual Z88-9 FREE Bluegrass Concert is scheduled for Sunday, April 30th Noon-4pm on the campus of Burlington County College, Rt 530, Pemberton, NJ. Featured artists for this year are: LOU REI ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Festival |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 1 Views: 686 |
Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Apr 2006 12:11 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Festival |
| THE 5TH ANNUAL Z88-9 FREE BLUEGRASS CONCERT IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH NOON-4PM ON THE CAMPUS OF BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE, RT 530, PEMBERTON, NJ. FEATURED ARTISTS THIS YEAR ARE: LOU REID & ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Festival |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 1 Views: 535 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 18 Apr 2006 12:11 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Festival |
| THE 5TH ANNUAL Z88-9 FREE BLUEGRASS CONCERT IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH NOON-4PM ON THE CAMPUS OF BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE, RT 530, PEMBERTON, NJ. FEATURED ARTISTS THIS YEAR ARE: LOU REID & ... |
|
| Topic: Free Bluegrass Concert |
|
| Joseph Rush Wills Replies: 0 Views: 560 |
Forum Section: Upcoming Event Announcements Posted: 18 Apr 2006 12:09 pm Subject: Free Bluegrass Concert |
| THE 5TH ANNUAL Z88-9 FREE BLUEGRASS CONCERT IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH NOON-4PM ON THE CAMPUS OF BURLINGTON COUNTY COLLEGE, RT 530, PEMBERTON, NJ. FEATURED ARTISTS THIS YEAR ARE: LOU REID & ... |
|
All times are GMT - 8 Hours |
Email SteelGuitarForum@gmail.com for technical support.
Powered by
phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group