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Topic: Starter Steel Guitar! |
John Bechtel
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 1:18 am |
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What a coinsodence! I was surprised, having already known that Buddy Emmons and I are only 18 days apart in age, to learn that we both began learning to play the steel guitar in '48 at the ripe old age of 11yrs. I was surprised again to learn that Buddy also began learning on a Supro 6str. Mother-Of-Pearl guitar. His tuned to E-Maj. and mine tuned to High Bass (A) for my lessons, but; C6th the rest of the week, between lessons. I wonder if the tunings had anything to do with the differences in our success! Probably not! What kind of steel did you start on, way back when? Supro and National were quite popular during those early years. "Big John" Bechtel http://community.webt.net/KeoniNui/doc [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 05 December 2002 at 01:28 AM.] |
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Roy Ayres
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 6:07 am
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John:
I started in 1942 (age 13) on an off-brand Dobro-style guntar that cost $35. I soon got the bug for an electric, but WW2 was on and all of the manufacturers were shut down because of availability of materials. My Dad ran across a Supro, brown pearl, six string in a pawn shop in Mobile, which I bought immediately. It was the first electric I had found after searching for about a year. Before I found the Supro, I attached an old carbon microphone to the resonator of the Dobro and plugged it into the band's PA system. If I recall correctly, the Supro was made by National. After the war, I bought a double-neck National. My first tuning was Amaj high bass, then Emaj (so I could play Steel Guitar Rag.) The first song I learned was Fireball Mail. MEMORIES!
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Jody Carver
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 12:50 pm
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My story is very long,and I hate long stories
they "bore" me  |
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 2:03 pm
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| Look at that post above. That's the shortest post I've ever seen from Jody. His computer must be broke! |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 5:31 pm
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| Roy; If you talk to Jody privately, he'll probably tell you that, judging from my recent E-Mails; that I'm the one who is beginning to ge long winded!Thanks for the reply! "Big John" Nashville http://community.webtv.net/KeoniNui/doc |
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Jody Carver
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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 6:09 pm
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| My computers not broke,my hard drive is soft. |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 10:13 pm
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| I don't think I'll respond to the above, Jody |
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Michael T. Hermsmeyer
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Branson, Missouri, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 11:54 pm
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Ummm, moving right along, LOL. You guys will probably hate me for this but.......
My first steel guitar was a brand new 1984 Sho-Bud Pro I, Red Stain, complete with a brand new Sho-Bud Pak-a-Seat and a D'Armond volume pedal for a whopping $1100.00. I didn't really have anyone to take lessons from though and the tuning (or lack of it) drove me insane. The other guys in the band hated steel, so after a year I sold the guitar for another whopping $700.00.  I kept my seat and pedal and after a few years of still wanting to learn, I bought an MSA Sidekick... We won't discuss that experience... LOL. Then I moved up to a Deckley S-10 (yeah it WAS a step up, LOL), then a Sho-Bud LDG(That was an awesome guitar, wish I still had it), a D-10 Emmons LeGrande, a D-10 Push Pull, another Sho-Bud Pro I, and a 1955 or 56 Fender Stringmaster T-8. Not to mention dobros, Sho-Bros and lap steels...LOL. By the way, I still have and use that first Pak-A-Seat every week. Quality Stuff!!
Michael T.
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'73 EMMONS D10 FATBACK, '92 EMMONS D10 LASHLEY LEGRANDE,
'85 DOBRO 60DS, '95 DOBRO F60S,
'95 MELOBAR CUSTOM, 1955 FENDER TRIPLE NECK STRINGMASTER. EVANS, FENDER, PEAVEY,
and MESA BOOGIE Amps.
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Roy Ayres
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Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Dec 2002 5:16 am
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John:
I DID talk to Jody privately. I don't care what he said about you, I think you're a nice guy.
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Jody Carver
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Posted 6 Dec 2002 5:31 am
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