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Gary Schuldt
From:
Seymour, TN.
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Posted 21 Sep 2002 7:37 am |
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I'm curious how many true left hand pedal steels are out there, and what brand?
Ok guys and gals i have a Cougar ( Lloyd Green model ) S-10 with pad 3 pedals 4 knees. It sounds great !!! I think because it's blue !!
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Graham
From:
Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 21 Sep 2002 3:26 pm
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I know of one LH Emmons D10 PP,a friend of mine Bill Joyner plays it,and very well I might add......
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Budd Kelley
From:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2002 3:32 pm
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I have a lefty nephew. Do most lefties play a righty instrument or not? I know 2 left hand 6 string players who play right hand instruments - on purpose.
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2002 3:41 pm
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Curly Chalker and Lloyd Green are two lefties I can think of that play steel right handed, and they don't sound too shabby.  |
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Winnie Winston
From:
Tawa, Wellington, NZ * R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Sep 2002 7:36 pm
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Curly and Lloyd? Yes.
Me too.
And Lynn Owsley. Lynn played everything left handed. When he asked Shot to build him a LH pedal steel, it cost so much that Lynn (as he told me) decided to learn to play it right handed.
I think he staill plays other instruments left-handed.
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BobG
From:
Holmdel, NJ
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Posted 22 Sep 2002 9:56 am
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I have a lefty 99 Williams' D10 (natural finish maple neck)... and a 75 Emmons' S10 push pull (blue birdseye maple). I'm very happly with both of these..
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Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000,
Profex ll.
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Lynn Owsley
From:
Hendersonville, Tennessee
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Posted 23 Sep 2002 8:28 am
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Winnie, I thought everything down there in NZ was left handed...Dont the commodes flush with water swriling to the left?
When I started playing with no pedals if you were left handed you just sat on the other side!!! It was the addition of pedals that messed us up! Many steelers are left, its my opinion that steel is possibly easier to learn than perhaps a 6 string guitar and this brings many who first want to play the 6 string
I would give my right arm to be ambidextrious ! ! ![This message was edited by Lynn Owsley on 23 September 2002 at 09:33 AM.] |
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Graham
From:
Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Bob Simmons
From:
Trafford, Alabama, USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2002 7:00 pm
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I'm a lefty too,but never considered playing a left handed guitar;although I've built several over the years. We have to use both arms and hands at the same time anyway so don't think it makes any difference.
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Fredrik Carno
From:
Sweden
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 10:03 am
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This is my first post in this wonderful forum...
I'm lefthanded and have just placed an order for a lefty fulawka 10 string. long build out time I know  . I'm still thinking about setup and tuning and spending time on this forum to find out the options.
Regards
Fredrik Carno
Sweden
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 12:38 pm
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I was just over at Jim Palenscar's steel guitar store in Oceanside CA, where we were getting to hang out with the great Greg Leisz. We're all left handed players who play steel right handed. IMO it's kinda cool to be able to try out any one of the many steels Jim has in his shop!
I would absolutely recommend a beginning player who has never played a steel to try to play with the right hand as the picking hand. If you've already played 6 string as a lefty for awhile though, I guess you're probably stuck. Either way, in the right hands any steel can make beautiful music. |
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Fredrik Carno
From:
Sweden
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 12:57 pm
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hello Rick
I have been thinking about playing the steel righty.. (Easier to try different models)
..but since I play squareneck and lap lefty I think i'm gonna stick to that.
Regards
Fredrik Carno
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 1:44 pm
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MSA will have a left handed steel guitar in our display room in St.Louis.
Those of you who would like to see some of the greatest players in the world stuggle to play steel guitar, come by to see us and ask one of them to try playing it.
It will all be in great well meaning humor, and boy are we going to have some fun and entertaining stories to tell.
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John Groover McDuffie
From:
LA California, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 1:50 pm
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| Hey Reese, my golf teacher (a righty) used to hit left handed to demonstrate some points, but I don't think he plays PSG. 8~) |
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Paul Redmond
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 5:47 pm
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The LH steel that Bill Ford referred to owned by "Lefty" Joyner in SC is unique in that it is NOT a "mirror-image" LH guitar. It's "rotated" 180 degrees. His bass strings are on the outside of each neck with the high strings on the inside. He also plays a mean LH fiddle!! A fine musician. He's a regular at the Saluda SC shows. As I recall, the late Harold Flynn built his steel for him in Knoxville TN.
PRR
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Aug 2006 7:41 pm
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John....Your golf teacher is amazing. As for me, my golf game is so bad I might as well start hitting left handed.
Attempting to play a left handed steel guitar is an unbelievable mind twister. I tried it one time at the old MSA, and everyone was laughing so hard it disrupted production. I was accused of having " a steel like a mind trap".
Paul....what an incredible description of "Lefty Joyner's" unique talent and ability. I most certainly tip my hat to him. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 18 Aug 2006 4:17 am
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Lefty Joyner..one fine,fast,lefthanded player that Paul, and I mentioned.  size="1" color="#8e236b">[This message was edited by Bill Ford on 18 August 2006 at 05:18 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Ford on 18 August 2006 at 05:21 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Ford on 18 August 2006 at 05:22 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Ford on 18 August 2006 at 05:25 AM.] [This message was edited by Bill Ford on 18 August 2006 at 05:26 AM.] |
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 18 Aug 2006 7:41 am
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I am a lefty and the Lefty Bob Simmons built me a rock solid left handed guitar. Its blue too!
If I were giving anyone advice that were left handed it would be to learn to play right handed at what ever instrument you play, even the harmonica. Buying, selling, trading, and jumping on someone elses steel. I however had years and years of 4, 6 and 8 string insturments all set up left handed under my belt so I did not want to try to relearn to pick with my right hand.
I tried it once. I played right handed bass on stage during a show and got the biggest head ache of my life. I guess the neuropatheays were getting rerouted and it really did me in.
One interesting note. When I go to lessons, and yes you can get PSG lessons here in São Paulo Brazil, I sit right in front of my teacher and its like looking in the mirror. It is a trip.
M.
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Matt Prouty
2006 Simmons SD10, 8 String Prouty Lap Steel E13, 1972 Dobro, Fender 5D8 Prouty Copy
My Home Page
matthewprouty@gmail.com
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 18 Aug 2006 2:35 pm
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Just talked to Charles of CLR steel guitars, and was informed that he built/rebuilt the guitar pictured, new cabnet,endplates, and misc parts to convert to a left hand. Lefty also has a left hand CLR, built by Chas. Reese.
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Robert Leaman
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2006 3:46 pm
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| Its seems that science discovered that the human brain has a crossover much like some pedal steels. From this, one can deduce that what we do with our right hand is controlled by the left brain hemisphere. Taking this further, we can say that left handed people are the only ones in their right mind. |
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Doug Jones
From:
Oregon & Florida
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Posted 18 Aug 2006 7:12 pm
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| Wasn't John Michael Montgomery's (early days) a leftie? I seem to remember a black Emmons on stage. |
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