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Topic: Chris Scruggs,,,Fantastic Showman |
Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Tyler George
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 25 Jun 2012 2:43 pm |
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On "Fiddle Sticks Boogie" I hear Chris playing a Ride very close to Joaquin Murphy's ride on the Spade Cooley record of "Oklahoma Stomp" over 60 years ago. This has been copied many times by many Steel Players.
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Michael Kienhofer
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Goulais River,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 25 Jun 2012 4:07 pm
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| Billy what do you mean by "Ride"?[/quote]On "Fiddle Sticks Boogie" I hear Chris playing a Ride |
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2012 4:27 pm
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| To 'take a ride' is to play a solo. |
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Michael Kienhofer
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Goulais River,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 25 Jun 2012 6:22 pm
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| Thank-you Stephan |
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Steve Ahola
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Concord, California
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Morgan Ramsey
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 26 Jun 2012 1:08 pm
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Here is what he has said he uses for his tuning, which Im guessing is really close to kayton roberts. Could have changed by now though, I know he is a guru on different tunings.
"I tune the inside to C6/a7:
E
C
A
G
E
C#
A
A (bass note)
Sometimes I drop the fourth string from G down to F#, and play it as a D9 tuning.
I tune the outside to E13:
E
C#
G#
E
F#
D
B
E
Sometimes I drop the second string from C# down to B and use it as an E9 tuning" |
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Steve Ahola
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Concord, California
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Posted 26 Jun 2012 11:54 pm
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| Morgan Ramsey wrote: |
"I tune the inside to C6/a7:
E
C
A
G
E
C#
A
A (bass note) |
>>> so is the 8th string an octave lower than the 7th string?
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I tune the outside to E13:
E
C#
G#
E
F#
D
B
E
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So were the 4th and 5th strings inadvertently switched around in his post?
Thanks!
Steve Ahola
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2012 3:12 am
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| the fiddle player is amazing!!!!! |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Jun 2012 5:52 am
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yeah, something is off on that E13.
the low A in the C6 tuning is mainly for special effects, like pig grunts (seriously), and other uses. its not meant to be used in a pure chord function...although you could.
it looks like Chris uses the old Shubb bar - so he may be the new role model for the bullet vs shubb bar debate. it must be modified, i tried one once and it got hung up all in the strings, some grind off one end to make it glide better.
i havent watched/listened to him enough to see if he slants, but it looks like for his style, with lots of bar effects, that Shubb may be the ticket.
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Mack Quinney
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Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2012 11:24 am
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Here is Kayton's version. Great tune. Love the way he pulls the string behind the bar.
Kayton Rag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMr1WHtXJbc
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G Strout
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Carabelle, Florida
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Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Jul 2012 8:44 am
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That interview was done in 2010 I believe, and I think the two videos at the start of this thread are later. At the Canadian Steel show a couple of weeks ago Kayton Roberts was the headliner. I got to see him play both nights, he is an incredible player and a very nice man with an excellent sense of humour.
I think that he may have had some influence on Chris Scruggs'style. |
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