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Topic: S12 homebuild recording unearthed! |
Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 18 Nov 2022 8:11 am |
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Although I've written a great deal about how I built my own guitar, and posted endless photos, I've been struggling to find video evidence. But at last I've located a clip of me playing along to a tune from the D lever section of Jeff Newman's Up From The Top course.
It's from five years ago and my playing was still a bit pumpy, but I think it shows that I had a working guitar with an unspectacular but reasonably pleasant tone. Here's a Google link :-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AppPkUH3P1mz-pxC3G2In74aIgAHXIdZ/view?usp=share_link
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Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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Mike Selecky
From:
BrookPark, Ohio
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Posted 18 Nov 2022 4:36 pm
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Well, it sounds like a pedal steel, Ian 
It's actually quite an accomplishment to build your own instrument! |
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Joe Krumel
From:
Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 18 Nov 2022 5:10 pm
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| Nice work Ian. You have done what many cannot do. You build your own steel and then play it so nicely. Bravo! Carry on Ian! |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2022 8:03 am
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| Splended work. Has good tone and looks great. Excellent job all around. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2022 10:27 pm
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That is a great feeling when you build your first Steel Guitar, When the strings go on, And tune and adjust things, And it plays like it should. Gives a man a warm feeling.
Great building and and sounds good too. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 25 Nov 2022 12:48 am
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Thanks, Bobby - it's possibly the most satisfying thing I've done.
The original project was to record Steel Guitar Rag on a steel guitar I'd built myself, so I must do that before I dismantle it.
(As I've mentioned elsewhere, I don't use it any more and I have nowhere to keep it.)
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Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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