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Topic: Another new feller here. |
Teddy Ray Bullard II
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 2:26 am |
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Howdy yall. Im a service member, living in Germany . Been playing guitar for about 12 years, but have recently fallen in love with the pedal/lap steel sound. Im buying a pedal and a lap steel from members here, and already have a beginner lap steel from Chandler...So I was wonderin' what are the common tunings for "Country" style lap steel and what is a good reference book or website to learn these tunings and licks?
Im glad to have found this place. Looks to be a great site..Thanks yall..
Teddy
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Keith Cordell
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 2:34 am
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| Welcome, good to see ya! The site I use for tunings is http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel/Tunings.html. The Chandler lap steels are highly undervalued, I think they sound great. You are not too terribly far away from some European Forum brothers, and you'll get lots of information here. Personally I recommend C6 to start and the Cindy Cashdollar DVD's for instruction. I also use open D for David Lindley stuff; Lots of fun and the El Rayo Ex CD's are fun to play along with. Have fun at it! |
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Les Anderson
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 7:00 am
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Welcome Teddy. Pull up a chair and get ready to learn from the best.
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
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Kris Oka
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San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 11:22 am
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| Guten Morgen, Teddy. Welcome to the SGF. I am a newbie also and the members here have been great. Like Keith says, the Chandler Steel has a great sound and I believe it will take you along way. I started with Cindy Cashdollar's Western Swing, a two set DVD by Homespun. I got in on eBay #7341754570 for $30. She uses C6 tuning. It is as good of start as any. |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 1:25 pm
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| Welcome Teddy from Alabama!! |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 1:52 pm
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Ah yes, Octoberfest in Heidelberg. Fraulines and beer!
And you're worried about which tuning to start with? Oh well, it's not the wurst thing in the world..... 
Welcome to the forum. You won't find a better place and better people.[This message was edited by HowardR on 23 August 2005 at 02:53 PM.] |
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Teddy Ray Bullard II
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Pocatello, Idaho
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 3:13 pm
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Thanks Fellers.
Nice country, but I miss my beloved South.Im from NC. Been here for 5 years now.
Will be back next year. Thank the Lord!
The Chandler is real nice, and I just bought a member from here's Rickenbacker too. I really appreicate all your input.
It is a huge help.
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 23 Aug 2005 9:34 pm
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Hey Teddy Ray,
Guten Tag and Wie Geht's
Welcome to the Forum from a fairly new member myself.
How do y'all like die Deutschland?
Keep tuning in to the Forum. You will learn much.
Auf Wiedersehn
Or Aloha,
Don
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 2:48 am
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Hello again, TR.
Good to hear from you. I hope you'll be taking that trip South soon.
Just curious about what brand of pedal steel you're looking at. (The Chandler is a beautiful gui.) The Carter Starter has worked out great for me, small and lightweight; but I'm betting you're a big guy and wouldn't be able to step on a pedal without mashing all three--fairly compact.
Keep us posted on your journey.
Charlie |
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Teddy Ray Bullard II
From:
Pocatello, Idaho
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 6:38 am
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Excellent choices, I think. Pretty Electro.
Your new spot sounds like heaven. I'm sure you're champing at the bit to take a shovel to it and move some real earth. |
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Teddy Ray Bullard II
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Pocatello, Idaho
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 2:40 pm
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Lord, am I Charlie.
Miss waking up to roosters, eating boil peanuts, co-cola with packs of salted peanuts poured in, moon pies, and collard greens and fatback...Old Country music, tobbaco fields and rebel flags!
Makes my heart ache! |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2005 8:02 pm
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| Hey TRay!, glad you made it to joining the SGForum finally and I hope you enjoy/play the heck outta the lil' Ricky and the pedal jobber. |
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Teddy Ray Bullard II
From:
Pocatello, Idaho
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Posted 28 Aug 2005 4:41 pm
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I sure will bud. I hope the mail gets its act together...Sent out yours and Jorys stuff the same day..hes already got his..so it could be tommorow or could be....thats the price I pay for being a soldier...sub par postal service!!!keep me posted when it gets there!!
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 29 Aug 2005 1:11 am
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Coca-Cola with peanuts poured in!
And that's what I like about Dixie. |
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Teddy Ray Bullard II
From:
Pocatello, Idaho
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Posted 29 Aug 2005 11:12 am
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| Me too bud! |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2005 6:34 pm
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| An R.C.cola and a Moonpie,gourmet dining in the heart of Dixie. I guarantee. |
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