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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QriDVU9AQQ

I was asked to do a version in the key of F like played in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou

my second string is a plain steel guage 020 and the tuning is GBDGAD low to high. I pull the string behind the bar up one note with the ringfinger of my left hand. Most people think using a thinner st ...

Here is another song where I use the string bends behind the bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-N4zl1QZo

For more you can also check my You Tube site.

https://www.youtube.com/user/Martin ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4wf5tyU5U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4wf5tyU5U

Ulrich: (are you German?)
I know that Markus website is currently offline. He told me that it is going to take a while until it is available but he is happy to answer all questions about his instrum ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA9vuP3QXo0&feature=g-upl

Standard D tuning

This is a guitar that I have built at a "Weissenborn Construction Workshop". It is made of african padauk wood and it has a schellack finish. I made it with a tailpiece witch is unusual for ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1A7tGnxvZs

the other day my friend Maik came by with this elektric lap steel that he has built. He brought along a small Roland amp as well and I fell in love with that sound. It was just soooooo much fu ...

hey everybody,

long time ago my friend Urbil Artola from the Basque Country and i decided to record a video and upload it in YouTube. Here is the result. It was lots of fun doing it and I t ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nlZCsUoFMg

I have not uploaded a video for a long time because lately I was so busy making straps and capos.

But this old Procol Harum song I had to give a try ...

Back in the early 80´s I started experimenting with designing and making a custom capo that would perfectly suite my needs and live up to all my demanding expectations. Since then a lot of time and e ...

Here is a picture. Notice the possibility to adjust the capo on both sides of the climbing bar.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/6888_PICT0042_2.jpg

Hi Frank,

unlike the standard Free-Swinging Capos, my Capo rests securely on the neck, just like the nut. Which means absolutely no capo movement while playing, a major consideration for meaty pull ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNT44BNIGXg

It was on a rainy day when I decided to let the four dudes and the
pretty girl standing on my doorstep in.
Three of the dudes could handle an instrument ...

Thanks for your comments, Folks.

The Meredith resonator guitar does a nice job on that tune.

This Gary Moore song is nice to play on the reso.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iizdrdIcJJE

Thanks for your nice comments. Yes the tuning is like Brad posted.

I always wanted to have a original Dobro made by the Dopera´s. After looking around for a long time I found this old dobro model 37 at R & F Charle´s guitar shop web site. The problem was that t ...

I write on behalf of my friend Wendelin Längle who´s dobro was stolen from backstage on 1/9 or 1/10 in Essen / Germany. Missing is a Dobro, model 37, with a recent built in Fishman-pickup. There is ...

Folks thanks for your nice comments

cheers
Martin

Kevin:
there is going to be a dobro learning DVD available showing 10 of my most viewed videos on YouTube. Of cause it comes along with the ta ...

tried to find different moods to that classical tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0uHtn4nVDM

Thanks folks for your nice comments. I have my guitar tuned in open G tuning. GBDGBD from low to high. Sometimes when I want to get that pedal steel sound I tune to G9 GBDGAD and do string pulls mostl ...

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Topic: Man Of Constant Sorrow
Martin Gross Replies: 10 Views: 3666	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jan 2017 3:18 pm Subject: Man Of Constant Sorrow
Martin Gross Replies: 10 Views: 3666	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QriDVU9AQQ I was asked to do a version in the key of F like played in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou
Topic: Ramblin´ Man
Martin Gross Replies: 7 Views: 3283	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jan 2017 11:08 am Subject: Ramblin´ Man
Martin Gross Replies: 7 Views: 3283	my second string is a plain steel guage 020 and the tuning is GBDGAD low to high. I pull the string behind the bar up one note with the ringfinger of my left hand. Most people think using a thinner st ...
Topic: Ramblin´Man
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1381	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 14 Jan 2017 10:50 am Subject: Rambling Man
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1381	Here is another song where I use the string bends behind the bar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-N4zl1QZo For more you can also check my You Tube site. https://www.youtube.com/user/Martin ...
Topic: Ramblin´Man
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1381	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 13 Jan 2017 4:15 pm Subject: Ramblin´Man
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1381	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4wf5tyU5U
Topic: Ramblin´ Man
Martin Gross Replies: 7 Views: 3283	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2017 2:15 pm Subject: Ramblin´ Man
Martin Gross Replies: 7 Views: 3283	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4wf5tyU5U
Topic: The Water Is Wide (played on my new Koch guitar)
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 3755	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Oct 2012 12:21 pm Subject: The Water Is Wide (played on my new Koch guitar)
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 3755	Ulrich: (are you German?) I know that Markus website is currently offline. He told me that it is going to take a while until it is available but he is happy to answer all questions about his instrum ...
Topic: The Water Is Wide (played on my new Koch guitar)
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 3755	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Sep 2012 1:18 pm Subject: The Water Is Wide (played on my new Koch guitar)
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 3755	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA9vuP3QXo0&feature=g-upl
Topic: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Jul 2012 1:09 pm Subject: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	Standard D tuning
Topic: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Jul 2012 9:29 am Subject: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	This is a guitar that I have built at a "Weissenborn Construction Workshop". It is made of african padauk wood and it has a schellack finish. I made it with a tailpiece witch is unusual for ...
Topic: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 19 Jul 2012 2:49 pm Subject: Harry`s Last Burger
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 2639	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1A7tGnxvZs
Topic: Maik Malguth lap steel guitar
Martin Gross Replies: 4 Views: 2150	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Dec 2011 3:08 pm Subject: Maik Malguth lap steel guitar
Martin Gross Replies: 4 Views: 2150	the other day my friend Maik came by with this elektric lap steel that he has built. He brought along a small Roland amp as well and I fell in love with that sound. It was just soooooo much fu ...
Topic: Video: St. Anne´s Reel / The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3188	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Apr 2011 1:25 pm Subject: Video: St. Anne´s Reel / The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3188	hey everybody, long time ago my friend Urbil Artola from the Basque Country and i decided to record a video and upload it in YouTube. Here is the result. It was lots of fun doing it and I t ...
Topic: A Whiter Shade of Pale
Martin Gross Replies: 15 Views: 4255	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Dec 2010 7:53 am Subject: A Whiter Shade of Pale
Martin Gross Replies: 15 Views: 4255	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nlZCsUoFMg I have not uploaded a video for a long time because lately I was so busy making straps and capos. But this old Procol Harum song I had to give a try ...
Topic: Dobro capos?
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Mar 2010 10:00 pm Subject: Dobro capos?
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Back in the early 80´s I started experimenting with designing and making a custom capo that would perfectly suite my needs and live up to all my demanding expectations. Since then a lot of time and e ...
Topic: Dobro capos?
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Mar 2010 3:34 pm Subject: Dobro capos?
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Here is a picture. Notice the possibility to adjust the capo on both sides of the climbing bar. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/6888_PICT0042_2.jpg
Topic: Dobro capos?
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 4 Mar 2010 2:46 pm Subject: caop
Martin Gross Replies: 11 Views: 11337	Hi Frank, unlike the standard Free-Swinging Capos, my Capo rests securely on the neck, just like the nut. Which means absolutely no capo movement while playing, a major consideration for meaty pull ...
Topic: Woods on Fire........check this handsome Mr.Big Band
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1641	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:49 am Subject: Woods on Fire........check this handsome Mr.Big Band
Martin Gross Replies: 3 Views: 1641	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNT44BNIGXg It was on a rainy day when I decided to let the four dudes and the pretty girl standing on my doorstep in. Three of the dudes could handle an instrument ...
Topic: Still Got the Blues
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3633	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Feb 2010 4:07 pm Subject: Still Got the Blues
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3633	Thanks for your comments, Folks. The Meredith resonator guitar does a nice job on that tune.
Topic: Still Got the Blues
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3633	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Jan 2010 2:30 pm Subject: Still Got the Blues
Martin Gross Replies: 8 Views: 3633	This Gary Moore song is nice to play on the reso. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iizdrdIcJJE
Topic: My Window Faces The South
Martin Gross Replies: 9 Views: 3962	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jan 2010 8:23 am Subject: My Window Faces The South
Martin Gross Replies: 9 Views: 3962	Thanks for your nice comments. Yes the tuning is like Brad posted.
Topic: My Window Faces The South
Martin Gross Replies: 9 Views: 3962	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jan 2010 1:57 pm Subject: My Window Faces The South
Martin Gross Replies: 9 Views: 3962	I always wanted to have a original Dobro made by the Dopera´s. After looking around for a long time I found this old dobro model 37 at R & F Charle´s guitar shop web site. The problem was that t ...
Topic: Stolen Dobro
Martin Gross Replies: 0 Views: 1413	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2010 3:10 pm Subject: Stolen Dobro
Martin Gross Replies: 0 Views: 1413	I write on behalf of my friend Wendelin Längle who´s dobro was stolen from backstage on 1/9 or 1/10 in Essen / Germany. Missing is a Dobro, model 37, with a recent built in Fishman-pickup. There is ...
Topic: Maiden´s Prayer
Martin Gross Replies: 14 Views: 4752	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jul 2009 1:11 pm Subject: Maiden´s Prayer
Martin Gross Replies: 14 Views: 4752	Folks thanks for your nice comments cheers Martin Kevin: there is going to be a dobro learning DVD available showing 10 of my most viewed videos on YouTube. Of cause it comes along with the ta ...
Topic: Maiden´s Prayer
Martin Gross Replies: 14 Views: 4752	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Jul 2009 1:48 pm Subject: Maiden´s Prayer
Martin Gross Replies: 14 Views: 4752	tried to find different moods to that classical tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0uHtn4nVDM
Topic: Whiskey Before Breakfast
Martin Gross Replies: 13 Views: 4281	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Dec 2008 9:51 pm Subject: Whiskey Before Breakfast
Martin Gross Replies: 13 Views: 4281	Thanks folks for your nice comments. I have my guitar tuned in open G tuning. GBDGBD from low to high. Sometimes when I want to get that pedal steel sound I tune to G9 GBDGAD and do string pulls mostl ...