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  Topic: Players that used 3 finger picks
Stephen Pride

Replies: 26
Views: 2657

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 16 Aug 2024 4:36 pm   Subject: Players that used 3 finger picks
Joe Wright uses three picks and gives a bunch of exercises for three picks in his teaching. David Phillips in San Francisco also uses three picks.
  Topic: Sciatica
Stephen Pride

Replies: 14
Views: 2703

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 11 Mar 2024 12:20 pm   Subject: Sciatica
I'm sorry to hear about all the suffering! Knock wood, I seem to finally be over a torturous 2-year battle with sciatica. It was caused by a herniated disk in the lumbar region which pinched the sciat ...
  Topic: Tracy Chapman Grammy Player
Stephen Pride

Replies: 11
Views: 2438

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 6 Feb 2024 6:38 pm   Subject: Tracy Chapman Grammy Player
Hey y’all this was me! Running my Mullen g2. Thanks for checking it out! (Kurt ozan)

You sounded great, and added a lot to that very moving performance.
  Topic: Band tuning in relation to my bar placement.
Stephen Pride

Replies: 39
Views: 11089

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 28 May 2021 4:49 pm   Subject: Band tuning in relation to my bar placement.
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Thanks for sharing this. Forgive me if this has already been discussed a million times, but: Buddy Emmons didn’t have a lower for his 9th string?
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Feb 2021 9:51 pm   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Somewhere out there is an Austin City Limits episode with Neil Young and his band.

Is this the one?

https://youtu.be/u21Y-efZAo4
  Topic: Country singers who hate steel guitar!
Stephen Pride

Replies: 105
Views: 32764

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 7 Nov 2019 9:48 am   Subject: Country singers who hate steel guitar!
Is Willie Nelson another example? Didn't he have steel on some of his early records, but then by the 70's or 80's he didn't have any more?

I love a lot of his music, but I can't stand the harmonica ...
  Topic: iPad apps that you may have missed......
Stephen Pride

Replies: 75
Views: 49656

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 21 Oct 2019 9:09 am   Subject: iPad apps that you may have missed......
I'm using a Sonoma WireWorks GuitarJack interface and have no issues after upgrading to IOS 13. I'm betting Apogee Jam would have not issue.

Sure enough, Apogee is proudly announcing that their st ...
  Topic: iPad apps that you may have missed......
Stephen Pride

Replies: 75
Views: 49656

PostForum Section: Electronics   Posted: 16 Oct 2019 11:03 am   Subject: iPad apps that you may have missed......
I'm not sure where else to post this, so I'll bump this thread. If you connect an audio device to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, DO NOT upgrade to iOS 13 if you can help it.

My main way of practic ...
  Topic: PBS/Ken Burns Country Music
Stephen Pride

Replies: 105
Views: 20337

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 18 Sep 2019 10:50 am   Subject: PBS/Ken Burns Country Music
It's every night till it's done!

Actually I think episode 4 is tonight, and then episodes 5-8 will air next week, Sunday through Wednesday.
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Sep 2019 11:06 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Ben played on Ringo's"country"album,"Beaucoups of Blues",produced in Nashville by Pete Drake...Pete loved Ben and hired him to run his publishing company,Window Music...lots of goo ...
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Sep 2019 11:03 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Jonathan, thank you for all those links, this is outstanding! I will get those added soon, and am really looking forward to listening.
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 11 Sep 2019 11:08 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Yes thanks for the playlist! I think both Alabama and Words should be included - minimalist parts but two of my faves!

Really glad to know people are enjoying the list! I will get those additional ...
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 9 Sep 2019 8:25 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Stephen:

I am listening to your Ben Keith playlist on Spotify now over my Sunday morning coffee. Lot's of memories packed in there. Thank you. May I suggest that you add to your list Neil Young' ...
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 6 Sep 2019 10:25 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
Thanks Joachim, I see you are correct about the Tim Hardin. Discogs lists Ben Keith as the steel player, but they also have the back cover available as an image, and when I zoom in, it does indeed say ...
  Topic: Being Ben Keith
Stephen Pride

Replies: 54
Views: 22774

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 6 Sep 2019 9:50 am   Subject: Being Ben Keith
I was going to start a new thread about Ben Keith, but found this one after searching through the archives and decided to bump it instead. I am also a huge fan of his work, and have it as my goal on p ...
  Topic: My playing on PSG stinks and s---s
Stephen Pride

Replies: 49
Views: 17035

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 14 Aug 2018 11:18 am   Subject: My playing on PSG stinks and s---s
Touch and control is difficult to achieve on any instrument but one's inadequacies will reveal themselves even more markedly on pedal steel. Remember, too, that a lot of what you're hearing from the ...
  Topic: My playing on PSG stinks and s---s
Stephen Pride

Replies: 49
Views: 17035

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 14 Aug 2018 9:23 am   Subject: Re: time
The kindest thing another steel guitar player has said to me is that it takes 10 years to not suck.
I've only been playing 8 so I don't feel so bad. Laughing

This makes me feel a little better. I've ...
  Topic: Who is this steel player? Stonewall Jackson "Come on Home.."
Stephen Pride

Replies: 11
Views: 4814

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 13 Mar 2018 8:48 am   Subject: Who is this steel player? Stonewall Jackson "Come on Home.."
Cool, thanks everybody! It sure sounds great.
  Topic: Who is this steel player? Stonewall Jackson "Come on Home.."
Stephen Pride

Replies: 11
Views: 4814

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Mar 2018 10:03 am   Subject: Who is this steel player? Stonewall Jackson "Come on Home.."
Breaking Bad.
  Topic: "C" pedal question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 47
Views: 12386

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 10 Mar 2018 11:00 pm   Subject: "C" pedal question
Thanks Tucker! I just listened again very closely with your comments in mind, and I do hear what you’re talking about. What do you think about the part at about 1:38? I thought that was 4th str ...
  Topic: "C" pedal question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 47
Views: 12386

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 9 Mar 2018 10:34 pm   Subject: "C" pedal question
Stephen, I only hear the C-pedal used once, at 1:38. But it's a single-note line, so he might have just slid the bar up two frets on string 4 to do that...

A better example of Ben Keith/Neil Young ...
  Topic: "C" pedal question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 47
Views: 12386

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 9 Mar 2018 12:49 pm   Subject: "C" pedal question
Stephen, I only hear the C-pedal used once, at 1:38. But it's a single-note line, so he might have just slid the bar up two frets on string 4 to do that...

A better example of Ben Keith/Neil Young ...
  Topic: "C" pedal question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 47
Views: 12386

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 9 Mar 2018 12:39 pm   Subject: "C" pedal question
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I hear a couple of nice uses of the C pedal in this, Neil Young's "Roll Another Number," steel by Ben Keith. The solo starts at around 1 ...
  Topic: Zumsteel Stage One tuning/setup question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 2
Views: 1882

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Feb 2018 12:37 pm   Subject: Zumsteel Stage One tuning/setup question
Ah, wonderful, thanks Doug!

I'm going to spend a while playing it now and see if some of the other problems I've been having end up improving. If not, I'll be back here with more questions.
  Topic: Zumsteel Stage One tuning/setup question
Stephen Pride

Replies: 2
Views: 1882

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 26 Feb 2018 12:27 pm   Subject: Zumsteel Stage One tuning/setup question
I have an old Zumsteel-made Stage One guitar and I need some guidance on the setup. I bought it several years ago from someone who was not the original owner. There was no user manual that came with i ...
 
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