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Topic: I'll Sail My Ship Alone |
Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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John Burton
From:
Manassas, Va
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 12:10 pm |
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Sounds good!
Great old song. |
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Mike Gross
From:
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 1:36 pm
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WOW! This should be in your next CD.
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Mike |
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Rocky Hill
From:
Prairie Village,Kansas, USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 2:07 pm
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That was a great song.You also inspired me with your version of You're The Reason! another truly great tune.
Rocky |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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George Piburn
From:
The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 4:10 pm edit
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Last edited by George Piburn on 20 Jun 2012 5:43 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 6:51 pm
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Thanks John!
Mike, I trust your judgement in these matters - so . .
here's an MP3 of the rough studio mix.
You can hear all the instruments a lot more clearly.
I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE - mp3
Thank you Rocky!
Hi Tom, yep she's a sweetheart . .
Mr Boards, thanks for the encouragement!
Check out the MP3 and let me know what you think of the mix - I've listened to this song about 200 times now . . |
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Jody Carver
From:
KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 3:42 am
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Hey Rick, that Gibson sounds way too  and add your vocal to this great country classic,ya got a winner. |
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Mike Gross
From:
Manchester, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 5:21 am
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Rick,
The MP3 really sounded good. That is another one that has to go into your next CD.
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Mike |
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Larry Hillman
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 7:15 am youtube
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could never get 'youtube' to play. after loading i hit play and it starts to reload over again.  |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 3:44 am
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Jody, thank you buddy!
and thanks for all the help and encouragement . .
Mike, it'll be on there amigo - and you'll get the first copy!
Larry, sorry to hear you're having a problem with YouTube.
I hope you get it figured out, maybe if you contact them they could help you.
I had some problems a while back and they responded pretty quickly.
Are you able to listen to MP3s? |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 10:56 am
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| back when all the hippie rockers were making country albums, leon russel did a version of i'll sail my ship alone...the album was 'hank wilson's back' and curly chaulker played all the steel (pedal). |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado
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Posted 24 Oct 2008 2:49 am
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| Good job Rick. I like the way you used all three necks. Very fluid. Keep em' coming. |
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John D. Carter
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2008 2:15 pm
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| Great Stuff Rick! I really enjoyed that. What are your tunings on the necks? As a single neck player and still a beginner, how does one learn how to use three necks, I mean, how does one decide on tunings and when to go from neck to neck? This is still somewhat of a mystery to me. Thanks. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Oct 2008 4:33 pm
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Thanks G-man!
I will. I seem to be on a roll these daze . .
John, my tunings have evolved over the years.
I currently have
E7 on the back neck h2l - E B G# E D B G# E
A13 on the middle neck - E C# A F# E C# A G
and E13 on the front neck - G# E C# B G# E D B
E7 has the root on top, A13 has the 5th on top and E13 has the 3rd on top.
Each tuning has a different register and different chord voicings.
I don't have any set criteria for when to change necks, just whatever works. In this song I used the A13 tuning for the verses, except when I used the E7 tuning in the 2nd verse - and I used the E13 for the choruses.
The A13 is just A6 with the bottom F# raised to G.
The E13 is E6 with the bottom C# raised to D.
I like having that 7th on the bottom . .
For more info on tunings and recommended gauges - http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel/Tunings.html |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 28 Oct 2008 11:03 pm
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Rick,
You did a nice job on an old favorite of mine by Moon Mullican and while I got your attention, we missed you at the HSGA convention in Joliet.
Aloha, 
Don |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Oct 2008 8:10 am
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Hey Don, thanks so much - I sure missed being there with all you wonderful folks!
Yeah, that's great old song. Moon sure wrote some good ones . . |
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2008 12:07 pm
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| Thanks Steve, that means a lot. |
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