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Leon Grizzard
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2014 3:31 pm |
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Found this online at a Guitar Center in New York state. Picked up today in south Austin. Seems to have very little wear and tear. No legs.
Who teaches C6 in the Austin area? I have the DeWitt Scott book and Your Cheatin' Heart and have been working on the DeWitt Scott book on a Recording King. I need, at a minimum, some mechanics instruction before I develop too many bad habits.
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John Limbach
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Billings, Montana, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2014 4:38 pm
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Get a webcam for your computer and do lessons on Skype.
A lot of really HIGH quality instruction available via that method.
I'm taking from John Ely via Skype and its great. |
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Ken Pippus
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Langford, BC, Canada
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 10 Feb 2014 7:04 pm
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Those really nice sounding steels.
There plenty of great players in that area who can get you going on C6--look up Herb Steiner or Anthony Locke for starters. Forget Skype--do a one-on-one lesson if you live in the Austin area.
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 7:54 am
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I do want to stay local with lessons. I think the Steel Guitar CoOp get together is this Sunday. I may go out there and ask around. My ideal would be someone who plays non-pedal mainly, and is a good teacher also. Good playing and teaching don't always go hand in hand. Maybe Cindy Cashdollar, or Eddie Rivers, who I assume lives around here.
I put a new set of C6 strings on it this morning and plugged it in. Holy Moley! It sounded like a chorus of angels in my living room. |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 8:40 am
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Leon, please come out this Sunday... we'd love to meet you, and there will be plenty of non-pedal going on. You should also be able to meet many of the best educators in the area.
As for legs, start watching for Fender piano legs on eBay... same thing, but cheaper since more common. We need an adapter for standard half-inch steel legs to 5/8!
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 8:48 am
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Leon, please come out this Sunday... we'd love to meet you, and there will be plenty of non-pedal going on. You should also be able to meet many of the best educators in the area.
As for legs, start watching for Fender piano legs on eBay... same thing, but cheaper since more common. We need an adapter for standard half-inch steel legs to 5/8! |
I will try to make it. I used to play guitar in the band some out there before they went to the new format about a year ago or whenever it was, so we may recognize one another. |
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Jim Williams
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Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 10:13 am
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Great guitar to learn on...beautiful. Whatever instruction you decide on, buy Doug Beaumier's 25 songs for lap steel book / cd set. Anyone learning C6 should have some of Dougs material. George Boards also has some pretty good C6 DVD's at a reasonable price.
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 10:58 am
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| Jim Williams wrote: |
| Great guitar to learn on...beautiful. Whatever instruction you decide on, buy Doug Beaumier's 25 songs for lap steel book / cd set. Anyone learning C6 should have some of Dougs material. George Boards also has some pretty good C6 DVD's at a reasonable price. |
I certainly have noticed the recommendations for Doug Beaumier's books before. I need to get through DeWitt Scott first. |
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Jim Newberry
From:
Seattle, Upper Left America
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 12:35 pm
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Leon, with your great knowledge of Western Swing and chord theory, you're going to drop right in to this stuff. Your helpfulness on the Tele forum wins you lots of good Karma points for getting help with learning steel. I think you'd like Rose Sinclair, too. Be on the lookout, she's playing in Austin a lot.
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Stephen Baker
From:
Lancashire, UK
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 1:25 pm
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| Ditto Jim’s comments. I’d like to thank Leon for his youtube videos. They have a great inspiration to me. Steve |
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Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 1:35 pm
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| Jim Newberry wrote: |
| Leon, with your great knowledge of Western Swing and chord theory, you're going to drop right in to this stuff. Your helpfulness on the Tele forum wins you lots of good Karma points for getting help with learning steel. I think you'd like Rose Sinclair, too. Be on the lookout, she's playing in Austin a lot. |
Thank you for the kind words,Jim. There's a lot to learn, even though I understand the music pretty well. NOw I'll have poor intonation on fiddle and on steel guitar. |
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Bill Hampton
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2014 2:54 pm
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| Stephen, I used this idea: http://www.mcmaster.com/#97088a220/=qnhy20 with appropriate threaded stud to adapt 1/2" legs to 3/8" thread on an old Gibson. You could do the same to go to 5/8" |
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