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Al Marcus
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 6:30 pm |
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Springs,MI USA
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Darryl-I just latched on to this post. very interesting. Bobbe is tops in my book and his radio show has so much good steel in it.
About your question about my Vega D8 console.
It was a beautiful Birdseye maple, had 4 chroime adjustable legs that you could screw in the guitar.
Had a volume and tone control on the right end of the guitar. The tone control had 3 clik stops, bass, medium and treble.
I would Switch it very quickly from low to high to get the Boowah brass section sound,While slapping the bar down , no picking.
It was very effective and the customers loved it, and so did the band leaders I played with.
This was around 1939-1940. I was drafted for WWII in 1942 and left the Vega with my sister and never touched a steel for 3 years.
When I got out in 1945, I took that Vega on the road and played some real nice places with it. It had a good tone. I always played it standing up for better showmanship.
I had Alvino Rey's D8 tuning on it but he had 9 strings and a low E.It was E6 on the bottom neck and E7-9 on the top neck. If you want a chart of the tunings I used, I'l email to you if you wish.
You got to remember , this was way before Speedy West came on the scene with his great innovative playing.
Well, you asked about the Vega and I hope I didnt bore anyone and tell you all too much...al
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[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 03 April 2006 at 01:04 PM.] |
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Al Marcus
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 7:57 am
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This has bee copied over from "Steel Players" to "No Peddlers" per request...al 
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Nick Reed
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Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 7:46 pm
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HowardR
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 7:56 pm
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| What a wealth of information and history from Al's website. Wish I could have experienced some of those days. |
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 10:26 pm
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Al,
Thanks for posting this here. I know a lot ofolks will appreciat it.
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Al Marcus
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Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Apr 2006 5:26 pm
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Darryl-I bow to your request.
Howard, yes those were the days.See that Gretsch guitar in the photo. I liked that too.I wish I still had it.
Nick, my good friend, thanks for posting the picture of the VEga from my Website. I don't know how you do it, But then again, you are a very talented fellow....al
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[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 04 April 2006 at 06:30 PM.] |
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