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Topic: Caught in the act of Bar hand thumb blocking |
Stuart Legg
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Posted 29 Aug 2013 5:43 pm |
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 29 Aug 2013 6:26 pm
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I find myself doing this from time to time. Am I a bad boy?
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 29 Aug 2013 7:28 pm
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I do it too. Mostly if I play the 9th string along with any combination of strings 3,4,5,6 and want to mute only string 9 and maybe slide the others to a different fret or maybe activate the A & B pedals.
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 29 Aug 2013 7:53 pm
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I remember Bo saying in a topic that he blocked with his bar hand thumb by pushing the bar away from him across the string with his thumb in front of the bar and the with the middle finger of the bar hand by pulling the bar back toward him with his middle finger sticking past the bullet end of the bar.
Paul said he didn't use that in his pick blocking method, but only used it if he wanted to make his steel sound like a marimba.
Well needless to say Bo’s pick blocking plus method went down hill from there.
So I joined in on the fun
Here the old topic
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Aug 2013 12:24 pm
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Although I would not recommend using that technique regularly, what really matters is the sound and how well you play. If'n it heps you - go fer it.  |
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Terry Sneed
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Arkansas,
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Posted 30 Aug 2013 6:16 pm guilty
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I'm guilty. I ocasionaly block the 8th-10th strings with my bar hand thumb. I beleive Jeff Newman also used that tecnique(sp) from time to time.
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 30 Aug 2013 8:06 pm
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Thumb blocks when you push forward and middle finger blocks when you pull back.
Bo uses this with his pick blocking. He almost never palm blocks.
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Terry Sneed
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Arkansas,
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Posted 31 Aug 2013 6:55 pm blockin
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Stuart, that looks exactly like my hand. LOL! The only way I can block strings 1 & 2 is with my bar hand middle finger just like in your picture. I also bend my first finger up, on top of the bar like your showin. I was told by a local steel player that it gives you better control of the bar. But, I ain't quite got that bar control masterd yet.
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 1 Sep 2013 12:30 pm
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Bo bends his picks in this manor.
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Tim Konecky
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Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2013 4:54 pm
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Looks like Bo's fingers are backwards. Does he have weird fingernails or something?
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Terry Sneed
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Posted 1 Sep 2013 7:45 pm Bo's fingers
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Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2013 12:30 am
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Did it work? Then it's okay.
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 2 Sep 2013 12:42 am
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| Stuart Legg wrote: |
Thumb blocks when you push forward and middle finger blocks when you pull back.
Bo uses this with his pick blocking. He almost never palm blocks.
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I see nothing wrong with this picture,though I will not divulge how my privates configure into my blocking scheme, either. |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 2 Sep 2013 9:32 am
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I can't post the picture of Bo's middle finger he gave me.
So I searched thru the archives and blew up a little section of an image. As you can see it's pretty much like my Rembrandt sketch.
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