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Topic: Walk Don't Run - New Video! |
Doug Beaumier
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Joe Elk
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2022 5:09 pm |
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Nice!!
Joe Elk Central Ohio |
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David DeLoach
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Tennessee, USA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Joe Cook
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Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 1:51 am
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So good, Doug! If I didn't know better, I would swear that was played on a regular guitar.  |
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Bob Watson
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 2:22 am
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| Great job Doug! Your videos always put a big smile on my face! |
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Don Poland
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Hanover, PA.
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 3:01 am
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AWESOME!!  |
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Mike A Holland
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United Kingdom
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 6:17 am
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Excellent Doug. For a while when I started to play lap steel guitar I played in normal guitar tuning. I was way more comfortable playing single note runs and improvising. The problem came with chordal and harmony playing. I then thought if I am going to try and play steel guitar seriously it was going to be in a standard steel guitar tuning and finger picks.
After all this time and watching your video I am not sure I would have been better staying with conventional guitar tuning ! Just kidding. Love what you do Doug! |
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Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 8:06 am
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You kind of remind a little of JR Brown........nice job.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 8:58 am
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Thank you for the kind comments. The decision to go with a standard guitar tuning made perfect sense to me because I've been playing the song on guitar for 50+ years. Back in the 60s every youngster who was learning to play guitar Had to learn "Walk Don't Run". It was a rite of passage! In recent years I tried playing the song on pedal steel E9 and on every non-pedal tuning I know, all to no avail. Just couldn't get the sound, the feel and the energy of the original on any other tuning.
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Rich Sullivan
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Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 9:55 am
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| That sounds great, Doug. Nice job. I wouldn't be able to play a lick with a flatpick. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Cliff Swanson
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Raleigh, NC
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Posted 7 Jan 2022 3:40 pm
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Holy cow that is SO rockin', Doug. Words are failing me.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 1:51 am Re: Walk Don't Run - New Video!
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| I did something a little unusual here. After trying several tunings and not being able to get the sound of the original recording, I decided to tune the steel like a standard guitar... and there it was! |
Doug
Sounds cool!
So what did you do with the 2 extra strings, tuning-wise? I think I’m hearing a lower octave E, maybe? Anything else doubled or extending the guitar range?
Thanks. |
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Greg Sander
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 9:14 am
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Wow, loved it!
Thanks for sharing, Doug. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 10:45 am
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Thanks Jim and Greg!
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| ...what did you do with the 2 extra strings, tuning-wise? |
I removed them. Didn't need them for this song and they just got in the way. In fact, I took All of the strings off the guitar and restrung it for 6-string "guitar tuning". But I didn't use a regular set of guitar strings (too thin). I consulted John Ely's excellent string gauge chart for the proper gauges for lap steel. So the strings are thicker than normal guitar strings.
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| Anything else doubled or extending the guitar range? |
No, except I did add a few harmony notes on regular guitar, very few, in part of the melody, as was played on the original recording. It's easy to play those harmonies on regular guitar, but not with a bar on a lap steel. Those harmony notes are mixed low so they can barely be heard.
FYI: I'm playing through a Black Box (tube filter) and a Keeley 4-knob compressor (low level setting) and using an OCD overdrive on that short breakdown section in the middle. Quilter Tone Block 202 head w/reverb, recorded direct.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 12:38 pm
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Terrific, Doug!
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 2:59 pm
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| Very cool Doug. Great job! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 8 Jan 2022 6:29 pm
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You continue to amaze
Great job!
Ron |
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Doug Beaumier
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