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Topic: A little trouble getting used to new steel. |
Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2004 4:26 pm |
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My Carter.. very nice steel,NO problems... solid and stays in tune... comfortable to play... all around VERY GOOD pedal steel guitar. For some reason I seem to be having trouble getting used to it at gigs.. it is NOT the guitar for sure..its me. I play it at home and it sounds great, plays great,tunes great, I can play it fast and clean and it feels perfect! For some ODD reason I still feel "ill at ease" with it on gigs. It sustains a million times better than my MSA, but I seem to stumble all over the place when its set up on stage. Now,I will remind you,I usually play it on less than 5 songs a night, as I am playing mostly rock guitar. I get the picks and bar ready and just know I'm going to implode on the steel and usually do!.. I dunno.. Any one else ever get have this sort of thing happen to them??? bob
[This message was edited by Bob Carlucci on 12 April 2004 at 02:04 AM.] |
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Dave Ristrim
From:
Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 11 Apr 2004 4:57 pm
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Well, It took me a number of gigs to get used to the shape of the neck on my Carter. Don't laugh, It Did! While sitting at the steel, the first string is over the fingerboard higher up the neck, and disappears and then reappears off the fingerboard at the lower frets. Depending on what part of the neck I was playing, I would grab the wrong strings sometimes. I am used to it now, but when I switch back to one of my other steels, I have to adjust again. Small price to pay for a great sounding steel. I like the looks of the Carters neck, so I'll just live with it.
Dave |
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Bob Snelgrove
From:
san jose, ca
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Posted 11 Apr 2004 9:51 pm
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I love my new Carter but it's the pedals I'm having trouble with. They all seem to run together with not as much separation as I'm used to on the P/P or Franklin. I'm still adjusting height of the pedals and am sure I'll get the hang of it. The guitar truly say's "play me" like so many Carter owners have said. The string spacing feels so natural that I'm not grabbing or stumbling as much as I usually do. I bounce from steel to electric 6 string also during the night.
bob |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2004 3:14 am
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| Bobb, this sounds like a little nervousness, not the guitar, had this problem with my double 10 MSA, I was fired up to play and just could not do it, could not find any chords to use easily, and I was beginning to think it was the guitar, but it wasn't, I was too excited and keyed up about playing in front of people, you will adjust to it,steveb. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 12 Apr 2004 3:36 am
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[quoteI get the picks and bar ready and just know I'm going to implode on the steel and usually do!.[/quote]
Se-f fullfilling prophesy.
If you go up there expecting to be poor,
you will likely be poor.
If you go up there expecting to play well... but with a few clams, and so what,
you likely will do fine.
i.e. don't sweat it and enjoy your self. you'll play better. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2004 11:10 am
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| Bob, I have done probably more that my share of instrument switching on stage and even after all that I still find it difficult to settle down to each axe as I switch. I'm waiting on a post from you where you say "Yippie!! I'm playing in a band now where I'm playing tons and tons of Pedal Steel Guitar!!!" |
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