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Topic: Sound sample--Doug Livingston on the CruzTone |
Colin Alder
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Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 5:34 pm |
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Many of you have asked me for sound samples of the CruzTone guitar and here is the latest. Doug and Mike Johnstone put this together over the last 2 weeks. Here's a closeup of Doug's guitar.
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Colin Alder
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Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 6:14 pm
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| A great demo. Doug really shows off the Cruztone. I love the variety of tones from the dual pickups and 5 way selector switch. |
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Iain Carmichael
From:
Scotland
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 6:51 pm Cruztone demo
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| Thank you, Colin, for another excellent and welcome demonstration of the qualities of this superb instrument. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 7:38 pm
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| Thanks, that was great. What's the last tune he plays on there? I love to hear the chordal scope of the non pedal sound. |
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Stephan Miller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 8:55 pm
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Great playing from Doug, and the guitar sounds wonderful.
What is the neck pickup, and what tuning(s) does Doug use here? |
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Colin Alder
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2008 10:06 pm
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DOH!!! 
You said neck pickup. It's the Jason Lollar Chicago Steel. Looks and sounds beeyewteeful. I know I'm preachin to the choir when I say Jason knows what he's doin'. He and Stephanie do us all a great service and are really cool people ta boot. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2008 5:20 am
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 10:02 am
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Great sounding guitar, Great Player 
 Are these pick ups wound in reverse polarities to each other so they act as a humbucker like the Stringmasters do? |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 12:18 pm
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| Are these pick ups wound in reverse polarities to each other so they act as a humbucker like the Stringmasters do? |
Actually, positions 2 and 5 are the quietest. I think the reason for the polarity option is just to give different sounds.
There is one piece where I turned the switch clockwise every 8 bars or so. The 5 positions were in this order:
1. Lollar pickup
2. both in parallel
3. Aiello pickup, uncovered
4. both in series
5. both in series, opposite polarity
Yes, Colin's post is right about the tuning. It is kind of a Jerry Byrd or Joachin C6. But those guys wouldn't use the D string. Joachin, and sometimes Jerry, would use a B string instead. The B string is great for more chords, but I found I used the D more, especially more melodic playing. Of course the better solution would be to use 9 or 10 strings (next guitar, Colin????)
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| What's the last tune he plays on there? |
I was trying to play "People Will Say We're In Love" from Oklahoma by Richard Rogers. I'm shocked that you guys on the Steel Guitar Forum don't know your show tunes! |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 1:01 pm
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Ernest Bovine = Doug Livingston?
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 2:44 pm
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Yep. Except it's "Earnest" with an "a". Makes all the difference. In the context of this Forum, it's one of the funniest fake names I've ever seen.
Doug-- thanks for the info on the p/up positions in order of use. That was gonna be my next question. |
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Steve Alcott
From:
New York, New York, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2008 8:46 pm
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| Really fine playing on a very versatile instrument, especially the last tune. A far cry from "Texas Funeral". |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 2:49 pm
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| It's about time Doug showed up on Youtube so everyone can see what a great musician he is. Back to the topic, the really neat thing about the Cruztone is all the sounds you can get out of two pickups. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 5:04 pm
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I get one sound when I play.....crappy......  ......even if it had fourteen pick ups......
Beautiful sounding & looking steel............. |
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