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Topic: Audience first time viewing a pedal steel |
Craig Schwartz
From:
McHenry IL
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 6:58 am |
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Now I try my best to look the part so that I dont give people a wrong impression at any gig that comes my way, In fact I try NOT to stand out, but it seems like I`m explaining the same thing over and over and I`m getting callased to it just a little,
I gotta remember to keep smiling, Heres only a couple of remarks.
What the heck is that thing...
One woman said it looked like I was sitting in a wheel chair and had braces on my legs , (Black spray will fix that)
I thought Chrome was cool 
Any other Don Rickles statements out there ?
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 7:27 am
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I just tell them that it's a combination Singer sewing machine and an electric cheese slicer.  |
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Chuck Lawson
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 7:54 am
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| I tell them its my electric ironing board. |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 8:33 am
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I tell them it's my MACCORINI MACHINE( Rotini).
I wonder if Bassoon players are asked the same thing? I could see someone asking a Bag Pipe player " Is that a Octopus your playing". |
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Dennis Manuel
From:
Quesnel, B.C., Canada
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 8:54 am
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| Someone asked if it was a new style xylophone. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 9:13 am
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When someone asks "Is that thing difficult to play?", I say "Yes....it's impossible!"  |
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 9:31 am
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Here in Scotland it is often referred to as a knitting machine.One player got fed up with it and got hold of an old wool blanket, tied it up under his steel and gradually lowered it down on a piece of string during the gig.There were a few confused faces in the hall. 
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MSA Millenium SD10, GK MB200, Sica 12inch cab, Joyo American Sound Pedal/ Jay Ganz Straight Ahead amp, Telonics 15inch in Peavey cab, Digitech RP150, Peterson tuner.Hilton volume pedal.Scott Dixon seat and guitar flight case. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 11:11 am
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I vas collate between telling people it's either:
an oakie organ
.........or a loom |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 11:49 am
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A guy I work with calls it a floor fiddle. Now where he got that, I'll never know.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 12:27 pm
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| Back in the 70's, I was playing the Plano Elks Lodge and a couple came up and bent over to look at the underside of the steel. I told them it was a console harp......seemed to satisify them. |
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John Cadeau
From:
Surrey,B.C. Canada
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 1:11 pm Audience first time viewing a pedal steel
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| Mine has been called a table guitar, and a keyboard. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 2:36 pm
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| Appalachian Tone Bender ? |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 4:03 pm
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| i tell everyone it takes a genius to play one! |
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Aaron Goldstein
From:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 4:23 pm
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"Hillbilly string section" is what I've taken to calling it.
I can't count how many times I've gotten "you were great on the keyboard tonight".
But I CAN count how many times I've heard, "you were great on the sitar tonight" - twice! Two separate occasions, two different people. Weird.
I'm also often asked, "how hard is that thing to play, really?" as though there is some scale by which I can quantify exactly how hard it is to play. I usually tell people it's quite hard but can be achieved if you set your mind to it and give it lots of time. |
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Damien Odell
From:
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 4:31 pm
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| I always tell them it's a pedal steel guitar, and that always confuses them.... |
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Robert Daniels
From:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 5:08 pm
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I used to call them "redneck tear machines"...with love.
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 5:37 pm
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When they ask what it is, I always like asking them what they think it is. Some interesting answers. Zither was one.
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 5:43 pm
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I always tell them," you don't have to be crazy to play one of these things, but a little bit helps"!
Jack
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Zum D10 8x5,rev pre-amp, TC M300, Split 12, n-112, IZZY, Hilton vp, Geo L, BJS Hughey, Live Steel |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Olaf van Roggen
From:
The Netherlands
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Posted 8 Apr 2013 10:54 pm
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| ...I once heard someone praising:"great stringbox instrument!" |
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Daniel Morris
From:
Westlake, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 4:40 am
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I don't know who originally coined it, but I always like "electric ironing board".
However, my favorite was when I was playing in a country covers band, and a guy came up to my side of the stage. He said, "Man, you really play a great sitar!" You can't make these things up....
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1979 MSA U12 Pedal Steel
1982 Kline U12 Pedal steel
2019 Sierra U12 Pedal Steel
2011 Bear Creek MK Weissenborn
Milkman 40W Mini amp w/Telonics 15" speaker.
Dr. Z Surgical Steel w/TT 15" speaker.
Frenzel MB-50 head.
Spaceman, Empress, Eventide, Pigtronix. |
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Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 4:58 am
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I've been asked if the thing that I was playing is a glockenspeil. My favorite, however, "is that a keyboard with strings?"
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Justice Pro Lite (4-5), Justice D-10 (8-5)x2 , Quilter Steelaire, Hilton Pedal, BJ's bar. |
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 5:26 am
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Cheese slicer. Standard 10 stringer makes 9 thick uniform slices. Deluxe model, two people can operate simultaneously. There is also a model that can do 11 slices.
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Just 'cause I look stupid, don't mean I'm not. |
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Josh Rossow
From:
Mchenry, Illinois
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 5:34 am
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| One guy called it a " Sit Guitar " |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Apr 2013 9:21 am
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Ten Manually Controlled Monophonic Oscillators.
Actually, I always appreciate the interest, and answer politely, no matter how much it get's old. |
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