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Or "Homecoming," a 500-page novel in three minutes and 19 seconds.

Is there a way to know if â€œFamous Singerâ€ actually wrote the song credited to him, or if he just bought the copyright?

Right, Bill. No mystery about Luther Perkins, of course, and you're right also about the Esquire.

I'd heard that by this time he was using a Jazzmaster quite often, that he and Leo Fender were pal ...

Thanks, Tommy. Looks like you're right.

I was standing a few feet away from the guy who wrote Flowers On The Wall and I didn't know it, or if I did I'd forgotten!

RW

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/2080_A6_2.jpg

I took this picture and many others at a Johnny Cash show in 1968. (You may recognize the guy in behind with the Jazzmaster.)

This was th ...

At work I see most of the wirephotos that are sent out. Recently there was a very nice picture of Mr. Randolph at his blue 13-string Fessenden, but as you might guess, they had to send a corrected cap ...

Yes, I heard this at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa a couple of years ago. Such a simple concept, in a way, but what a result.! Here's to Janet Cardiff (although I understand it was her hus ...

Great article, Susan. There's a lot of good writing on the Steel Guitar Forum (and on Counterpunch), but this really stands out.

At one point you talk about "The bass player, playing an old fretless ...

When I was more of a beginner than I am now, I put Scotty's E9th chord chart on the wall above my guitar and put a fake book in front of me with a tune I knew to hear but not to play. Reading the ch ...

I picked up this instrument to play hard ol' honkytonk, but in the process I've been hearing some other sounds too.

I understand you can play some pretty wild chords off the 9th string, and maybe I c ...

The last time this topic came up, I followed a Forumite's suggestion and bought the NRPS album of 1971, re-mastered in 2003 adding three more live tracks with Garcia on steel.
Anyone who is basing his ...

Is there not a Jesus forum for this type of discussion?

It seems Mr. Lollar has "stolen" my idea: a pickup for each string, permitting individualized EQ and amazing surround effects, or whatever you want. RW

Nice work, Ron. And Cotton Eyed Joe is almost identical to the old Scottish pipe and fiddle tune, Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay. Lots of cattle-driving Scots went to Texas, and maybe some had their fiddles. ...

I got my licence in 1972. A friend and I owned a 1940 Luscombe for a while, but it was no fun mixing with big traffic. I now leave flying to those who can do it every day. It's not something you want ...

Or is it because we CAN?

Four pipers.

RW

Nice work Bill Hatcher!

I just played "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" on the piano from an old hymn book, and the feel is a little different but it sounds a lot like "Faded Love."

I don't kn ...

I hope I didn't lead anyone astray. The version I have of Touch of the Master's Hand, on a recording put out by a local church, definitely uses Faded Love behind the recitation, which was written by M ...

It is "Touch of the Master's Hand." Sorry, I don't have any other details on it handy. Maybe I can find out more tomorrow.
RW

Terry

Don't dump those amps just yet.

Earlier this year I was bequeathed a Peavey Classic 410, also not designed for steel. I found it thin, or shrill, plugging my guitar into its pre-amp, and was o ...

I just came across a concert poster from the early '60s, looks like, and he was travelling with Shot Jackson AND Don Helms (along with Roy Acuff, the Wilburn Brothers, Jimmy Riddle, June Webb, Bashful ...

I've been using the SE-70 into the power amp on the NV-400 for several years now, and more recently into a Classic 50 410 (and sometimes both for a kind of stereo). The EQ is much more powerful than w ...

Thanks, gents. I think I'll play in stereo today, Classic 50-410 on the right, NV-400 on the left, fed by the Boss SE-70. (But not loud, and no air conditioner).

This blackout brought back to mind a dumb question I have long meant to ask. On the back of an NV-400, for example, it says the power consumption is 600 watts, (if I recall correctly). If it is turne ...

Thanks to everyone for the help. I now have this amp sounding very sweet. Not only did I have to turn down all the treble on the amp, I also turned down the tone control on my MSA Classic XL (George L ...

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Topic: RIP Tom T. Hall
Ralph Willsey Replies: 39 Views: 22913	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 21 Aug 2021 7:31 pm Subject: RIP Tom T. Hall
Ralph Willsey Replies: 39 Views: 22913	Or "Homecoming," a 500-page novel in three minutes and 19 seconds.
Topic: Wrote it, or just owns it?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 6 Views: 2380	Forum Section: Music Posted: 10 Jan 2018 6:21 pm Subject: Wrote it, or just owns it?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 6 Views: 2380	Is there a way to know if â€œFamous Singerâ€ actually wrote the song credited to him, or if he just bought the copyright?
Topic: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	Forum Section: Music Posted: 8 Sep 2015 5:49 pm Subject: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	Right, Bill. No mystery about Luther Perkins, of course, and you're right also about the Esquire. I'd heard that by this time he was using a Jazzmaster quite often, that he and Leo Fender were pal ...
Topic: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	Forum Section: Music Posted: 5 Sep 2015 6:27 am Subject: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	Thanks, Tommy. Looks like you're right. I was standing a few feet away from the guy who wrote Flowers On The Wall and I didn't know it, or if I did I'd forgotten! RW
Topic: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	Forum Section: Music Posted: 4 Sep 2015 6:51 pm Subject: Anybody recognize this picker?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 6834	http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/2080_A6_2.jpg I took this picture and many others at a Johnny Cash show in 1968. (You may recognize the guy in behind with the Jazzmaster.) This was th ...
Topic: Robert Randolf front and center, NHL Allstars
Ralph Willsey Replies: 6 Views: 1515	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 25 Jan 2007 6:59 pm Subject: Robert Randolf front and center, NHL Allstars
Ralph Willsey Replies: 6 Views: 1515	At work I see most of the wirephotos that are sent out. Recently there was a very nice picture of Mr. Randolph at his blue 13-string Fessenden, but as you might guess, they had to send a corrected cap ...
Topic: This is NOT about country music!
Ralph Willsey Replies: 7 Views: 853	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Mar 2006 8:08 pm Subject: This is NOT about country music!
Ralph Willsey Replies: 7 Views: 853	Yes, I heard this at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa a couple of years ago. Such a simple concept, in a way, but what a result.! Here's to Janet Cardiff (although I understand it was her hus ...
Topic: Texas, Three Days and Two nights
Ralph Willsey Replies: 11 Views: 3421	Forum Section: Music Posted: 20 Dec 2005 7:35 pm Subject: Texas, Three Days and Two nights
Ralph Willsey Replies: 11 Views: 3421	Great article, Susan. There's a lot of good writing on the Steel Guitar Forum (and on Counterpunch), but this really stands out. At one point you talk about "The bass player, playing an old fretless ...
Topic: A Modest Reading Manifesto
Ralph Willsey Replies: 18 Views: 2193	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Dec 2005 7:41 pm Subject: A Modest Reading Manifesto
Ralph Willsey Replies: 18 Views: 2193	When I was more of a beginner than I am now, I put Scotty's E9th chord chart on the wall above my guitar and put a fake book in front of me with a tune I knew to hear but not to play. Reading the ch ...
Topic: 9th-string-root chord dictionary for E9
Ralph Willsey Replies: 3 Views: 703	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Sep 2005 6:37 pm Subject: 9th-string-root chord dictionary for E9
Ralph Willsey Replies: 3 Views: 703	I picked up this instrument to play hard ol' honkytonk, but in the process I've been hearing some other sounds too. I understand you can play some pretty wild chords off the 9th string, and maybe I c ...
Topic: More Jerry Garcia madness
Ralph Willsey Replies: 83 Views: 13530	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Jan 2005 8:54 am Subject: More Jerry Garcia madness
Ralph Willsey Replies: 83 Views: 13530	The last time this topic came up, I followed a Forumite's suggestion and bought the NRPS album of 1971, re-mastered in 2003 adding three more live tracks with Garcia on steel. Anyone who is basing his ...
Topic: You Have To Be Kidding
Ralph Willsey Replies: 49 Views: 4713	Forum Section: Music Posted: 29 Jun 2004 7:25 pm Subject: You Have To Be Kidding
Ralph Willsey Replies: 49 Views: 4713	Is there not a Jesus forum for this type of discussion?
Topic: Separate PUPs for high and low strings
Ralph Willsey Replies: 17 Views: 3096	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 Jun 2004 6:46 pm Subject: Separate PUPs for high and low strings
Ralph Willsey Replies: 17 Views: 3096	It seems Mr. Lollar has "stolen" my idea: a pickup for each string, permitting individualized EQ and amazing surround effects, or whatever you want. RW
Topic: Your band.. dancing,listening,or both.??
Ralph Willsey Replies: 31 Views: 4706	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 26 Mar 2004 5:56 pm Subject: Your band.. dancing,listening,or both.??
Ralph Willsey Replies: 31 Views: 4706	Nice work, Ron. And Cotton Eyed Joe is almost identical to the old Scottish pipe and fiddle tune, Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay. Lots of cattle-driving Scots went to Texas, and maybe some had their fiddles. ...
Topic: How Many Steel Players With Pilots License?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 68 Views: 8003	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Jan 2004 5:33 pm Subject: How Many Steel Players With Pilots License?
Ralph Willsey Replies: 68 Views: 8003	I got my licence in 1972. A friend and I owned a 1940 Luscombe for a while, but it was no fun mixing with big traffic. I now leave flying to those who can do it every day. It's not something you want ...
Topic: Teach Your Children Revisited
Ralph Willsey Replies: 13 Views: 1510	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 20 Nov 2003 7:01 pm Subject: Teach Your Children Revisited
Ralph Willsey Replies: 13 Views: 1510	Or is it because we CAN? Four pipers. RW
Topic: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	Forum Section: Music Posted: 19 Nov 2003 11:46 pm Subject: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	Nice work Bill Hatcher! I just played "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" on the piano from an old hymn book, and the feel is a little different but it sounds a lot like "Faded Love." I don't kn ...
Topic: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	Forum Section: Music Posted: 14 Nov 2003 2:19 pm Subject: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	I hope I didn't lead anyone astray. The version I have of Touch of the Master's Hand, on a recording put out by a local church, definitely uses Faded Love behind the recitation, which was written by M ...
Topic: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	Forum Section: Music Posted: 13 Nov 2003 10:14 pm Subject: Faded Love Sounds Like Which Gospel Song
Ralph Willsey Replies: 23 Views: 2719	It is "Touch of the Master's Hand." Sorry, I don't have any other details on it handy. Maybe I can find out more tomorrow. RW
Topic: Deuce and Special 212 Amps
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 1834	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 1 Nov 2003 9:30 pm Subject: Deuce and Special 212 Amps
Ralph Willsey Replies: 10 Views: 1834	Terry Don't dump those amps just yet. Earlier this year I was bequeathed a Peavey Classic 410, also not designed for steel. I found it thin, or shrill, plugging my guitar into its pre-amp, and was o ...
Topic: Johnny Cash
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1126	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Sep 2003 5:41 pm Subject: Johnny Cash
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1126	I just came across a concert poster from the early '60s, looks like, and he was travelling with Shot Jackson AND Don Helms (along with Roy Acuff, the Wilburn Brothers, Jimmy Riddle, June Webb, Bashful ...
Topic: SE-70 or VF-1
Ralph Willsey Replies: 7 Views: 1007	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 21 Aug 2003 6:07 pm Subject: SE-70 or VF-1
Ralph Willsey Replies: 7 Views: 1007	I've been using the SE-70 into the power amp on the NV-400 for several years now, and more recently into a Classic 50 410 (and sometimes both for a kind of stereo). The EQ is much more powerful than w ...
Topic: An amp's power consumption
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1290	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Aug 2003 6:37 am Subject: An amp's power consumption
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1290	Thanks, gents. I think I'll play in stereo today, Classic 50-410 on the right, NV-400 on the left, fed by the Boss SE-70. (But not loud, and no air conditioner).
Topic: An amp's power consumption
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1290	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 Aug 2003 6:05 pm Subject: An amp's power consumption
Ralph Willsey Replies: 4 Views: 1290	This blackout brought back to mind a dumb question I have long meant to ask. On the back of an NV-400, for example, it says the power consumption is 600 watts, (if I recall correctly). If it is turne ...
Topic: Advice on Peavey Classic 50 410
Ralph Willsey Replies: 13 Views: 1753	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Feb 2003 6:29 pm Subject: Advice on Peavey Classic 50 410
Ralph Willsey Replies: 13 Views: 1753	Thanks to everyone for the help. I now have this amp sounding very sweet. Not only did I have to turn down all the treble on the amp, I also turned down the tone control on my MSA Classic XL (George L ...