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Topic: Faking guitar on steel |
Paul Strojan
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California, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2021 8:11 pm |
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As I am putting together ideas for my forever steel guitar, I want to be able to be able to play Hank Williams, Buck Owens, and Johnny Cash. How would one set up a steel to play the lower register of the guitar?
I am leaning towards an extended E9 add 6 tuning
F#, G#, E, C#, B, G#, F#, E, D, B, G#, E |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 6:11 am
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E9th/B6th Universal?
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MSA 12 String E9th/B6th Universal.
Little Walter PF-89.
Bunch of stomp boxes |
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Dave Magram
From:
San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 12:08 pm
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When playing with Buck Owens, Tom Brumley often played the guitar parts while Don Rich was singing.
For example: "Love's Gonna Live Here"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEor-yEW1hI
To play the guitar parts, Tom had ZB add a low E string to his standard E9 neck, so that he had 11 strings on E9.
It might be easier to buy a 12-string guitar and only use 11 of them, rather than find an 11 string steel guitar.
- Dave |
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Kenneth Kotsay
From:
Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted 26 Jul 2021 11:02 am
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Dave your a genus, great steel instructor too.
Ken from Queens. |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2021 8:56 pm
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Thanks Dave,
I am wondering what types of intervals and bends would be useful on the low end. I would think that a drop D lever would be useful as would some type of a raise to mimic a bend up.
Musically, I would like to be able to switch places with the guitarist and let him take the high end with a mando-taur. Like in Turn it on, Turn It Up, Turn me loose. Or, use an octave pedal to play the Don’t worry solo., |
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