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Topic: Duke Ching , great Hawaiian steeler from So Cal |
Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 5:38 pm |
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Chuck Christensen
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 6:49 pm Duke Ching
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| Mike,I have to agree,he just played the HSGA CONVENTION in Joliet, Illinois where I heard him. Chuck |
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Byron Towle
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Sandwich, Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 9:45 am
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I saw Duke Ching Friday at the Joliet convention.
He did a wonderful set with his triple neck Fender
which was tuned E13, C13 and B11. One song made use of all three necks. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 10:02 am
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Admittedly, I don't know a lot about Hawaiian music, but I've never heard anybody play it as well as Duke. He can do more without pedals than most of us can with them.
I thought the picture of the triple and quad together was interesting, and I wonder how Duke can lean across the back 6 necks to reach the one in front. But if anybody can make full use of that many necks and tunings, he can.
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 1:06 pm
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| Byron Towie observed that "Duke" made use of all three necks on one song. I played a non-pedal 3-necked Steel for about fifteen years before going to Pedal Steel. I have always advocated that non-pedal Steel Players leave all the necks on and move between necks for the best chords, phrases, and runs within a particular song. Treat your Guitar not as two or three Guitars connected together, but as one Guitar utilizing all necks as needed for broader sounds. Even after going to a D10-12 pedal Steel I would still many times use both necks on the same song. |
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