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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 28 May 2021 4:00 am    
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Summer always turns my mind toward surf music and how much fun it is to play on lap steel! Here's a little tip and demo from my "Surf Music for Lap Steel" book on using bar pressure vibrato. It's meant to imitate a Bigsby or other mechanical arm vibrato and gives you a different feel than a bar sliding or bar rolling vibrato.

https://soundcloud.com/aev/bar-pressure-vibrato-demo


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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 29 May 2021 6:58 am    
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Still in a Surf mood today and goofing around with a kitschy karaoke version of Jezebell in E9th tuning on my '52 Magnatone.

https://soundcloud.com/aev/jezebel-lap-steel-e9th-tuning
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Joe Burke

 

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Toronto, Canada
Post  Posted 29 May 2021 10:50 am    
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Nice one Andy!
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Joe Cook


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Lake Osoyoos, WA
Post  Posted 30 May 2021 6:32 pm    
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That was cool man! Very spaghetti western like sound. Thanks for the tips as well, Andy!
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 31 May 2021 2:54 am    
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Thanks! It was quick and dirty but fun. My mom had a 45 of Frankie Laine signing Jezebel in his overwrought style. I listened over and over at about age ten and I guess the tune stayed with me.
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Allan Revich


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Victoria, BC
Post  Posted 6 Jun 2021 3:14 pm    
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I’ve been experimenting with this a bit this week. I found it to be easier/more effective when my tuning had lower string tension.

Is this something you have found Andy, or is it just a matter of technique and practice?
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6 String | G6 – e G D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D

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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 6 Jun 2021 5:31 pm    
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I’ve only used it with sixth tunings on a 22.5" scale. it makes sense it’d be harder with higher tension. Scale length too would be a factor.
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