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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 5:52 pm |
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| The same topics recur over and over again. Before posting a new topic members should read what has already been written. Members eventually tire of making the same comments every few months. |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 6:09 pm
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Good point, but how should I tune: JI or ET?  |
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C. Christofferson
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 6:15 pm
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To a degree yes. Looking back, I avoided search until i got used to it, but it is quick and easy to find all the good specific info on a querry (just imagine the knowledge base that is built up by now !). Yet, 'rehashing' ocaisionally brings out new subtlely related insights - somewhere amidst all the repetition.
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 7:10 pm
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Sometimes people just want to talk! Sometimes new info becomes available about a topic and in this day and age, nobody wants week old infomation. This is a forum and conversation is good! Those of us who get tired of answering the same old questions can sit back and let others answer them. With all the new members I see lately, it's natural to get a lot of topic rehash. Buy along with each rehash we get, sometimes, more insight but also a chance to meet new people and see how they feel about certain topics.
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A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 7:14 pm
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| I hardley ever search, I like to get fresh idea's, maybe you can reach someone who you couldn't before. You know we do hit on the same topic's alot, tuning, string breakage, keyless vs. keyhead etc. But if everyone would "search" who would post new topics? Boring! They only one then to post with fresh idea's would be Bill Hankey, and some of those idea's may not be totally fresh! |
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Gary C. Dygert
From:
Frankfort, NY, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 11:28 am
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| Here's the best of both worlds: do the search, and if you still have questions, go ahead and post. You could mention that you have done a search but still have issues. |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 11:57 am
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Has anybody heard of these new guys named Sri Chinmoy and Robert Randolph? They don't play country, which I think has gone to hell in a handbasket, not to mention that "musick" they call (c)rap... But they're bringing the steel into new genres, blah, blah... 
Yes, I second that. Do your *@#!% research on past posts by using one or two simple keywords. You'd be surprised at just how many other steelers think exactly as you do and can restate your opinions in so many creative ways. You'd also be surprised at what you can learn by the even fewer steelers who have something substantive to say and from whom you can actually learn.  |
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Chuck Dennis
From:
Toledo,Iowa
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 1:53 pm
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I guess when we get older, we get more set in our ways and less tolerant.
Im a new person here,and frankly, I find it very difficult to "search" for something specific.I guess not knowing exactly how it works.I usally get a ton of non-specific topics to pare through.
Its nice I believe to see the new guys/gals ask questions, insted of being scared and never posting anything, being afraid of being jumped on and chastised.
think about it,i'll take the heat for those others, so let me have it,I have very broad shoulders..haahaa |
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Terry Farmer
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 2:07 pm
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| Chuck I've been around here for three or four years, qualify as a crotchity old fart, but I agree with you whole heartily. New pepole are coming on the forum all the time. The discussions are generally good and helpful. I look at it the opposite way, I browse the topics, skipping the topics or posters I don't care about reading, and then if something really catches my interest I'll use the search function to learn even more about the subject. Flame on! |
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Jim Eller
From:
Kodak, TN (Michigan transplant)
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 4:20 pm
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Maybe I'm doin' somethin' wrong, but every time I try a search on this site, I get more garbage than I can handle. With or without quotation marks.
Where have I gone wrong. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 4:30 pm
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| Here's the best of both worlds: do the search, and if you still have questions, go ahead and post. You could mention that you have done a search but still have issues. |
Exactly, Gary. Post the same topic as many times as you like if you think there are new things to add, but first search for what has already been said. As has been said, there's an incredible database of information out there. I don't know of any other Forum remotely like ours. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 5:35 pm
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I agree it's important to encourage searching, but first someone has to know what to search for and how to do it. It's this context that a new steel player or member is often missing. I think we should gently remind people to search and explain what to search for, but not get too cranky when new people don't know the drill.
Add to all this the fact that, quantitatively, most of the useful information is on the "old" forum and doesn't come up in a search here because it searches based on keywords that don't exist on that forum. It ain't so simple, IMO.
Let's also remind ourselves that this is a somewhat arcane instrument with a lot of specialized terms and inside info. Like any other specialized area, it often takes a while to get acclimated.
Finally, I also agree with Greg C. that sometimes a discussion on a totally refried topic brings new light and not just hot air. IMVHO, there may even exist matters of truth about the steel guitar that have not yet been brought to light on this forum. Imagine that! |
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