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Topic: Anything new on Buddy's new guitar? |
Jerry Clardy
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El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Aug 2004 6:47 pm |
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| Has there been any new info on the pedals and tunings arrangements on Buddy's new 10-12 JCH? What are the pickups and windings? These may be posted but I don't see them. |
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Dyke Corson
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Fairmount, IL USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2004 12:11 pm
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| I'm pretty sure he has XR-16 pickups, the guitar sounds great. |
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Jerry Clardy
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 12:13 am
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| Thanks, Dyke. I can't wait to hear more on this guitar. |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 10:23 am
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Jerry,
yesterday(wed)Buddy and I spent the afternoon trying out guitars, effects,etc.
We played thru his new Fender Steel King amp
using the JCH,Emmons LeGrande and the"Blade"(Buddy's '67 push/pull).
We tried Brad Sarno's Black Box with excellent results on the all pull horns.
The JCH is currently setup with:
Emmons split pedals,as you'd expect 
LKL lowering the 5th string B to A.
LKL(inside); E's to F.
LKR inside; E's to Eb.
E9 Up lever; B's to Bb.
RKL; D# to E and G#(str6)to F#.
RKR;D# to C# and str9 D to C#.
The C6 is a bit different than the last time I saw it; he's got 2 C notes in strings 8&9 positions, raising one of them to D on a C6 up lever. Other than that his C6 ped/levers are similar to posts he's made in the past, I believe.
Remember too, that the JCH has a 12 string back neck. But this setup may not be the same next week; no grass growing under his feet,ever
The JCH has a very sweet tone; warm yet gutsy and smooth as silk,imho.
Of course, with Buddy on playing them, they all sound wonderful
[This message was edited by Mike Cass on 19 August 2004 at 11:30 AM.] |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 10:44 am
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Thanks Mike! I think that speaks volumes about what it really means to be a Pedal Steel player in the highest sense of the word. Yeah it's great to stick with one setup until you feel like you understand all that it can give you, but I also think that experimentation is also what it's really all about. It's our HERITAGE as PSG players.... Thanks to guys like Buddy!(and you)
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 11:06 am
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| The C6 is a bit different than the last time I saw it; he's got 2 C notes in strings 8&9 positions, raising one of them to D on a C6 up lever. |
Wow! Shades of the Sacred Steel E7 copedent. What a cool idea! |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 11:39 am
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| We tried Brad Sarno's Black Box with excellent results on the all pull horns. |
Does this mean that you didn't try the Black Box with the "Blade", or that you did try it and it had no or little effect?  |
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Jerry Clardy
From:
El Paso, Texas, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 5:23 pm
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| Thanks for the info, Mike. As far as I can tell, Buddy's innovations have been the ones used as pretty much standards on the E9 and C6 tunings and the standard E9/B6 universal tuning which emulates the other two. Maybe we'll see some more possibilities from the new guitar. |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2004 9:51 pm
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| The C6 is a bit different than the last time I saw it; he's got 2 C notes in strings 8&9 positions, raising one of them to D on a C6 up lever. |
As B0b mentioned, this is a Sacred steel kind of idea (I believe this is a Calvin Cooke thing). Not to bring Robert Randolph into the thread, but I had a similar copedent on my C neck until I decided to bite the bullet and put a Sacred Steel tuning on my E neck....
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