| Author |
Topic: Frying Pan and Slack Key Guitar |
Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
|
|
|
 |
Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
|
Posted 21 Jun 2008 8:21 am |
|
Sweeeeeet!  |
|
|
|
George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
|
Posted 21 Jun 2008 1:36 pm
|
|
You're right that's super nice sweet music. I love it.
Geo
_________________
http://georgerout.com
"I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me" |
|
|
|
George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
|
|
|
|
Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
|
Posted 21 Jun 2008 2:09 pm
|
|
Pretty sure it is C6 like this:
C E G A C E (low to high) |
|
|
|
George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
|
Posted 21 Jun 2008 5:18 pm
|
|
Thanks Bill, I recognized the 6thish sound, but wasn't sure if it was C6th or another 6th!!!
Geo
_________________
http://georgerout.com
"I play in the A Major tuning. It's fun to learn and so easy to play. It's as old as the hills....like me" |
|
|
|
b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
|
Posted 21 Jun 2008 8:16 pm
|
|
My, that is some beautiful playing, and what great tone! I don't hear any reverb at all, just clean, pretty steel.
The guitar player is using standard tuning, not slack key. He's really good, too!
_________________
-𝕓𝕆𝕓- (admin) - Robert P. Lee - Recordings - Breathe - D6th - Video |
|
|
|
Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 5:10 am Great Sounds !!
|
|
| Wow , that old 1931 Rick. Fry Pan sounds just as good if not better than your modern $7000.oo steel !! Very simple style playing but just sounds SO GOOD !!! Thanks for letting us hear one of the old masters playing !! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal geezer ) |
|
|
|
Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 7:58 am 1931?
|
|
| That is indeed a VERY rare steel if it was made in '31, as production sales started for the A22 in 1932. |
|
|
|
Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 8:12 am
|
|
| Great clip.Tom! So much for all that extra junk we all think we need! |
|
|
|
Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 8:17 am Man, that's sweet...
|
|
Wow. I really love Dwight's touch, tone and luscious vibrato. Everything coming from the heart, through the fingers and to the strings and bar. Beautiful...
Oh yes, they're playing in C, so I coul be wrong about this (often am), but it looks to me that the guitar is tuned to some kind of open C slack-key tuning.  He hits that low E string, and it rings out this booming low C.
In any case, just lovely, lovely nahe style playing.
Mahalo for that.
TJW
_________________
Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
|
|
|
Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 8:31 am Hey Ron "W" : !!
|
|
| Hi Ron , Yes ,I thought the Ricks came out in 32 or 33 but the man playing said 1931 so I went along with that !! Maybe he had an inside track !! ??? You got sharp eyes !!! And a good memory !! & Watch out for the "Monarchy" !!! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal geezer ) |
|
|
|
Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 8:43 am Re: Hey Ron "W" : !!
|
|
| Eddie Cunningham wrote: |
| Hi Ron , Yes ,I thought the Ricks came out in 32 or 33 but the man playing said 1931 so I went along with that !! Maybe he had an inside track !! ??? You got sharp eyes !!! And a good memory !! & Watch out for the "Monarchy" !!! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal geezer ) |
He does mention the first ones coming out around 1931, but right around the 20 second mark or so on the "tuning up" video he says "this particular model is from the 50's."
Whatever year, he makes that puppy SING! As always though, it's more about the player than the instrument. My guess is with his tone/touch, he could make an Artisan sound good. Jeff Au Hoy has the same sweet touch, too.
Aloha,
TJW
_________________
Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
|
|
|
Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 9:00 am
|
|
| Slack key player is most likely playing in "Gabby's C" or "Leonard's C" slack key tuning. |
|
|
|
Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 9:09 am
|
|
| The brown bakelite cover on the bottom is an indication that it's a later model if you've seen the other video of him tuning up. |
|
|
|
Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
|
Posted 22 Jun 2008 1:28 pm Younger & sharper eyes !!
|
|
| All you young guys have sharper eyes and ears than this old geezer !! And much more knowledgeable !! You are all correct on the years of the Ricks !!! I'm going to have a cold one and rest my weary bones !! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal geezer ) |
|
|
|
Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
|
Posted 23 Jun 2008 5:58 am
|
|
| I think I recall (in another video) Dwight saying that Frying Pans came out in 31, but this model was made in the 50's. So it's not an early one. Either way, it sure sounds good. His vibrato is really nice. |
|
|
|
