Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 12 May 2013 8:06 pm |
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When I sit down to play my lap steel....I grasp and touch it in a way that I become a part of the instrument or, the instrument becomes a part of me. In this way, I feel my mind, heart and spirit is transmitted thro' my fingers onto the guitar and the sounds it makes is an extension of my sole. It's always been this way for ME, with respect to cars, airplanes or very large commercial vehicles and it works for ME.
When I play my EMMONS.......I do the same.
I've found that it is common to sit down at a pedal guitar rather gingerly and in a precise position and then to mechanically pluck at the strings like it is some kind of mysterious monster that might rise up and bite.
Do any of you make this kind of intimate bonding with your instrument?
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 13 May 2013 3:32 am
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I think I bonded with mine when I refinished part of it, cleaned and polished the keyheads, and re-rodded some pulls underneath! At least now I "intimately" know it....
That said, I predominately play gospel. With every instrument I have ever played, there comes a time on some songs where it just seems the spirit takes over, and you realize your playing stuff you never learned.
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