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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jun 2015 7:06 am    
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Hi All, Just wanted to say hello from Hayes,Virginia. I'm new to lap steel and hoping to improve.
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Joe Breeden

 

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Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jun 2015 10:36 am    
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Glad to have you. This is the right place. Lot of really good players and smart boys and girls at this site.{not Me}
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Todd Goad


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Gray, Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jun 2015 11:30 am    
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Welcome aboard Charles...
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jun 2015 12:03 pm    
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Thanks guys, know of anyone in the Hayes,VA area that offers instruction? Hayes is in the Yorktown area.
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Buck Rodgers

 

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Virginia (Yorktown)
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 4:18 am    
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Welcome aboard, Charles. Rick Mann gives lessons on Pedal Steel here in the Hampton Roads area. He is very versatile with many different instruments, so it wouldn't surprise me if he can also give instruction on Lap Steel. You can look him up here on the Forum.
Buck Rodgers
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 5:34 am    
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Buck, Thank you for the lead. I'm really having some trouble getting started. I have been at it for a couple of months but don't seen to get any farther along. It took me awhile to build my lap steel and now want be able to use it.


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Joe Elk


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 5:48 am    
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Nice build job. What kind of wood and stain?
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Brad Bechtel


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San Francisco, CA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 6:31 am    
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Welcome, Charles. What tuning are you trying to learn? What style(s) of music?
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Buck Rodgers

 

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Virginia (Yorktown)
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 11:10 am    
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Very nice job.
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 12:25 pm    
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nice to have you here!! nice build.....the girl and the guitar!
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Edward Meisse

 

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Santa Rosa, California, USA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2015 8:59 pm    
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Brad Bechtel wrote:
Welcome, Charles. What tuning are you trying to learn? What style(s) of music?


Those are questions #1 and #2 for anybody seeking assistance on the forum. Standard operating procedure.
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jun 2015 5:03 am    
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It's poplar which had a interesting greenish grain in it. It's colored with Minwax Island Water dye,applied the pinup, then six coats of poly. The tuning is c6 and I'm a fan of island music.
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Doug Clark

 

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Maine, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jun 2015 11:19 am    
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Welcome to SGF, Charles. Well done on the build; very nice work. Cool
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jun 2015 1:11 pm    
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Thanks, Doug
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Deirdre Higgins


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Connecticut, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jun 2015 10:40 am    
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Hi and welcome to the forum Charles, most assuredly you'll find all the help you need here. Love your guitar BTW.
May I recommend Jerry Byrd's Instruction course for steel guitar sold by Scotty's music. Not only does Jerry teach you thoroughly how to play, but a good many of the songs are Hawaiian. Scotty also carries Jerry's DVD which I highly recommend.
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Michael Butler


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California, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jun 2015 11:53 am    
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charles: welcome to the forum. a lot of great people here with a lot of great information and support.

really like your lap steel!!!

play music!
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2015 5:17 am    
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Thank you, and thanks for the info.
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2015 7:34 am    
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Welcome! Dive in, ask questions, share links, rant about guitars. Smile
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James Honberger


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Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2015 8:45 am    
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Welcome Charles,
Cool axe you got there. I love the Hawaiian girl. Nice effect.
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Edward Meisse

 

From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Post  Posted 25 Jun 2015 5:31 pm    
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There is a lot of C6 instruction material available through the forum and from forum members. Up in the left hand corner there is a green box marked, "Instruction." You'll find a wealth of material. But Jerry Byrd's book is an excellent starting point. I began there, myself.
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Charles Garner


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Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 26 Jun 2015 5:29 am    
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Thank you.
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Keith Glendinning


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United Kingdom
Post  Posted 26 Jun 2015 5:51 am    
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Hi Charles,
I'm a relatively new player like yourself, after many years playing "normal" guitar. You could do no better than look at Doug Beaumier's videos on youtube for inspiration. Once you figure out the intervals and scales of the C6th tuning you'll be able to understand and enjoy what Doug plays without a total brain freeze and even attempt some of his tunes yourself.
Regards,
Keith.
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Charles Garner


From:
Hayes,Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 26 Jun 2015 6:40 am    
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OK, I'll check him out.
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Edward Meisse

 

From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Post  Posted 26 Jun 2015 8:56 am    
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Keith Glendinning wrote:
Hi Charles,
I'm a relatively new player like yourself, after many years playing "normal" guitar. You could do no better than look at Doug Beaumier's videos on youtube for inspiration. Once you figure out the intervals and scales of the C6th tuning you'll be able to understand and enjoy what Doug plays without a total brain freeze and even attempt some of his tunes yourself.
Regards,
Keith.


What he said.
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Doug Clark

 

From:
Maine, USA
Post  Posted 28 Jun 2015 1:50 pm    
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After watching Joe Dochtermann's YouTube tutorial on "Sleep Walk" with the "over the shoulder" camera view, I ordered the downloads (PDF and ZIP audio files) for his Learn to Play C6 Lap Steel set. (joedocmusic.com)

I just listened to some of Doug Beaumier's demo MPs, and I think his 25 Songs and 25 More Songs for Lap Steel Guitar will be my next purchase. I liked his cover of "Apache" and snippets of a couple of Christmas songs. Cool

If you haven't found the site already, it's http://www.dougbsteel.com.

Before I discovered the Instruction page here (and before my SX Lap 2 even arrived), I ordered Jay Leach's First Lessons book. It's a good start, too.
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