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Topic: Rickenbacker Again |
Vernon Hester
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Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Jeffrey Wewers
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 5:55 am |
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| Really nice playing! What tuning are you in? |
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Ronald Smith
From:
LA (Lower Alabama), USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 6:36 am Blue Haw.
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VERY, VERY, good to my ears. Keep it up.
God bless,
Ron |
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Vernon Hester
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Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 7:19 am Jeffery
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C 6th Tuning.
Vern |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 9:38 am Great playing...................
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Just curious........
Do YOU tune....with an electronic tuner?
THANKS....... |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 10:00 am Blue Hawaii
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Yes,but touch up by ear and also adjust the bridge for what ever strings intonation I have on the guitar.(rear bridge slids about 1/8") This is not my normal string setup.Most times I use 3 16's or 17's for E,C,A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgpm5R_CpGw
You can hear that setup here, The tone is a little fatter.
Vern |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 10:36 am I've a question for YOU.........
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Somewhere, way back in the gray, cobweb infested recesses of my cranium......
I have this nagging.........that at one time or another YOU did some commercial recording, possibly with another steel guitar artist.
Tell me, please, has my mind failed me completely?
THANK YOU. |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 10:48 am Recording
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Yep , In my young days (80 in Nov).Record with gospel duet in 47,48 RCA "Heaven Happy home above".
Curt Hinson (53) ,Troy Ferguson and others I have forgot!!!.Beth Crider (77) "Run It by Me One More time",Running from 30"(got up to 31 on the charts???.
Spent most of my time as a Broadcast Operations Mgr (TV)till I retired in 92.
Vern |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 4:22 pm
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Nice pickin' 
Vernon, your Ric sure sounds great! What model is that? I also wonder what amp you're running it through?
You sure have a sweet Hawaiian tone. |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 9:18 pm Rickenbacker
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Danny,
Thanks.
I allways thought it was a D-8?.
But some say its a D-16??. I bought it in 1950.Its number 18 of that model.
I am using a Revelation Pre-Amp into Lexicons into a Tascam Mixer for recording.No Amp.
Vern |
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 9:39 pm
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When I hear you play Vernon, it just puts me in a special place. One sometimes thinks, "Was it really that good back then, or is my memory just being selective?" Yes, it was that good and you've still got it.
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LeGrande II, Nash. 112, Fender Twin Tone Master, Session 400, Harlow Dobro, R.Q.Jones Dobro |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 24 Jul 2010 9:43 pm
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Very nice playing Vernon. Loved it.
And yes, it is called a D-16. I started a thread on that very subject when the same model as you are playing was up on ebay. The guy called it a D-16 and quoted from the History of Ric book. Confirmed in the thread as correct by other forum members. |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 5:46 am Rickenbacker
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Thanks Guys,
Clyde you sure know haw to make an Ole Man's day!!
Nice comments from a super picker as you. Don't know how much longer I am going to be able to play,getting shaky and on oxygen 24/7 (Pulmonary Fibrosis).Going to Medical University Of SC tomorrow for bunch of test (7 hrs).They have a new study and hope I can get in it.They don't want to mess with you at age of 80 and I'll be 80 in Nov.
So wish me luck.
Vernon Hester |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 7:55 am Blue Hawaii
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Man... that Ricky sure sounds good. When you go for that test Vern... if they give you any guff.. ask them if they ever heard the term..THE OLDER THE VIOLIN.. THE SWEETER THE MUSIC. HA....Lots of luck.
Lee |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 9:22 am
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| Vernon, nice to hear your playin again. I'm a big fan and always enjoy your renditions. That Ricky sounds great too. |
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Paul Bostic
From:
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 3:41 pm
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Blue Hawaii is absolutely wonderful Vernon. You are a true inspiration! 
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60's & 70's country rock is my favorite, Martin & Taylor acoustic, Fender & Washburn electric, Rickenbacher BD 8 lap steel, violin. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 4:01 pm
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Vernon:
Are you playing steel on this tune by Curt Hinson, from about 1953?
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 8:05 pm
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"This is not my normal string setup. Most times I use 3 16's or 17's for E,C,A."
Vern,
Your tone in the Rickenbacker.wmv video is fantastic. Thank you for posting it.
Would you mind listing the complete set of C6 string gauges that you used on that video?
What tuning do you currently use on the other neck? |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 10:04 pm Cotton Picking baby
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Mitch,
What a surprise!!
Yep that's me,Sure would like to have a copy.All my old recordings are gone. We cut that in Airtone studios in Phila in 1953.Curt Hinson,singer,Troy Ferguson, Guitar, Jim Gardner,Bass, Roy Purkey ,Fiddle, Junior Adkins ,Lead Guitar and me with the Rickenbacker.I heard that one sold over 200,000 copies???. Hinson's fan club put it out.
Adkins and I were using the same Fender Deluxe amp with a Altec 630 mike against the speaker.
The good old Days.
Best
Vernon Hester |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 10:16 pm Rickenbacker Strings
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Mitch, The strings on the guitar now are the .
J-HR-C6L Herb Remington C6 Low or A6, stainless set
.014, .017, .022w, .024, .030, .034, .042, .046 . I bought from B0b on the forum . I put those on in April to play the guitar at the Augusta Ga. Steel Show,(Never took in out of the case as they had cut my time, so played the Zum).
Tunings on the guitar now are C 6th and E 7th.I change the back neck to A 6th,D 9th etc.
The break on Cotton Picking Baby was the E 7th tuning.
Vernon |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jul 2010 10:22 pm Rickenbacker.
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Andy, Paul,Lee
Thanks
Yep going to be a long day at the Hospital and its a 110 miles away.
Best
Vernon |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 8:41 am
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Vernon:
Here ya go:
http://picosong.com/y2N
A rockin' good tune.
You can listen or download it at the above link. |
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Vernon Hester
From:
Cayce,SC USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 2:09 pm Rickenbacker
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Mitch,
Thanks ,sure brings back memories.Sounds Like I use both necks on my break C6 and E 7th.We did 3 songs that day don't remember the B side Title.
Many Thanks
Vernon |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 2:35 pm
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| Wow, that sounded nice. Great tone, touch and feel. Very impressive. |
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Mitch Drumm
From:
Frostbite Falls, hard by Veronica Lake
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Posted 26 Jul 2010 3:08 pm
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Vernon:
The flip side of Cotton Picking Baby was Your Old Love Is Haunting You Still.
The only other Curt Hinson recordings I know of are Down Deep In My Heart and Let’s See You Smile, both of which were released on Carolina 1001.
I don't have any of the other 3 songs at this time.
I'm assuming you played on all of them. |
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