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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  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


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 6 Apr 2018 8:25 pm    
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Mitch Drumm

 

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Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
Post  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
Post  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.

Cool Cool
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  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


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Idaho, USA
Post  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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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  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! Very Happy
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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  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
Post  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 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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Post  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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Fred Treece


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Post  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


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Post  Posted 9 Apr 2018 7:44 am    
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Also?!
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Bobby Nelson


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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 9 Apr 2018 1:47 pm    
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Interesting info fellas.
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Wally Moyers


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Lubbock, Texas
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2018 3:40 pm    
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Sterling is a great guy and fantastic musician!
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