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Topic: Bohemian Rhapsody 14 String Lapsteel Guitar |
Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 4:43 pm |
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Bohemian Rhapsody 14 String Lapsteel Guitar
(Quote by 32251)
I Recorded A Version Of This On A Lapsteel Guitar I Made. 14 Strings. Tuning For This Song Is From Low To High E A C# E G A B C D E F G G# A. I Use A SP1 Shubb Pearse Bar & A Piece Of Brass On My Thumb For Some Extra Notes When I Need Them. I Hope You Enjoy The Effort!!! Sorry About Only Two Pics Over & Over, But I Just Downloaded Win Movie Maker & Did The Best I Could.
Mr. 32251
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXphQ0wrdPU
TUNING HI TO LO
A G# G F E D C B A G E C#
A E
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Iestyn Lewis
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 4:57 pm
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INCREDIBLE! You do the song complete justice, on 14 strings, with TWO slides. I only wish there was some video of you playing, I would love to see how you achieve some of this. Best thing I have heard all day.
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 5:18 pm Double Wow _ Wow !!!
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| Roger , That was amazing !! How do you ever keep on the correct string , so many and so close !! And the thumb bar !!! That was perfect playing with so many notes and chords !!! Do you have a computer chip plugged into your brain ??? Simply amazing !!! olde 7 string geezer - AKA Eddie "C" |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 5:28 pm
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Very Impressive Roger!!!
The guitar sounds great and your playing is excellent. Both right and left hand execution performed very well indeed.
You have been keeping secrets from us. 
I hope you do some more.
Roy
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Adrienne Clasky
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 5:31 pm
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Wow. Really nice.
Where did you get the thumb bar? |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Sep 2014 9:19 pm
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Sorry Folks I'm Not The Steel Guitar Player Here
That is Why I put (Quote 32251). This Is The ID Of The Poster & I Assume The Player As Well.
For Now His Identity Is A Mystery. 
Roger |
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Paul DiMaggio
From:
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 1:03 am
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| That might be forum member Bill Hatcher. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 3:41 am
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I listen to Bill Hatcher's 14-string Bach piece at least every third day, mostly when I'm feeling overly-adequate or something. Yikes! Guy's nuts.
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on top, PLUS an extra slide for the notes that don't fit. I am so-oo inadequate....  |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 3:42 am
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There is only one person I know of capable of that: Bill Hatcher. I do believe Bill posted this here about a year ago. Absolutely masterful.
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 5:55 am
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Custom Tabs Various Tunings
Courses Lap Steel, Pedal Steel |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 7:38 am
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| This is wonderful! Only Bill Hatcher could do this. I don't think there could be another Bill Hatcher! |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 9:28 am Oh my G......................
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What an excellent performance!
That is the most exciting new 'sound' I've heard in a long, long time.
The full bodied, RICH tones you're getting are truly wonderful to hear.
How about telling us what units you use to get this fabulous 'sound'........... The guitar doesn't look like it should be able to deliver such a great sound all by itself.
The thumb thingie is quite unique and really does the trick. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 11:07 am
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One observation is that it appears he is using a McIntosh MC250 (hard to tell but that's what it looks like to me, because I have one).
This era of McIntosh amps are known to be tone monsters. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 12:54 pm
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if you liked what you heard then i am indeed 32251. if you didnt like it, i am not.... |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Sep 2014 10:12 pm
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HI BILL,
I Thoroughly Enjoyed Your Playing On This Tune.
Who Is The Author Of This Beautiful Tune:?:
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2014 12:30 am
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Sep 2014 12:45 am
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| The author of this Bohemian Rhapsody was none other than Freddy Mercury of the band Queen. |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 5 Oct 2014 12:10 am
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| awesome. Loved it |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 5 Oct 2014 2:23 am
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Had a feeling that was Bill first time I heard it a while ago.
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Stefan
Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
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Eugene Cole
From:
near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2014 6:25 pm
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| Keith Glendinning wrote: |
| The author of this Bohemian Rhapsody was none other than Freddy Mercury of the band Queen. |
Great playing. Is Freddy a Pedal or non-Pedal player?
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