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Many thanks Ian! As to your question re P4 it's a mystery to me too, my only thought is that it was a legacy change that he'd not thought to change or perhaps it was ergonomically convenient for a par ...

Howdy folks, I was wondering if anyone had an idea of what changes Buddy Cage was using on his E9 neck during the '70s for all those classic NRPS records? I've done a bit of a deep dive and haven't fo ...

Howdy Christopher, great looking Grand Console you've got there! If you flip it over there should be a little steel plate with the serial number stamped on it which you can cross reference against thi ...

I've got an old single cone Dobro which I've strung up in B11 tuning and it sounds pretty phenomenal for the Hawaiian stuff. I've got no idea about what the early folks were playing but I'd likewise b ...

Cheers for the responses fellas, I really appreciate the insight. The last couple of shows I played I used the volume pedal in a very similar way to your method Tim (which was mostly to do pedal steel ...

Howdy folks, lately I've been playing a lot more non-pedal (after 10 or so years of playing pedal steel almost exclusively) as more of the gigs I'm taking are western swing/early honky-tonk, and the m ...

I would strongly recommend checking out the Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadours album 'On Tour' for peak Buddy Charleton/Leon Rhodes action - there's a great mix of really sweet backup steel on ba ...

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Topic: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Tom Brooks Replies: 15 Views: 3281	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Aug 2022 2:25 pm Subject: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Tom Brooks Replies: 15 Views: 3281	Many thanks Ian! As to your question re P4 it's a mystery to me too, my only thought is that it was a legacy change that he'd not thought to change or perhaps it was ergonomically convenient for a par ...
Topic: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Tom Brooks Replies: 15 Views: 3281	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Aug 2022 8:20 pm Subject: Buddy Cage's 1970s E9 Copedent
Tom Brooks Replies: 15 Views: 3281	Howdy folks, I was wondering if anyone had an idea of what changes Buddy Cage was using on his E9 neck during the '70s for all those classic NRPS records? I've done a bit of a deep dive and haven't fo ...
Topic: New Member,New Console Steel
Tom Brooks Replies: 5 Views: 1974	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Jan 2022 9:16 pm Subject: New Member,New Console Steel
Tom Brooks Replies: 5 Views: 1974	Howdy Christopher, great looking Grand Console you've got there! If you flip it over there should be a little steel plate with the serial number stamped on it which you can cross reference against thi ...
Topic: Any Hawaiian players play on single cone National guitars?
Tom Brooks Replies: 13 Views: 3843	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:42 pm Subject: Any Hawaiian players play on single cone National guitars?
Tom Brooks Replies: 13 Views: 3843	I've got an old single cone Dobro which I've strung up in B11 tuning and it sounds pretty phenomenal for the Hawaiian stuff. I've got no idea about what the early folks were playing but I'd likewise b ...
Topic: Volume pedals and console steel..?
Tom Brooks Replies: 8 Views: 3281	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jan 2022 2:52 am Subject: Volume pedals and console steel..?
Tom Brooks Replies: 8 Views: 3281	Cheers for the responses fellas, I really appreciate the insight. The last couple of shows I played I used the volume pedal in a very similar way to your method Tim (which was mostly to do pedal steel ...
Topic: Volume pedals and console steel..?
Tom Brooks Replies: 8 Views: 3281	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Jan 2022 2:55 am Subject: Volume pedals and console steel..?
Tom Brooks Replies: 8 Views: 3281	Howdy folks, lately I've been playing a lot more non-pedal (after 10 or so years of playing pedal steel almost exclusively) as more of the gigs I'm taking are western swing/early honky-tonk, and the m ...
Topic: Buddy Charleton - Best Recordings?
Tom Brooks Replies: 28 Views: 12245	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Dec 2021 1:38 am Subject: Buddy Charleton - Best Recordings?
Tom Brooks Replies: 28 Views: 12245	I would strongly recommend checking out the Ernest Tubb & the Texas Troubadours album 'On Tour' for peak Buddy Charleton/Leon Rhodes action - there's a great mix of really sweet backup steel on ba ...