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Alex Cattaneo


From:
Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 5 Feb 2013 6:58 pm    
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Hey guys, this is my humble attempt at the original Bruce Bouton solo from Ricky Skaggs' Highway 40 Blues.

http://youtu.be/2u52C_PUVy0

And here you can watch how I play the complete track, intro, fills, solo, the works. I edited the song to keep only the parts where the steel is featured.

https://vimeo.com/59029139

I have the whole thing tabbed out on Tabledit, if anyone is interested, see this thread for more details:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=240747
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Fred Justice


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Mesa, Arizona
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 5:53 am     """ Good Stuff """
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Alex you make an old man mighty proud.
Great playing my friend, keep on picken.
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Carl Kilmer


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East Central, Illinois
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 6:12 am    
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Alex, That is just super good. It's as close to the
orginal as I've ever heard. Sure wish I could play
at least 1/10th that good. Then I'd feel like a pro.
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Steve Pawlak

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 6:16 am    
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Great job Alex
And you aint THAT old Fred Smile
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Jeff Garden


From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 6:38 am    
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Super detailed note-for-note tab of every steel part on the tune. Very professional job Alex!
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Alex Cattaneo


From:
Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 7:01 am    
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Wow guys, feels really good to read all your comments this morning! Motivates me to keep practicing and working even harder.

As I explain in my post in the "for sale - music lessons" section, I'm asking 5$ for these tabs. I often share tabs for free but obviously this is a little more involved, doing a complete song from A to Z like that. As Jeff and others can attest, these are done with Tabledit,very accurate, clean and easy to read. Sorry, didn't mean to go all mercantile in this thread, just wanted to avoid any confusion.
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Alex Cattaneo


From:
Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 7:15 am    
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Some people have mentioned that their eyesight is not that good and are concerned about the size of the tabs. There is something called TEFview, which is a FREE reader for Tabledit files. It allows you to zoom in all you want, but also hear the tabs play at any speed and print them on paper.

It's right here: http://www.tabledit.com/tefview/index.shtml

That being said, usually it's easy to just zoom in with the pdf file. I do it myself and the tabs remain clear and readable.
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Dennis Manuel


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Quesnel, B.C., Canada
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 9:16 am    
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Sounds awesome and great job!
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Kenneth Kotsay

 

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Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Post  Posted 7 Feb 2013 4:07 pm    
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EXCELLENT PICKING.


KEN
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Alex Cattaneo


From:
Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 9 Feb 2013 1:24 pm    
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Thanks guys! I'm not worthy of the great pickers I hear every day in these posts, but I'm stubborn, I can tell you that!!!

Some of you have asked me about my set-up to record this. I do the video with an iPad 3, then sync it with the audio in the computer.

The audio is the Justice S10 > Hilton volume pedal > Vintech 573 preamp (no tubes, but studio quality nonetheless) > Apogee Duet soundcard > Logic Pro software.
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James Quillian


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San Antonio, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 12 Feb 2013 5:04 pm    
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I bought the TAB and I highly recommend it.
Why? First, who uses tab? A lot of people but for sure somebody learning the instrument.
This one is good because it covers a standard and has licks that can be used in a lot of other places.
In addition, this one is completly clear and matches the sound file.
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