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Topic: More Pedal Steel Licks on Lap Steel |
Nelson Checkoway
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Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 9:33 am |
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Inspired by Doug Beaumier’s excellent post and track showcasing PSG style playing on a lap steel, here is a brief sample—a double chorus of a country track I’ve been working up with a classic fiddle-style feel.
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/s5jCovzjgixmegbi9 |
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 9:38 am
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| Awsome !!! |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 9:57 am
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| Thanks John. Playing it brought me some bounce and cheer on a cold gray winter day! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 11:32 am
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| Great job, |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 12:21 pm
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Well done Nelson!
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 1:44 pm
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Excellent. Good blocking!!
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 1:45 pm
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| Thanks John. Playing it brought me some bounce and cheer on a cold gray winter day! |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 1:52 pm
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| Thanks Bill, Roy and G. I used a combination of palm and pick blocking. Also I used my Emmons lap steel (later model with their 8-string pedal steel pickup, not the DeArmond style) for more of a PSG and less vintage lap tone. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 2:05 pm
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Really nice and clean and slippery.
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 3:46 pm
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| Thanks Mike! “Slippery” indeed!! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2021 5:46 pm
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| Thanks, Doug, for your kind words! I hope that you’ve been doing well during and in spite of the times we’re in. Hopefully we’ll be turning the corner and music will get back to the clubs and streets in 2021! |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2021 1:05 pm
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I’m posting a link to the C6 track Doug refers to above (that I posted a few years back on the forum). Its an exercise where I attempted to reverse engineer for 8-string lap steel a pedal steel solo from Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” played by the great Jim Cohen. (My take is running at about 75% of Jim’s tempo). Hope you enjoy!
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/4GBcMAfQtkv2gBgM8 |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 Feb 2021 12:56 pm
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| Nelson Checkoway wrote: |
I’m posting a link to the C6 track Doug refers to above (that I posted a few years back on the forum). Its an exercise where I attempted to reverse engineer for 8-string lap steel a pedal steel solo from Charlie Parker’s “Yardbird Suite” played by the great Jim Cohen. (My take is running at about 75% of Jim’s tempo). Hope you enjoy!
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/4GBcMAfQtkv2gBgM8 |
Hey Nelson! I missed that a few years ago when you posted it so thanks to Doug B. for drawing my attention to it now. I'm flattered that you would find my solo worthy of study and reverse-engineering. That's a tough job, especially changing from pedals to nonpedals, and ya did well with it! Bravo! 
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2021 8:03 pm
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| Thanks, Jim, for the thumbs-up! And thanks, Doug, for passing the word along! |
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Cliff Swanson
From:
Raleigh, NC
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Posted 18 Feb 2021 6:06 pm
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| Wow that's cool! |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2021 7:00 pm
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| Thanks guys! Hey Doug you won’t believe this but I was listening to old live Buck, Don and Tom for the past hour! Together Again. My Heart Skips a Beat. And one of my favorites: Love’s Gonna Live Here Again. Such superb playing and singing and great songs!!! |
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 18 Feb 2021 8:43 pm
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| Bakersfield vibe for sure! Excellent technique, Nelson. |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2021 9:07 pm
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| Thanks Joe. And yes Doug, I dig that sound. In fact I came THIS close to buying a Zane Beck built Scranton era ZB Custom D-11 fixer upper a few years ago. No knees 6 pedals 650 bucks. Whew. One that got away, but I knew I didn’t have the time or dinero to make it play. I’ll stop now before this thread gets kicked over to the PSG section. LOL!! |
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2021 7:22 am
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Sounds great!
I’ve been trying to get pedal steel sounds on a non pedal 6th tuning as well. Still searching for all the pockets.
I only listened once to your track. I’m guessing you were not pulling strings behind the bar, right?
Thanks for sharing! ðŸ‘
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2021 8:07 am
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| Please share your secrets! |
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Nelson Checkoway
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2021 8:10 am
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Hey Dave - thanks and good to hear from you. I enjoy the tracks I’ve heard you on—very tasteful stuff and I dig you on the ZB!! You’re right-no string pulls on that track. All slides for the single note bends and you the final G to C tag — GBD to GCE — is a severe slant on strings 234 from frets 7-7-7 to 7-8-9.
BTW I saw you did some work with Commander Cody Band in the Northwest a while back. I played a show with them in New England back 7-8 years ago. Good to meet you on the Forum. |
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