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Topic: first gig with my PSG |
Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 21 Sep 2006 10:56 pm |
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I've been playing the PSG for 1 year now (ABC pedals, 1 knee, E9th) and I'm gigging for the first time tommorow. It's in a 7-headed band, playing very diverse songs as of Bonnie Riatt, Nanci Griffith, John Prine etc., 22 songs in a 2 hour set.
Light a candle for me! |
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Jeremy Threlfall
From:
now in Western Australia
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Posted 21 Sep 2006 11:05 pm
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Go get 'em tiger!
I've still got a few months work, I reckon, before I go public, so - good on ya.
Good Luck
JT
CS/BD |
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 21 Sep 2006 11:29 pm
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Thanks J.
I've still not decided wether it would be wise to change string today... They've been on about 6 months, so someday I'm facing breakage. But I'm worried about detuning (new strings...) |
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David Collins
From:
Madison, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 3:52 am
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Jan,
I remember my first gig, I had lots of "vibrato" on everything, not because it sounded good, but because my hands were shaking so much!
It got better after about the third song and started being very much fun. I haven't looked back! Keep on charging ahead and enjoy. 
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David Collins
www.alpinesoap.com
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Darrell Schmidt
From:
Charles City, Iowa, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 4:23 am
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Hi there Jan.
If it were me I would change the strings.
It would be better to change now than in the middle of a gig.Even if you put new strings on you still could break one but not as likely.Also do well ahead of time so you can play it for a while and get the strings streched so you do not play the song tuning most of the night.
Just my opinon.
Darrell |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 8:08 am
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I'll second Darrell's post. Not only will you sound 30x better with new strings, you'll diminish the risk of breaking one. BTW, I had my first gig at 3 weeks, so I think you'll knock 'em dead for sure.
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Kyle Everson
Sho-Bud Pro-II
Fender Twin Reverb
Goodrich 120
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Roland van Beveren
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 8:15 am
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Jan,
Absolutely change strings!
It is very uncomfortable te break them
on stage. But only change string 3 and 5.
The rest will stay OK. Change them after the gig. Kick some ass!
Best to you from Amsterdam
Roland
[This message was edited by Roland van Beveren on 22 September 2006 at 09:16 AM.] |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 8:32 am
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Sounds like a cool collection of influences.
Just to bust your chops, Jan--you should have planned ahead and changed the strings a couple of days before the gig, just to eliminate the detuning issue. That is my standard procedure now when I've got an important show. No breakage anxiety. No break-in anxiety.
Only performance anxiety.
Just remember--the audience is more afraid of you than you are of them.
If it happened already, hope it went great. If not, break a string....leg (show biz cliche, in case you're not familiar)
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 9:17 am
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Jan, change the strings, put in as much time as possible practicing and stretching the strings so it will stay in tune. Lay out when you should and when you do play, don't crank the volume so much that it might be too loud with the rest of the band but definitely play it loud enough so as not to sound timid. Be confident and go for it.
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Mark Edwards
From:
Weatherford,Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2006 12:31 pm
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| Jan, go get em, buddy, play your heart out. I'll tell you what an old Nashville steel player once told me, that if by chance you hit a wrong note, snap your head toward the lead guitar player, throw your hands up in disgust, and mouth the words, what the heck did you do that for, they will never know where it came from. But seriously good luck and break a leg. |
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 23 Sep 2006 11:43 pm
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| Had a great time, received lots of felicitations on my playing. No string breakage, changing'em today... Thanks everybody for the advice and peptalks |
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Roland van Beveren
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 23 Sep 2006 11:46 pm
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Goed gedaan Jan!
Roland
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graham rodger
From:
Scotland
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graham rodger
From:
Scotland
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Posted 24 Sep 2006 1:39 pm
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| i wa too late...oops.. |
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Fred Bova
From:
Connecticut, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2006 8:52 pm
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My first Gig playing Pedal Steel was my first gig with my new band "Kite". it was in 1969 or 1970 on the big stage on the New Haven Green directly across from Yale. The place was packed and everyone knew me as a Blues based Rock lead guitarist. I remember some of the looks on some of my friends faces when I came out in cowboy gear and cowboy hat and started playing playing country rock, Byrds etc. Anyway I had just bought my first PSG, a beautiful used Wright Custom, Birdseye Maple, cable drive a few weeks earlier. I played the only song I knew "Someday Soon", it was a little hard to hear myself, but it went over very well. Later when I was breaking down the Wright I touched one of the pedal rods and it just fell off. The locking clip had never engaged. It must have been working while I played as the pedal would have been stuck down if it was off then, but the thought of how bad my playing may have sounded if it had slipped off while I was playing shook me. I could have been inventing some very new jazz scales and chords, and I did not know enough on the steel to work around not having that pedal. I double checked from then on.
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