SLIM YAMAGUCHI ON GOO

Wayne Tyler · From: new castle de USA * R.I.P.

Mark Chesnutt was on the Grand Old Opry Saturday night with Slim Yamaguchi. There were some really nice camera shots of Slim and his Excel guitar. I noticed on the top of the guitar at the left end on the player side there looked like a joystick with a black knob. Does anyone know what that is and what its function is?

Barry Blackwood · Posted 27 Aug 2006 2:40 pm

It's probably there just so we'd all ask questions about it ....

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

I just saw the show a few minutes ago. Slim is playing his new Excel U-12. He used to tour with a D-10. He told me he didn't play enough C6 on the road and his back was getting tired of hauling around that heavy guitar.

The stick-shift you saw is the locking device, that holds the guitar in the B6 tuning.

Mark has a new album coming out in September. It should be great. On the GOO he sang the old Marshall Tucker song, "Heard It In A Love Song". Very nice.

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Mullen U-12, Excel 8-string Frypan, Evans FET-500, Fender Steel King

[This message was edited by Lee Baucum on 27 August 2006 at 04:39 PM.]

chris ivey · From: california (deceased)

i opened for mark years ago and slim, as well as playing great steel sounds, also played piano lines through some processor, i imagine, that were very convincing!

Duane Reese · Posted 1 Sep 2006 6:11 pm

Hey where is Slim from anyhow? I've heard from some people that he used to live around my neck of the woods, but I never met him and don't have any more info...

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

Duane asked:

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