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Topic: How many don't play guitar ? |
John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 12:04 pm |
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I don't even own a flattop or anything. I've noticed that it seems most steel players have some guitar experience.
How many of us here don't come from 6-string guitar backgrounds ?
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Dan Burnham
From:
Greenfield, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 12:16 pm I Don't
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John,
I came from piano. Never liked playing 6 string. I do when I have two.
Dan
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 12:30 pm
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i never played anything until i bought a steel
this does make it a lot harder at first, but hang in there and you will make it
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Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
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Brandon Ordoyne
From:
Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 12:41 pm
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None here...although I have taught myself to play Crazy Arms on a 6 string acoustic. But that was after I started pickin the steel....
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Dennis Lee
From:
Forest Grove, Oregon, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 1:20 pm Experience?
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| Like Dan, I played some piano, but also played bass guitar for years in a band (by ear). I still relate anything music theory wise to the piano, because that is what I have a mental picture of. |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 1:34 pm
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| The guitar is too hard. It hurts my fingers... |
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David Collins
From:
Madison, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 1:59 pm
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Do Play 6 string reso, but not "spanish" guitar.
I do own an old cheap flattop acoustic, keep it handy for when friends drop by.
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David Collins
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Mike Gorsch
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 2:00 pm
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| I've played acoustic bass for the last 30+ years. Got hooked on the PSG just a couple of years ago and can't seem to get enough. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 2:02 pm
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I know some of you never played guitar,I did over thirty years before I caught the steel fever,Every steel player I know in person did play guitar first,Also only know one bass player that did't start with guitar.
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jay thompson
From:
east peoria, il USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 2:24 pm
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| Played bass for five years and pedal steel for forty nine years. Can recognize chords on a six string, just can't play 'em. Regards, Jay Thompson |
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Gord Cole
From:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 2:33 pm
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| I tried several times over the years...just couldn't make my fingers reach far enough to get a lot of those necessary chords. |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 3:03 pm
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Played drums before steel. New some chords on guitar but didn't really play.
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A. J. Schobert
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 3:06 pm
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I play 6 string for the fact that it is easy to transport, I play my steel alot better and more, but my 6 string guitar is fun.
I just had a truce rod problem, I had to fix today and I really hope it turns out ok.
I read an article about truss rods and in this article the writer said to mark the rod and back it completely out and pull it out, oil it, then thread it back in, this is to help prevent it from breaking as I had to tighten it in a little. |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 3:11 pm
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I sold my 6 string not long ago. Arthritis in my left had made it painful to hold chords.
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Sandra Harlor
From:
Nowra NSW, Australia
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 3:41 pm
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I learned and have taught classical piano for 27 years. Had a bit of a go at violin but never any guitar at all til now. Love psg and trying hard to get my head around it.
Cheers
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 4:08 pm
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I strummed a guitar for a little while with one hand, then played piano by ear with one hand from 1995-1999, and in 1999, I moved on to pedal steel. Pedal steel is my main instrument.
Brett |
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John Coffman
From:
Wharton,Texas USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 4:47 pm
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No music experience at all until lap and pedal steel.
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Buddy Elkin
From:
Henderson, KY, USA
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John McGlothlin
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 6:06 pm
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| I play 6 string guitar to and for one reason...it is a big help in learing a lot of chords so then I just apply those chords to the pedal steel...beleive me...the regular guitar is a big help in finding chords. |
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James Bender Jr
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 6:06 pm
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I have been drumming for around 14 years now. I just got the PSG bug about 3 months ago and I love it! I still play the drums, but not nearly as much.
Jamie |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 7:06 pm
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I can kind of do the basics on standard 6 string guitar. But I don't really play. And I don't own one. One instrument is all I have time for.
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Doug Seymour
From:
Jamestown NY USA (deceased)
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 7:07 pm
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I got my first guitar in October of 1942, when I was in 8th grade! I bought my first steel, a 6 string lap steel by mail order, in November of 1946 while I was senior at Chautauqua Central School! In between these dates I taught myself to play string bass......
hill-billy style..... still can't read bass clef well enough to keep up! |
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Shorty Smith
From:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 7:39 pm
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| I played lead Guitar for 20 years, then I bought a Emmon D10 in 1973 and practiced for a few years and it been Steel ever since, my 1970 Telecaster has been in the case now for 25 years and stll looks new |
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Harry Teachman
From:
South Dartmouth,Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 7:49 pm
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| Never played guitar, played clarinet in elementary school and Tenor sax in high school. Last year of high school got a Miller 8 string, 3 pedal steel and went from there. |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 18 Dec 2007 7:59 pm
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| Never could do anything with 6-string except to strum chords, and after I learned to barre, 99% of my chords were E, Em, and Am. Could barely barre a decent A. I'm constantly amazed that I can actually pick steel. |
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