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Topic: Monsters of the Axe? |
Eric Jaeger
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Oakland, California, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 7:29 am |
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A new, and excellent, book out called "Guitar: An American Life" has a brief description of our instrument I thought I'd share:
"...the result was the pedal steel, the most complex and demanding form of guitar, burdened with with an almost infinite number of strings set in algebraically complex tunings in an effort to make the instrument sound sweet and simple. A commonly used form of steel had two necks, one tuned to chromatic E9 and the other to an extended C6. "Learning a pedal steel", said Marc Horowitz, who played steel professionally in New York for several years, "is like trying to be a log-roller while juggling full glasses of cognac and whistling Dixie naked"."
Whew! Nice to know my clumsiness is expected  At least we're recognized.
-eric |
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Ron Brennan
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA; Formerly, Edison, NJ
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 11:55 am Logrolling??
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Eric,
Ha, Ha.....notwithstanding Marc Horowitz's descriptive analogy  Thank's for sharing.
NOTE: I'am working on my logrolling skillset's as I write this on my laptop, having consumed (not juggled, stirred or shaken) 3 jiggers of Drambui.......Ooppps!! 
Ummmmmm, it's cold out here on the lake!!! 
PSG will drive us to no end, eh? Whatever it takes!! TX
Rgds,
Ron |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 3:39 pm
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Nothin' to it... All that is missing is a Head's Up Display to read altitude, bearing, and crash speed...
Oh, and while yer playin', picking, singin', twistin' and contortin', read this newspaper... |
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 8 Apr 2007 3:55 pm
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| Eric, I can't whistle, never could. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 9 Apr 2007 8:08 pm
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Monsters of the Axe...
My 1st thought
Paul Bunyun!
Ladies Naked Log Rolling
and cognac,
it's a good thing.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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Robert Jones
From:
Branson, Missouri
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Posted 10 Apr 2007 8:31 am
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That pretty much puts it in a nut shell. BUT! I can't ride a bike and chew bubble gum at the same time. Just can't do it!!!!
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Mullen Royal Precision D10 Red Lacquer Pearl inlay 8&8
"Life is too short for bad tone."
https://mullenguitars.com/
http://www.bjsbars.com/ |
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