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Topic: Ernie Ball |
Bobby Nelson
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2018 5:59 pm |
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I never knew Ernie Ball was a steel guitar player - never thought about it I guess. |
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2018 8:25 pm
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Mitch Drumm
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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 6 Apr 2018 9:22 pm
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with Eddie Cletro's band, late 1950s; Los Angeles.
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John Bresler R.I.P.
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Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 7 Apr 2018 5:27 am
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Ernie Ball wrote a 7 book lesson series in A6th which started as non-pedal up to Pre-pedal. I bought the whole set and actually learned to read music but I don't remember any Pedal steel books ever being published. His books were full of examples to improve your Fender steel guitar.
I don't ever remember hearing Ernie play, tho. I believe he was a southern California player.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 7 Apr 2018 7:50 am
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| ...and he had his own line of pedal steels for a time. |
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2018 9:41 am
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I went to highschool with his kids. He had a sense of humor. Named one son Sherwood, and the other Stirling.
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A banjo, like a pet monkey, seems like a good idea at first. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2018 10:51 am
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The way I understand it, Leo Fender only put a certain gauge of strings on his guitars. The guitar slingers got into string bending and wanted lighter gauge strings for their Fanders so Ernie Ball set up a string shop down the street from Fender and offered strings in lighter gauges.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 
Erv |
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Bobby Nelson
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2018 1:39 pm
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| Great pics guys. That string story makes sense Erv. I heard that guys used to put the little banjo strings on the high E, and from there, start with the high E in the string set on the 2nd string slot and go from there - giving them a set of light strings - before light string sets were made of course. |
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2018 10:56 am
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| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
| I went to highschool with his kids. He had a sense of humor. Named one son Sherwood, and the other Stirling. |
That’s cool
The Ball family history is very interesting in that it parallels the modern recording/entertainment industry practically right from the beginning, starting with Ernie’s father and continues to this day with his grandsons. |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 9 Apr 2018 2:42 am
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| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
| I went to highschool with his kids. He had a sense of humor. Named one son Sherwood, and the other Stirling. |
Sterling worked with Albert Lee both live and in the studio.
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Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2018 7:11 am
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| Joachim Kettner wrote: |
| Brooks Montgomery wrote: |
| I went to highschool with his kids. He had a sense of humor. Named one son Sherwood, and the other Stirling. |
Sterling worked with Albert Lee both live and in the studio. |
Yep. And Sherwood has a pretty long list of studio and tour credits as a guitarist, vocalist, and actor. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 9 Apr 2018 7:44 am
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Also?!
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Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2018 1:47 pm
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| Interesting info fellas. |
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Wally Moyers
From:
Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 3:40 pm
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| Sterling is a great guy and fantastic musician! |
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