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Topic: What's in a name? |
Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 4:40 am |
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I was just thinking..."nonpedal" steel guitars were just called "steel guitars" before pedals were added weren't they? Perhaps the 2 camps should be:
1) Steel Guitars
2) Pedal Steel Guitars
I hate to put the "Non-pedal" disclaimer on my instrument. It makes me feel..well, dirty! 
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 4:52 am
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That's exactly how I see it too.. In my world there's 'steel guitars' and then there's 'pedal steel guitars'.
Only problem is I have to explain (to most people) that I DON'T mean pedal steel when I say steel guitar, so....... 
Steinar
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 5:36 am
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Yeah Mike, Me too! This has bugged me for years. Even though I play the pedal steel I have always felt the term "non-pedal" deragatory.
The steel guitar community has used the term for so long though it'd be hard to change now.
Some players of the instrument take pride in emphasizing the fact that their guitar has no pedals though.
[This message was edited by Jerry Overstreet on 19 March 2004 at 05:49 AM.] |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 1:08 pm
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...makes sense to me, Mike. Steel guitar and pedal steel guitar is the way I see it, too.
This didn't happen with the computer mouse. The first mouse had only one button; so the term "click" come into use. When the "right click" button was added, the left button remained, "click" when refering to it.
Today we say, "click (left understood)"; and we say, "right click", when refering to the menu button.
Rick [This message was edited by Rick Collins on 19 March 2004 at 01:10 PM.] |
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 1:16 pm
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Well according to my boss, left click, right click, middle click, middle rotate all matter.
Sherman |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 1:52 pm
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| Here in Los Angeles, we usually say "steel guitar", not "pedal steel guitar", just like we say "commode", not "indoor commode". |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 2:49 pm
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| Pedal steel guys use indoor comodes???? |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 4:03 pm
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| Do they still have those pedal commodes? |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 19 Mar 2004 4:41 pm
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I didn't know The Commodores had a steel guitarist?
Steinar
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Ed Altrichter
From:
Schroeder, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 1:53 pm
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| I like the term "Straight Steel". |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 8:36 pm
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Here's a little clunky language, but works pretty well for me:
1) Lap steel guitar
2) Stand-up steel guitar
3) Pedal steel guitar
Now when they call resonator guitars "steel guitars", I start to get confused...! |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 9:05 pm
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I'm still trippin' on the Comodores. What a great soul band! Even without Lionel Ritchie.
P.S. I just call 'em lap steels. There aint anything else. ...err well...maybe acoustic Hawaiian style, er... ah...resonuptial, err, slap feel. Got steel? |
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Loni Specter
From:
West Hills, CA, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 9:12 pm
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Sorry boys. This is what happens when I've had a 'Loni Special' on a Saturday night;
2-shots tequila, 1-shot Khalua, & 1- shot Bailey's on the rocks, and just a little 'Bud'.
Hey, We're all friends here, right?
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 20 Mar 2004 10:03 pm
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| Seems to me this was all discussed previously on the Forum (? ) I personally prefer the terminoligy: Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Pedal Steel Guitar. |
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