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Ron Ludwick
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2010 4:09 pm |
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| I am just learning the Pedal Steel. I have played guitar for years, but do not read music, only play by ear. I have a Zum Steel 12 string, a Peavey Nashville 112 Amp, and a Boss DD3. I would like recommendations for good instruction as there is no teacher near me. I have learned the basic grips, and know the basic chords, but not the 7th's and minors. Who would you recommend and one other question for those who have the Nashville 112, what settings do you use?? Thanks for your imput. |
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2010 4:36 pm
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Hi Ron, There's a lot of instructional DVD's and tabs available for study and I'm sure more folks will chime in with some good advice but have you checked out any of the instruction available on YouTube? Mickey Adams for one has tons of instruction available and you can't beat the price. He's an excellent teacher.  |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2010 4:39 pm
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Ron, please ask your amplifier question in the Electronics section of the forum. We try to keep things separate so that people can find answers more easily.
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John Swindle
From:
Oregon, USA
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Herby Wallace
From:
Sevierville, TN, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Aug 2010 11:21 am Instruction
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I have a wide variety of instruction courses available and I have been doing courses since 1969. You can check my web site at: www.herbywallace.com for a partial listing or I can mail you my info with all of my courses. The best ones I have to start with is the HWP-300 for the E9th tuning and if you are using a Universal tuning, you could also adapt my HWP-200 which is my basic C6th tuning. All of my courses use a simplified tab system with CDs and you don't have to read music to use them.
Herby Wallace
865/453-2973 or
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Marc Friedland
From:
Fort Collins, CO
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Posted 5 Aug 2010 2:58 pm
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Ron,
There is plenty of free instructional material for the E9 neck of the pedal steel guitar available for viewing and/or downloading and printing out on my website:
Go to http://www.PedalSteelGuitarMusic.com
Click on “free downloads” then scroll & choose what you want.
Charts include Major / Minor / 7th / Expanded Minors / & More
The scales and song charts are offered for free, no obligation what-so-ever, please help yourself!
The possession of these charts does not replace the need for having a hands-on instructor, and they do not take the place of any of the great instructional material already available on various formats.
Obviously there’s no obligation to make a purchase. If you know anyone who might enjoy listening to me play non-country pedal steel to rock songs or benefit from listening to and playing along to the backing tracks of Steel My Guitar Gently Weeps, please direct them to my website. Purchases are certainly appreciated. Regardless of what kind of music you enjoy playing & listening to, playing along to these melodic songs from the 60’s is an excellent learning tool, particularly in playing with songs that use a lot of Minor chords.
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 6 Aug 2010 5:35 am
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Herby is a class act and I have a lot of his early material I learned on when starting to learn steel.
Check him out.
Don |
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 6 Aug 2010 8:49 am
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I think that TODAY one should at least shoot for professionally produced VIDO/DVD lessons.
Still, just the acquisition of a pedal steel guitar and accessories goes easily into the thousands of Dollars, which would seem enough to warrant the additional expense of treating yourself to a couple of days worth or 1-to-1 instruction with a professional steel guitar teacher.
This could save you from the get go on to acquire some later difficult to get rid of bad habits and mistakes and get you PLAYING instead of fumbling from week one on.
... J-D.
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The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
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Gary Shepherd
From:
Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2010 6:49 pm
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Ron, where in OK are you? I'm near Ardmore. I wouldn't mind showing you a few things. If you're close.
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Ron Ludwick
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2010 7:45 am Instruction
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| Thanks to all who responded. Any help is appreciated. |
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