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Wally Pfeifer
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2012 9:20 am |
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 Everybody should get a copy of the Oct/Nov 2012
issue of REMINISCE magazine. Very nice article on WSM and the Grand Old Opry written by Billy Robonson.
Mentions Jerry Byrd, Jimmy Wiggins and several more of our old favorites from 50-60 years ago. Read it. I'm sure you will enjoy it. And Thank You, Billy, for writing it.
 Wally Pfeifer |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 27 Nov 2012 9:56 am
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| Billy is one the nicest person I have ever met.I was ever so thrilled to have had the seat next to him at Scottys Saturday dinner at the 2011 covention..He shared great storys with me..What an Artist he is in music and also his paintings. We talked about playing golf sometime..I hope to have that happen.. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2012 12:08 pm
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Does anyone know how to contact him? I had a question about the tuning he used on the two Yuotube videos, is it? -
D
G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F
He does a little string rake before "Caravan" that sounds like the above, I know he mentions the D, but I don't know the rest for dead-certain. Caravan is ridiculously cool with the hammer-ons, BTW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVGnOotJI6w |
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Cliff Trent
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2012 2:27 pm nashville
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| I had the honor of meeting and visiting with him at the Super Jam this year. He is a super guy, a super picker and also an accomplished artist. In fact my wife has several of his christmas cards on our mantle now. |
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Ben Rubright
From:
Punta Gorda, Florida, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2012 10:40 am
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Below is information that Billy gave to me in 2009 with regards to his Derby 10-string guitar:
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My guitar has a 24" length scale and the body is a 12 string wide metal neck. Ten strings
are spaced out across a 12 string neck giving an even space between each string, approximately
3/8" apart. The pickup is a George L pickup made especially for me by George L so I don't know
if he made anymore like this or not.
One of the most important things about playing my non-pedal steel is the string diameters. You
can't pull a string if the diameter is too great, making the string too tight.
My tuning is as follows: From the top to the bottom low strings starting with D, G, E, C, A, G, E, C, A, F.
The diameter of the strings is as follows: D is a #17 diameter and the G is a # 12 diameter, the E is a
#15 diameter, the C is a # 16 diameter, the A is a # 18 diameter, the G is a #24 diameter wound , the
E is a #28 diameter wound, C is a #36 diameter wound, A is a #42 diameter wound, and F is a #50
diameter wound. I use a 12 string bar. |
I am sure that he would not mind me sharing this since he is happy to tell anyone that asks. |
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