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Sam Lewis
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Conway, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 5:11 am |
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Greetings to all. Just a very short message to introduce myself and to thank you members of the forum for some very interesting reading. I started playing steel guitar (lap steel) back in '52, played a Gibson 6-string and have gone through a bunch since then. My first "pedal"
steel was a tripple-neck Fender (Tripod legs) with a pedal and chain attached to the single leg. The chain was connected to two rollers thru the tuning head and pulled two strings. Once in a while it would make some very pretty sounds. Well, I'll be 75 my birthday and now my equipment has more complex (and fun) to use. I have an MSA Classic D-10 (1975 Model), a PedalMaster
General D-10 (made from wild pecan wood),
a Pevey BassFex modified for the steel and
two great sounding Fender Steel King amps. The problem is that the older you get the heavier 60 pounds is (30 years ago 60 pounds of amplifier only weighed 37 pounds)
Thanks for letting me be a part of the forum and God Bless all.
Sam Lewis |
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Roger Kelly
From:
Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 5:26 am
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| Welcome aboard Sam. |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 5:30 am
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Hi Sam,
Same problem here!! them Fender twins don`t get any lighter!!
JD |
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Dale Bessant
From:
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 5:45 am
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Welcome abord and greetings from north of the 49th....  |
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Michael Breid
From:
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 7:04 am
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Howdy Mr. Sam,
Glad to have you aboard. What took you so long to get here? I guess you finally retired. Hope you are enjoying lots of steel playing. Best wishes. Michael Breid-Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 7:43 am
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Welcome to the board Sam. This is a great place to hang your hat and BS with the boys.
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 7:49 am
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| Welcome Sam... you'll find there are NO strangers here. A fine group of folks here that love steel guitar,and more importantly,thier fellow human beings... bob |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 8:04 am
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Sam, those chains take me back to the first pedal steel experimentalist that I knew..it was at the infamous "Bucks Rodeo Bar" back in about 1955. When Bucks "bear" (a real bear by the way) wasn't performing, my friend Dickie Dewey was experimenting by playing his "chain activated" pedal steel guitar. I thought that it was a passing fad....obviously it wasn't!
Welcome my musician friend.....
www.genejones.com
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 8:16 am
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Well, he finally made it here. Now if you guys want to get even with the cat that got me into pedal steel guitar, take it out on Mr. C. Samuel Lewis, (Only the Phantom and I know what the "C" is for.) Has to do with a famous 'explorer'.
Sam and I go back before a lot of you were born. I got my first "real pedal steel" from Sam. He made it from a Fender Stringmaster double, manufacturing by hand all the changer fingers out of aluminum stock. It had to be classified as either a 'pull-release' or 'push/pull' by others. Your choice. It worked better than some of the guitars that came from regular builders.
Sam and I also played in a couple of bands together on the Mississippi gulf coast, and I think in Newfoundland, many years ago. I'm more than confident if Sam hadn't been so family oriented and belonging to a career for Uncle Sam, as I, he would have been a "Nashville Star", whatever that is.
A tremendous player, a better personal friend, a totally dedicated christian and family man. You guys in Arkansas need to get him to some of your shows, I guarantee you won't be disappointed. He can ride the bicycle.
Good to have you on the Forum Sam. No historic tales though, I couldn't stand it.
As an afterthought, Sam put a Tenor Sax in the band, played by a "Greg----something or other" that gave the 7 piece band a knockout sound. We were booked anytime we wanted and we wanted a lot. Killer band and I loved it.
phred
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"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904
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Sam Lewis
From:
Conway, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 11:50 am
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Thanks to all of you for the wram welcome, and to my good friend Fred Shannon - thanks for the kind words. We had some great times
together with our music and am looking forward to meeting you at Reece's in place MSA) in Dallas soon. To my good friend Michael (Arkansas Red) I say "You are one of the best "all around" talented musicians I have ever met". All the best to you on the show "Pine Mountain Jamboree". For those of you who have not seen the show, it's well worth the trip to Eureka Springs.
Sam |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2005 12:41 pm
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Welcome to the forum, Sam. You brought back memories of my first homemade pedal on a homemade guitar. I used some parts from the pushbutton mechanism of a 1940s radio (levers with rollers mounted to them). The pedal rod was a screen door turnbuckle.
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