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Topic: book hunt! Paul Bigsby's 60 modern tunings for 8 string |
John Sassano
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Danville, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 3:52 pm |
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Looking for a copy of Paul Bigsby's "60 modern tunings for 8 string steel guitar"
I'd put in in Wtb but who looks there? |
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Joe Elk
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 4:35 pm
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I have a copy. I would not give it. I could copy it. I suppose since it is not in print it would not
get me to much trouble.
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 4:46 pm
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There's nothing really revelatory in there--some of the tunings don't make a lot of sense anyway. There's nothing in there you can't learn with a few minutes of searching through this forum on tunings.
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John Sassano
From:
Danville, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 4:51 pm
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| Mike that means a lot. I'll take your advise. Thank you! |
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Blake Hawkins
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Florida
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 5:03 pm
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| I have the book also. A lot of tunings but no reference as to who actually used them. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Joe Elk
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 6:18 pm
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I certainly agree comments above! I am retired from the Navy. A Steel player playing at the one of the service clubs on Treasure Island,CA gave it to me about 1960.
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John Sassano
From:
Danville, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 8:11 pm
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I was reading Andy's book and he mentioned it. That was the inspiration for searching! Thanks for the clarity everyone!
John |
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Todd Clinesmith
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Lone Rock Free State Oregon
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 9:15 pm
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If you get a chance to buy it, do it. It's a cool piece of steel guitar history.I cherish my copy.
It would have been cool if "players of the day"'s tunings were in there. There was so much experimentation going on in that era.
I owned Maurice Anderson's T-8 Bigsby at one time. I could not make sense of the the copedant that was on the center neck. It had 5 pedals and a lot of lowers, if not all lowers. It baffled me.
When I asked Reece "what tuning and set up did you have on there?" "What changes were you trying to achieve?" He replied with something like, "who know's" "I really did not know what I was going for." |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 6:31 am Re: book hunt! Paul Bigsby's 60 modern tunings for 8 string
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| John Sassano wrote: |
Looking for a copy of Paul Bigsby's "60 modern tunings for 8 string steel guitar"
I'd put in in Wtb but who looks there? |
Lots and lots of people. This is why we have a Wanted to Buy section.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 1:56 pm
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A much better resource for tunings is Andy Volk's Slide Rules.
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John Sassano
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Danville, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 3:44 pm
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| Already stated I got the idea from Andy's book. And don't dig the wtb section. It's all fine. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 10:39 am
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First, thanks for the plug, guys.
Second, the entire Bigsby booklet was printed in Steel Guitar World Magazine in the early 1990s. It was, surprisingly, of minimal use, if I recall. But if you really want to be sure you're not missing anything you can ask if anyone has the SGW issue that included it.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 6:21 am
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How about this one:
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 2:02 pm
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The Bigsby book is more helpful if you are a Bigsby collector as it helps explain why some guitars are set up the way they are or why the fingers were switched around over the years to get away from an odd tuning.
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