Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 Sep 2012 6:20 am |
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I wish I had a lot if "bumpy road" stories.
I will say that my first couple months were really frustrating as I learned to coordinate my feet and knees with what my hands were doing.
The only thing that kept that guitar from sailing out the window was the fact that I was learning on borrowed guitars ("Sorry, Mrs. Fox, I can't return your Lloyd Green, the slivers are in my front yard")
But every Thursday evening I got to pick the brain of Mike Auldridge, since I was going to the Birchmere anyway.
Once I got the hang of it, I understood why Mike told my dad I'd make a better steelman than Dobro picker: I RELATE to this contraption.
These things are easier to pull music out of than a Dobro or lap steel. I think the music and it comes out of the speaker.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Ben Banville
From:
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2012 7:17 am
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Here's the scene o' the crime...my fun room! (may need padding on walls)
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BenRom pedal steel, 1963 Guild Starfire III, Gretsch 5120, S.A. Robelli Strat, Fender 1957 reissue Mex. Strat, Fender Highway One Tele, Schecter Jazz-6
"Ring the bells that still can ring
forget your perfect offering
there is a crack in everything
that's how the light gets in"...Leonard Cohen
Ain't nothing quite like hearin' that high lonesome bent sound! |
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