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Topic: Bob Wills |
Carey Hofer
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South Dakota, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2021 10:59 am |
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| Question: Were all Bob Wills steel players non pedal or did some of them play pedal steel? |
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Ethan Shaw
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Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2021 11:26 am
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| I know Reece Anderson and Vance Terry played pedal steel with him, and maybe more? I think Vance was the first, in the 50's. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2021 12:18 pm
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Pete Drake in 1968 and Lloyd Green in 1967.
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Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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Carey Hofer
From:
South Dakota, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2021 12:25 pm
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| Was hoping I could do all that on lap steel but oh well, guess it'll just take a few more decades of practice! |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 14 Nov 2021 2:10 pm
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| Reece could do it all on a lap steel. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2021 2:15 pm
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| Answering a narrower question, almost none of Wills’ live or recorded stuff was done on pedal steel. None of the classic material. |
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Ethan Shaw
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2021 9:59 am
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| Yeah, if what you like is the classic Wills sound from the 30's & 40's, none of that is pedal steel. |
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Carey Hofer
From:
South Dakota, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2021 12:12 pm
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| Whew. No more nightmares about a pedal steel with 13 knee levers, 23 foot pedals and 5 necks. As much as I love pedal steel sounds, think I will stick with my 8 string high C6 for a while longer. Besides, I just turned 67, or was it 68? I do like those classic Playboy Steel sounds. Eddie Rivers is still cool! |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 16 Nov 2021 3:21 am
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| Carey Hofer wrote: |
| Whew. No more nightmares about a pedal steel with 13 knee levers, 23 foot pedals and 5 necks. As much as I love pedal steel sounds, think I will stick with my 8 string high C6 for a while longer. Besides, I just turned 67, or was it 68? I do like those classic Playboy Steel sounds. Eddie Rivers is still cool! |
Eddie Rivers has some tutorial videos on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAbpeZ-y1eQ
and 4 or so more
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
"Give it up for The Lap Steel Guitarist" |
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 16 Nov 2021 4:24 am
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Look up the tunings of Leon McAuiliffe, Herb Remington, Billy Bowman, Bobby Koeffer for starters. How many necks on your steel? Two 8 string necks would be minimum you need. You can get most of it using A6+ E13.
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Carey Hofer
From:
South Dakota, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2021 1:18 pm
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| I have been listening/watching to Eddies' Western Swing Rules 6, 8 & 11. Very helpful. On the videos he is playing an 8 string lap steel in A6. Transfers nicely to my one neck 8 string lap steel in C6. |
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