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Topic: Jules Ah See....I'm very impressed!!! |
Rich Arnold
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Tennessee, USA
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Sebastian Müller
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Berlin / Germany
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Posted 7 Jun 2023 10:29 pm |
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Great version ! It is fascinating that every version of Moana Chimes is slightly different when it comes to the form.
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John Harmon
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2023 3:51 am
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 8 Jun 2023 11:00 pm
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One of the things about Jules' tone that I find compelling is the fat sound of his top string. Remembering that this is more or less in same era as Barney Isaacs' and Santo Farina's overall tone that was pretty thin.
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Rich Arnold
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2023 4:14 am
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| David Matzenik wrote: |
| One of the things about Jules' tone that I find compelling is the fat sound of his top string. Remembering that this is more or less in same era as Barney Isaacs' and Santo Farina's overall tone that was pretty thin. |
I've noticed he gets a nice fat sound quite often. Out of a Magnatone. The Magnatone guitars I played had a nice vintage sound but nothing spectacular about them.
Must have been in his hands. |
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Rich Arnold
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Posted 9 Jun 2023 4:19 am
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| Sebastian Müller wrote: |
| Great version ! It is fascinating that every version of Moana Chimes is slightly different when it comes to the form. |
That's my observation as well.
I've tried to play perfect copies of classic steel guitar tunes when I was learning but they were never a perfect copy.
After I got a bit better, I still couldn't do it. 😄
So I developed my own way of playing. Swing mostly but there's something about the Hawaiian steel guitar. I can't seem to ignore it for any length of time. |
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David M Brown
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California, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2023 6:36 am
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| Rich Arnold wrote: |
| David Matzenik wrote: |
| One of the things about Jules' tone that I find compelling is the fat sound of his top string. Remembering that this is more or less in same era as Barney Isaacs' and Santo Farina's overall tone that was pretty thin. |
I've noticed he gets a nice fat sound quite often. Out of a Magnatone. The Magnatone guitars I played had a nice vintage sound but nothing spectacular about them.
Must have been in his hands. |
Apart from the obvious issue of how great a player he was, I assume he also had a way of setting his amp to help get that sound. |
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Duane Becker
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Elk,Wa 99009 USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2023 9:00 pm
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| You ought to hear Jules on the Tapa Room tapes. That just knocks me out. He's one of my all time favorite players not only Hawaiian music either. I wish I could hear him play country and western swing stuff! To me Jules is right up there with Emmons and Chalker . |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 12 Jun 2023 10:58 am
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Here's the live version from the Tapa Room:
https://archive.org/details/TapaRoomTapes/18+How+D'ya+Do.mp3
(stick around for the mid-song solo he does on the following track, Hula Heaven...amazing stuff, in B11)
As someone who bought a D8 Magnatone 100% because of Jules, yeah, I think most of it was his hands, that we perceive as tone. Although I think his sound did change when he went to the Fender 1000, in his last year or two.
Waikiki is a solid album. One of the gems on there is Island of Dreams, sung by Haunani Kahalewai. It's not exactly a steel guitar showcase...Jules contribution is single note chimes at specific beats to add a little counterpoint...very simple technically, but the arrangement is so nice.
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 28 Jun 2023 5:17 pm
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| Sebastian Müller wrote: |
| Great version ! It is fascinating that every version of Moana Chimes is slightly different when it comes to the form. |
I've listened to just about every early version of Moana Chimes and Brozman's too, and I swear they play them crooked. Adding a bar when they feel like it. So I have standardised for my own version. 10 bars. That's it. 
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