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I am puzzled by the Cm in the 2nd and 4th diagram, it looks like that would need to have the bullet tip at the other end? But this encourages me on the reverse slants, I never was able to do the split ...

Great arrangement of Fly Me to the Moon. It came up recently at a jam and I have tried to add a few harmony notes. Now, your version kicks it into a different league, those possibilities hadn't remote ...

Remember that the original post included:

I get a bit of forearm stress from playing dobro with a thumbpick so I'm wondering if it would be good to switch off playing my lap steel with no picks.
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So you'll have to experiment with the width, but at least it looks like there is some consensus that 3 inches is a good length. I am in the 3/4 camp because I found 7/8 too much work, slower and heavi ...

I like the 3/4 diameter and maybe 3 inches long for 8-string, both lap steel and dobro. I tried thicker and longer bars and own the whole size/material/manufacturer range, plus the more typical dobro ...

That is fantastic, very unexpected and sounds great.

excellent!

It's so good! Would love to see the band (or your electric one). Traffic from Santa Monica to Redlands or Long Beach is quite the deterrent, but I'll find the courage some day.

I think your interpretation is for a different tuning. When I look at the picture you posted, I would guess at something like this: (high to low) E C A G E C Bb C.
So the top string in the picture ...

Count me in as well. Now, I'm a newcomer to playing with a bar, started 2 years ago, and I also like playing acoustically (dobro). All on 8 string, mostly G6. Now, there is no doubt, steel is much mor ...

That was excellent! Motivated me to relearn that tune in a new key on dobro. Your F version is much more brain friendly on a string instrument than the usual Ab.

I puzzled over that same spot in the book, for the same reason, and started to think that maybe it is an error. There are quite a few blunders in the book, several in the notation of the next song, St ...

Outstanding playing again! Seemingly no limitations of the humble 6-chord tuning in the right hand.

I'm mostly playing jazz tunes in that tuning myself (Resonator and steel) and it reminds me how ...

A tune that has so many possibilities! Same tune on an 8-string in G6 tuning (from the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest this year) and it sounds completely different from your approach:
https://www.youtu ...

I agree with the two standard comments:
1) Having the 5th (in C that would be the high g) on top is extremely useful. A huge improvement over having the third (e), I was immediately won over after c ...

An article on the history of the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Festival published in Folkworks current edition that features a very young Mr. Dave, including the cover picture (no lap steel content - then he w ...

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Topic: Bar slanting primer
Roland Sturm Replies: 14 Views: 1535	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 15 Jan 2025 1:45 pm Subject: Bar slanting primer
Roland Sturm Replies: 14 Views: 1535	I am puzzled by the Cm in the 2nd and 4th diagram, it looks like that would need to have the bullet tip at the other end? But this encourages me on the reverse slants, I never was able to do the split ...
Topic: A few Sinatra chord melodies (updates)
Roland Sturm Replies: 22 Views: 2384	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 Jan 2025 6:37 pm Subject: A few Sinatra chord melodies (updates)
Roland Sturm Replies: 22 Views: 2384	Great arrangement of Fly Me to the Moon. It came up recently at a jam and I have tried to add a few harmony notes. Now, your version kicks it into a different league, those possibilities hadn't remote ...
Topic: Playing lap steel without picks
Roland Sturm Replies: 26 Views: 3004	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Dec 2024 11:09 am Subject: Re: Playing lap steel without picks
Roland Sturm Replies: 26 Views: 3004	Remember that the original post included: I get a bit of forearm stress from playing dobro with a thumbpick so I'm wondering if it would be good to switch off playing my lap steel with no picks. ...
Topic: Bullet Bar to try
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1133	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Dec 2024 11:14 am Subject: Bullet Bar to try
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1133	So you'll have to experiment with the width, but at least it looks like there is some consensus that 3 inches is a good length. I am in the 3/4 camp because I found 7/8 too much work, slower and heavi ...
Topic: Bullet Bar to try
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1133	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Dec 2024 6:48 pm Subject: Bullet Bar to try
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1133	I like the 3/4 diameter and maybe 3 inches long for 8-string, both lap steel and dobro. I tried thicker and longer bars and own the whole size/material/manufacturer range, plus the more typical dobro ...
Topic: Surfin’ with Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1
Roland Sturm Replies: 11 Views: 1603	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Sep 2024 5:51 am Subject: Surfin’ with Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1
Roland Sturm Replies: 11 Views: 1603	That is fantastic, very unexpected and sounds great.
Topic: Jeremy Wakefield's Hawaii Creeper
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1416	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jul 2024 7:55 pm Subject: Jeremy Wakefield's Hawaii Creeper
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1416	excellent!
Topic: Playing my National
Roland Sturm Replies: 9 Views: 2090	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 27 May 2024 5:53 pm Subject: Playing my National
Roland Sturm Replies: 9 Views: 2090	It's so good! Would love to see the band (or your electric one). Traffic from Santa Monica to Redlands or Long Beach is quite the deterrent, but I'll find the courage some day.
Topic: Need help!! Trying Junior Brown’s C13 tuning on my 8string
Roland Sturm Replies: 23 Views: 4887	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 May 2024 9:48 am Subject: Need help!! Trying Junior Brown’s C13 tuning on my 8string
Roland Sturm Replies: 23 Views: 4887	I think your interpretation is for a different tuning. When I look at the picture you posted, I would guess at something like this: (high to low) E C A G E C Bb C. So the top string in the picture ...
Topic: Are there any single note JAZZ/Bebop players out here?
Roland Sturm Replies: 35 Views: 8585	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 May 2024 7:13 pm Subject: Are there any single note JAZZ/Bebop players out here?
Roland Sturm Replies: 35 Views: 8585	Count me in as well. Now, I'm a newcomer to playing with a bar, started 2 years ago, and I also like playing acoustically (dobro). All on 8 string, mostly G6. Now, there is no doubt, steel is much mor ...
Topic: Flavio Pasquetto and Ethan Shaw
Roland Sturm Replies: 6 Views: 1168	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Feb 2024 6:13 pm Subject: Flavio Pasquetto and Ethan Shaw
Roland Sturm Replies: 6 Views: 1168	That was excellent! Motivated me to relearn that tune in a new key on dobro. Your F version is much more brain friendly on a string instrument than the usual Ab.
Topic: question re tricky harmonic in Dewitt Scott's lapsteel book
Roland Sturm Replies: 5 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Jan 2024 3:23 pm Subject: question re tricky harmonic in Dewitt Scott's lapsteel book
Roland Sturm Replies: 5 Views: 1478	I puzzled over that same spot in the book, for the same reason, and started to think that maybe it is an error. There are quite a few blunders in the book, several in the notation of the next song, St ...
Topic: A simple swing standard on 8 string lap.
Roland Sturm Replies: 13 Views: 2376	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Dec 2023 4:31 pm Subject: A simple swing standard on 8 string lap.
Roland Sturm Replies: 13 Views: 2376	Outstanding playing again! Seemingly no limitations of the humble 6-chord tuning in the right hand. I'm mostly playing jazz tunes in that tuning myself (Resonator and steel) and it reminds me how ...
Topic: Crazy
Roland Sturm Replies: 1 Views: 637	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Aug 2023 4:23 pm Subject: Crazy
Roland Sturm Replies: 1 Views: 637	A tune that has so many possibilities! Same tune on an 8-string in G6 tuning (from the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest this year) and it sounds completely different from your approach: https://www.youtu ...
Topic: JUST Landed a New S8: C6 Stringing & Gauges?
Roland Sturm Replies: 13 Views: 2237	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 5 May 2023 6:54 pm Subject: JUST Landed a New S8: C6 Stringing & Gauges?
Roland Sturm Replies: 13 Views: 2237	I agree with the two standard comments: 1) Having the 5th (in C that would be the high g) on top is extremely useful. A huge improvement over having the third (e), I was immediately won over after c ...
Topic: Fundraiser for David Lindley
Roland Sturm Replies: 37 Views: 14485	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Mar 2023 8:38 pm Subject: Fundraiser for David Lindley
Roland Sturm Replies: 37 Views: 14485	An article on the history of the Topanga Banjo Fiddle Festival published in Folkworks current edition that features a very young Mr. Dave, including the cover picture (no lap steel content - then he w ...