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Topic: Bakersfield style Lap Steel (picking on Brumley) |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 9:35 pm |
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This is a just a little clip of me plucking Tom Brumley's "Seven Come Eleven". You can do so much on just a lap steel if you set your mind to it. This is just my Magnatone G70.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr8QsgfhNBI
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Last edited by Mike Neer on 25 Mar 2009 5:21 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2009 9:54 pm
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| Mike, that sounded great. Nice tone on the guitar too. What tuning are your using? |
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John Burton
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Manassas, Va
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 5:43 am
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 Amazing!
I love it!
Give a newbie like me some details. Tuning? String Gauge? Show me a couple of them pulls!
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Jon Nygren
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 5:56 am
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No pulls on that one! Just lots of left hand movement and some forward slants. Well done!
I recently worked out 'together again' on non-pedal. Pedal type stuff is definitely do-able with practice. I just use alot of slants, barely ever pull. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Mar 2009 4:46 pm
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I'm not much for pulls myself, but I like to pull in E6 tuning, pulling the B string up to unison with the C# for some Mooney-ish sounds.
This is my method of documenting tunes for when I forget how to play them, that's all. Nothing fancy.
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 6:09 am
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Cool Mike.
E Major tuning?
Thanks
Bill |
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2009 12:11 pm
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| Nice pickin, I love your tone. Some old clips of Tom Brumley (with Buck) pop up also, in some he's playin an old Fender pedaler. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 27 Mar 2009 7:14 am
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This is an abbreviated E9 tuning: E B G# F D B
Usually it's an 8 string tuning with a G# and E on the bottom, but I keep one of my lap steels tuned like this for gigging--this tuning and an E6 with a high G#.
Thanks for listening. I know a lot of lap steel players are not really interested in Country music, but seriously, if you're at all passionate about steel guitar, you take it from wherever you can get it, whether it's Hawaiian, Western Swing, Rock, Country or ..... I'm not a purist by any stretch of the imagination, but you can't ignore the rich history of the steel guitar.
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Last edited by Mike Neer on 27 Mar 2009 12:41 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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John Burton
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Manassas, Va
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Posted 27 Mar 2009 7:33 am
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
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...Thanks for listening. I know a lot of lap steel players are not really interested in Country music, but seriously, if you're at all passionate about steel guitar, you take it from wherever you can get it, whether it's Hawaiian, Western Swing, Rock, Country or ..... |
Well, actually, for myself, early Vintage country and Western swing is what made me want to play a lap steel!
I keep an open mind, but that early country western stuff is what moves me to want to learn to play.
So, I for one, enjoy this post and your other YouTube stuff a lot! Especially your Speedy West stuff.
Amazing stuff!
Anyway, just wanted to offer a little appreciation from a relative newbie.
Keep it up! |
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Joshua Grange
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Los Angeles, California
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Posted 28 Mar 2009 2:33 pm
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Hey Mike,
I'm guessing you have an F# in there not an F natural.... |
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