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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: Surfin’ with Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1
Roland Sturm Replies: 11 Views: 790	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: 790	That is fantastic, very unexpected and sounds great.
Topic: Jeremy Wakefield's Hawaii Creeper
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1148	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Jul 2024 7:55 pm Subject: Jeremy Wakefield's Hawaii Creeper
Roland Sturm Replies: 10 Views: 1148	excellent!
Topic: Playing my National
Roland Sturm Replies: 9 Views: 1613	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 27 May 2024 5:53 pm Subject: Playing my National
Roland Sturm Replies: 9 Views: 1613	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: 3077	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: 3077	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: 6173	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: 6173	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: 1054	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Feb 2024 6:13 pm Subject: Flavio Pasquetto and Ethan Shaw
Roland Sturm Replies: 6 Views: 1054	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: 1375	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: 1375	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: 2134	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: 2134	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: 590	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Aug 2023 4:23 pm Subject: Crazy
Roland Sturm Replies: 1 Views: 590	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: 2054	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: 2054	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: 12906	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Mar 2023 8:38 pm Subject: Fundraiser for David Lindley
Roland Sturm Replies: 37 Views: 12906	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 ...