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Dana Duplan
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Posted 18 Mar 2004 6:44 pm |
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Aside from the Benoits previously mentioned, were there any other nonpedal or reso/acoustic steels on display? How about nonpedal performances? Got pics or stories for those who couldn't be there?
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HowardR
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Posted 18 Mar 2004 7:17 pm
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Tom Morrell played the Saturday night dance. He is amazing as usual.
Reece Anderson played his 12 string non pedal both in the MSA room and during his set.
Buddy Emmons played Reece's 12 string lap steel in the MSA room.
Adams Resophonic Guitars had a display booth.
I didn't catch Tom Brumley's set, but he also did a wonderful job on lap steel.
Chuck Lettes played "Little Ricky" during his set.
I didn't get to see Scotty, but I'm sure he played his Rickenbacher.
Here's Autry Andress with his Flueger guitar.
Autry, thank you for bringing your Flueger. I really enjoyed seeing it up close and personal. It is a very well constructed high quality, wonderful sounding, unique resonator. It's a hollow neck guitar with a single cone. Its sound combines the best characteristics of the Weissenborn style and "dobro" type guitar. I like it very much. Congrats on a winner and enjoy it well.
Ok, that's all the non pedal news that I can think of. Back to you, Chet..... [This message was edited by HowardR on 18 March 2004 at 07:22 PM.] [This message was edited by HowardR on 19 March 2004 at 04:57 AM.] |
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Mike Black
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New Mexico, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 8:54 am
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I saw Johnny Cox, Jr. Knight, David Wright and Maurice Anderson playa set and they passed the Lap guitar around. Sure would have liked to see Buddy play it. I missed Johnny Cox's set. Did he play any?
Except for the absolutely stellar set by Tom Morrell I thought it was pretty light on non pedals. There wasn't a used non pedal in the hall.
I kept looking for the hip cat with the 4-neck and Music Man amp. No where in sight?
I see the TWTH alot and they were smoking hot. Do they tape those shows? I wish they'd do the dance Friday and Saturday nights, I'd go ever year if they did. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 11:02 am
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Well Buddy Emmons WAS playing non-pedal...!!
Brown Bart had no return springs Carl Dixon noticed in a photo.
And BE confirmed on a thread that he played without pedals...
And never mentioned it so he wouldn't have been bombarded with questions...
But apparently NO ONE in the room caught on...
Now THAT'S impressive! |
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bob drawbaugh
From:
scottsboro, al. usa
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 5:53 pm
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Yes after seeing Reece and Buddy play that 12 string lap steel I went home I took all the pedals and legs off my U12. I now have a 12 string lap steel. Why, don't I sound like Reesce or Buddy.  Oh well I guess I will put the pedals back on. |
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Don McClellan
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California/Thailand
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 4:01 am
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| Dave, I think Buddy was joking about that. He was playing a pedal steel. You can bet the farm on that... Don |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 5:28 am
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You can bet the winery on that....in David's case
Knowing the the room would be packed during Buddy's set, I brought along my binoculars. If he were not using pedals & knees, he probobly would be slanting all over the place to get what he was getting. But he wasn't.
He did, however, use a reverse slant on the E9 neck during a song. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 1:55 pm
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Well he has a very DRY sense of humor in that case.
Then again if any one could do this it's him.
Maybe he was playing pedals on E9, but not on C6, which is feasable.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 20 March 2004 at 01:57 PM.] |
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Chuck Halcomb
From:
Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 4:06 pm
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I don't know whether he was kidding or not, but on Friday he was playing LOTS of forward and backward slants. I don't know about Saturday as I couldn't see, but for sure on Friday it was notiticable and I commented to some others that if I didn't know better I would think he was playing non pedal the way he was using slants.
I also commented that I wish I could throw the backward slant out with my thumb the way he was doing it. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 21 Mar 2004 1:54 pm
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Ah, finally a witness who noticed.
A suspect at this time Buddy was feeling a need to get back to his roots.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 21 March 2004 at 01:55 PM.] |
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 6:36 am
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| David and Chuck, Please take a look at Buddy's latest comment in the "Dallas show" thread under "Steel Players". He was using pedals. |
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Chuck Halcomb
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Lubbock, Texas
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 7:06 am
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As I said, I don't know about whether or not he was using pedals, looks like he probably was. What I was impressed with was that pedals or no pedals he was using a lot of forward and backward slants and I was amazed at the ease with which he did them. Certainly he was using more slants than the typical pedal steel player, but who ever said there was anything typical about BE.
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 7:37 am
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| Chuck, I agree. I've seen him use slants alot (far more than other pedal steel players) and it looks like he uses them just for the fun of it. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 7:59 am
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| it looks like he uses them just for the fun of it. |
True enough, it is fun to use slants, but their use is not just for visual effect.
There's a certain organic out-of-tune-ness when slanting, especially when the tip is on two strings on one fret and the rear of the bar is on another, that adds a needed touch of dissonance/tension to the sound. Also, a good vibrato is needed for balance, so I enjoy not only the techniques involved, but also the aural qualities of the slant.
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 9:52 am
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Yea, but Herb, isn't there the possibility of keeping the spherical end of the bar placed just right so it's fretting two strings equally with the slanted part of the bar on another fret making it actually in tune? Not that I can do it mind you.
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Herb Steiner
From:
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Posted 22 Mar 2004 2:03 pm
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| but Herb, isn't there the possibility of keeping the spherical end of the bar placed just right so it's fretting two strings equally with the slanted part of the bar on another fret making it actually in tune? |
Certainly, Brad, but stylistic maven that I am, I choose the dissonant position. 
BTW, my new '66 is killer!
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