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Topic: Buddy Emmons solo - Drivin' nails in my coffin |
Jan Oelbrandt
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Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 24 Jan 2021 5:05 am |
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A lot of people make fun of the Sho~Bud Maverick (the 3&1, brown vinyl covered type).
But if you look at them as a 10-string lap steel (console if you will) with a few abilities to change the pitch of a certain string, they fit the bill like no other.
They sound good, stay in tune and are easy to work on.
Anyway, I'll never dump mine.
In 1961, the pedal steel was still in development. Buddy Emmons did not introduce the high D# and F# strings. Knee levers had been around but were far from standard. (correct me if I'm wrong here...) In this Ernest Tubb video, "Drivin' nails in my coffin", the BigE plays a great solo, no knee levers used.
I restrung my Maverick to E9, but with high G# on top and moved pedal A,B and C accordingly. Here's my take on that particular solo using this setup.
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MSA U12 (uni C6), '71 &'73 Emmons PP, Fender '56 Champion lap steel, custom build Weissenborn. Johnson, Mattelin & '31 Regal resonators, MusicMan RD65 or Quilter head through a 12" Jensen (psg), MusicMan 65 amp (lap). Daddy Slide tonebar |
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Joe Krumel
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Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 24 Jan 2021 6:50 am
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Nice job Jan. My first steel was the venerable Maverick. As a newbie,took mine to Ken Davis of Lima Ohio,Great steeler. His guitar was an EmmonsPP with Crawford cluster! He sat down at the little maverick! Never again would I complain about it! You would have thought Jimmy Day was playing! Check out Josh Graves on an old Maverick ,and Terry Crisp at B.Seymour store on Carter starter. Fun little starter guitars in the hands of Pros shows they can make some great sounds,just like the big $$ steels. JMHO.
Again Jan,nice job on the Maverick and Buddies solo. |
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Franklin
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Posted 24 Jan 2021 6:21 pm
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Hi Jan,
I counted 10 strings on his E9th in the video...You are correct, Buddy did not play strings 1 & 2...
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Roy Carroll
From:
North of a Round Rock
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Posted 25 Jan 2021 6:07 am
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Here's a later Jonny Bush version that the "Big E" played.
Pretty impressive and smokin' hot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvoFxC39JSM
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Jan Oelbrandt
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Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 16 Mar 2021 1:51 am
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| Franklin wrote: |
Hi Jan,
I counted 10 strings on his E9th in the video... |
Yes, this is what I think he was playing and what I've put on that Maverick.
Makes sense, evolving from lap/console steel to have the root as the lowest string. Then again, I might be mistaken.
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MSA U12 (uni C6), '71 &'73 Emmons PP, Fender '56 Champion lap steel, custom build Weissenborn. Johnson, Mattelin & '31 Regal resonators, MusicMan RD65 or Quilter head through a 12" Jensen (psg), MusicMan 65 amp (lap). Daddy Slide tonebar |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 16 Mar 2021 6:03 am
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There’s nothing wrong with a Maverick as long as you don’t pay too much for it. A creative person can make good music with one and I like your approach.
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KEVIN MAUL: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Donner, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, GFI, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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David Ellison
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California, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2021 7:15 am
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I like that Ralph Mooney C pedal lick he plays here. Mooney used both feet on the pedals and you can tell by the way Buddy Emmons shifts his body in this clip that he's reaching over with his right foot to play that lick.
Also sounds like he's playing on the C6th neck when he's playing behind the singer on the verse. |
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