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Topic: Bob Dylan Steel Player |
Sandy Inglis
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Christchurch New Zealand
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Posted 28 Aug 2018 3:06 am |
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I've just been to the Bob Dylan concert (here in Christchurch NZ).
I was pleased to see a steel player (Donnie Herron)on stage, though we could hardly hear him in the mix. When he played electric fiddle, he came through great but even his electric mandolin was quiet.
Even so I caught some great licks coming through on both PSG and Console (Lap) Steel.
The stranger next to me commented that you don't see a Steel Guitar on stage very often.
I met up with a group of musicians after the show and they were on the other side to me (closer to the Steel Player) and said that they couldn't hear him either.
Even so it was good to see it out there - onstage.
Sandy
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1968 Gibson SG; Taylor 710 CE; Encore Tele Copy; Peterson Tuner; HIWATT T40 C 40W/20W Combo |
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 28 Aug 2018 7:47 am
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That'not good Sandy, because steel is no rhythm guitar 
I've seen him with Larry Campbell a long time ago and his steel was good and loud. I was surprised!
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 28 Aug 2018 8:48 am Re: Bob Dylan Steel Player
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| Sandy Inglis wrote: |
I've just been to the Bob Dylan concert (here in Christchurch NZ).
I was pleased to see a steel player (Donnie Herron)on stage, though we could hardly hear him in the mix. When he played electric fiddle, he came through great but even his electric mandolin was quiet.
Even so I caught some great licks coming through on both PSG and Console (Lap) Steel.
The stranger next to me commented that you don't see a Steel Guitar on stage very often.
I met up with a group of musicians after the show and they were on the other side to me (closer to the Steel Player) and said that they couldn't hear him either.
Even so it was good to see it out there - onstage.
Sandy |
I see you have a homemade 6 string lap steel in this post. Could you post a picture of it? I love to see what other players build.
Thanks Sandy,
Bill
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2018 9:43 am
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| If I am at a concert and can't hear the Steel I will go over to the soundboard and tell the guy. They usually just forgot to push the slider up cuz they usually don't work with Steel. |
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Sandy Inglis
From:
Christchurch New Zealand
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Posted 28 Aug 2018 5:15 pm
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Hi Bill
I built this to learn about them. It is made from a local native wood called "Lowland Totara" which a specialist furniture maker (who specializes in these timbers) assured me was the hardest (besides Kauri).
I don't think it is a great tone-wood but I enjoyed the experience.
Some of the bits were left-over from upgrading my Gibson SG. The nut is Aluminum, the bridge machined from a steel rod.
The fret-board is Kwila Hardboard with white plastic strips inserted.
I have it currently tuned to C6 to try to get my head around the basics for my PSG playing.
Sandy
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01'Zumsteel D10 9+9; Sho Bud D10 SuperPro; 6 String Lap Steel (Homemade); Peavey Nashville 1000; Fender Deluxe 85;
1968 Gibson SG; Taylor 710 CE; Encore Tele Copy; Peterson Tuner; HIWATT T40 C 40W/20W Combo |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 29 Aug 2018 1:48 pm
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| Don had played steel with BR5-49 before joining Bob Dylan's band. When BR5-49 played the Opry in 2001, Don played a 1950s Fender nonpedal steel, and a Zumsteel D-10. He played nonpedal steel on a Carl Smith song that BR5-49 performed that night called "Go Boy Go" and switched to pedal steel on a cover of Anne Murray's 1983 song "A Little Good News". |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 29 Aug 2018 2:14 pm
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| Pete Burak wrote: |
| If I am at a concert and can't hear the Steel I will go over to the soundboard and tell the guy. They usually just forgot to push the slider up cuz they usually don't work with Steel. |
I guess it depends on the size of the concert. The last time I saw Dylan was 4 or 5 years ago at the Greek Theater on the U.C. Berkeley campus.
Capacity of around 8000, and the location of the sound booth (typically with a security guy or two keeping watch) doesn't make it very easy to stroll up there let them know that you can't hear the steel.
As for my experience I heard Donnie just fine.
The part that my wife and I had a hard time with - though we got some good chuckles out of it - was to see who could figure out first which song he just started into. There would often be quite a bit of mumbling going on and in a sudden burst of proper diction it was, "you used to laugh about...everybody that was...hangin' out":
"Hey Bob - please take the marbles out of your mouth before continuing with the concert. These tickets weren't cheap!"
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