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Topic: MOONEY Setup???? |
Bob Bartoli
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 1:45 am |
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| Excuse my stupidity ,but what exactly is the "Mooney Setup" ?? is it like a "Day" setup ??? I do know it means Ralph Mooney..but what is the configuration ??? Thanks in advance.. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 2:36 am
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It was kinda wacky. A search on Ralph Mooney copedent will pull up the details.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 5:50 am
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Found this thread with images:
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 6:03 am
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The secret to Moon is almost treating the steel like a face-up Tele. You can play most of his stuff on a regular E9th guitar, as you can see.
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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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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 6:30 am
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
| The secret to Moon is almost treating the steel like a face-up Tele. You can play most of his stuff on a regular E9th guitar, as you can see. |
Yep. I think alot of stuff that people think is a tele on Waylons stuff is actually Moon. |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 6:57 am
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| One of the secrets is playing with two feet to get each pull to activate crisply. Mashing on the pedals with two feet produces a sharper note transition that trying to rock your ankle between two pedals or moving your entire foot from one pedal to another. |
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Mike Wilkerson
From:
Luther Oklahoma
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 11:50 am
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In the words of a steel guitar player in Canada who knew Moon better than most the secret to Moons'playing is dancing on the pedals and yes Mr Cutshaw playing with 2 feet.
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S12 MSA Classic Nashville 400 with fox mods amp 1 volume pedal 1 Lil Izzy and 3 cords |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 1:05 pm
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And here's the perfect guitar for his early tuning!
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=280578
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"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 4:33 pm
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| I think many people try to read too much into Moon's playing, but most of his stuff was dirt-simple. Probably 98% of everything he ever did was A,B, & C, and an E lower. It's more of a mindset and style thing than it is having same tuning or using both feet. |
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