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Topic: What tuning did Lindley use for his Jackson Brown stuff? |
Terry Goodman
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Daphne, AL 36526
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 8:08 am |
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| Like running on empty. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 8:27 am
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| David used Open E major: (hi to low) EBG#EBE sometimes tuned down to D major or up to F major. |
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Terry Goodman
From:
Daphne, AL 36526
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 8:28 am
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| Thanks, Andy. |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 10:53 am
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Running on Empty... I don't think I would have started up on lap steel if it weren't for that song. Lindley's playing on that album is wonderfully melodic.
Lindley's style led me to Greg Leisz, my greatest inspiration. |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 1:34 pm
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| Rick Bakelite Lap steel-overdriven Fender(possibly a Champ) amplifier |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 1:50 pm
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| I'm going to guess a Dumble amp or at least a dumble head. Luthier Bill Asher now owns the guitar DL used with Browne. |
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Pete Grant
From:
Auburn, CA, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 1:56 pm
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Actually, Lindley used three steels onstage with Jackson Browne. They were all tuned to 151351 like E tuning, but he used F G and A.
Running on Empty was done on the A Rickenbacker. The first note of the solo slides up to the 12th fret.
In the studio, usually David used Valco instruments.
At least that's what David told me 25 years ago. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 19 Nov 2002 9:40 pm
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If you visit David Lindley's web site and click around, you'll see a picture of his National Dynamic sitting on top of his Dumble amplifier. This is the same type of lap steel that Greg Leisz used (along with his Bill Asher steel) when I saw him with Bill Frisell.
I remember seeing David Lindley and Jackson Browne back in the 1970s and he was definitely using a Rickenbacker B6 on stage.
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Terry Goodman
From:
Daphne, AL 36526
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Posted 22 Nov 2002 6:29 am
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| It's great if you can afford several different steels for different tunings or different keys. I can't. Does anyone use a capo on lap steel (like the reso players)? |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 22 Nov 2002 8:05 am
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| Kelly Joe Phelps uses a capo on his Gibson acoustic lap steel. |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 22 Nov 2002 1:02 pm
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I use a capo on my 6 string steel, which I tune in an open G variant. I play out of both G position and D position (bar at the 7th fret). With the capo, I can get most of the sounds I want -- within the feeble limits of my ability...
PJJ |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2002 5:05 pm
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Ditto Brad's comment about the B6: I remember seeing David Lindley playing that very cool little guitar and thinking I had to get one of those ...
Too bad I procrastinated for more than 20 years. And although I've already owned six different lap steels, I have yet to get my Bakelite Rick. All in good time -- |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2002 5:08 pm
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| Oops! Repeated the same message ... [This message was edited by Russ Young on 22 November 2002 at 09:12 PM.] |
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