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Topic: Newbie Steel Guitar Picker |
Steve East
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Germanton, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2006 5:35 pm |
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Hello everyone! I’m new to your site and look forward in getting a lot of good ideas. I’m trying to learn to play a Marlen S10 that I’ve had for sometime in the case.
As of this time, I’m using Jeff Newman DVD’s :Pedal Steel Guitar Techniques, Right Hand Alpha, Up From The Top, (AB pedals, d lever and f lever). Right now I’m concentrating on Right Hand Alpha, and AB Pedals. I’m also playing with a band, trying to learn chord progressions mostly.
I plan on getting an instructor, but I was trying to get a little experience first.
If anyone has any suggestions, or a better idea, please let me know.
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Bob Cox
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Buckeye State
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Posted 16 Jun 2006 5:44 pm
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| Welcome to the steel world.Looks like you are off to a good start.Check out some of the steel jams and shows.I,ll have to say down through the years ,I learned more at these shows than anywhere.Nothing like an up close session. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2006 6:20 pm
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| Welcome Steve from Alabama,Playing in a band is great,you will learn more there than any other way. |
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Wade Tackett
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2006 8:07 pm
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| Welcome Steve from Tahlequah, Oklahoma. You can't go wrong with these guys. They will make you feel right at home. There is a large resource here in the forum that you will find helpful to you.Go to tablature you will find some good info there. Good luck, Wade, Picken for Jesus! |
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Mac Martine
From:
Portland, Or
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Posted 16 Jun 2006 11:02 pm
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Welcome Steve!
You're off to a good start! As far as instruction and advice, the Newman videos and the forum respectively have done more for me than I ever could have hoped for. And playing with a band and playing gigs does even more. Take your time with those videos. If you get the basics down well you'll end up progressing a lot faster in the long term. |
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Steve East
From:
Germanton, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2006 8:46 am
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| Thanks for the advice. I was wondering if I was heading in the right way. This is the first experence I've had with a guitar and I'm over 50. Should have started a little earlier. Thanks again! |
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 17 Jun 2006 11:41 am
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Welcome on board Steve,from Brussels Belgium.
Way to go with the Jeff Newman's courses! |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 17 Jun 2006 2:48 pm
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Hey Steve, welcome aboard and good luck with your studies.
I think you'll find some pretty good stuff happenin' over in the Wilson area from time to time..keep an eye out for those events.Wilson is not all that far from Germantown , I believe maybe an hour.
Tony from Charlotte
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Rodney Garrison
From:
Montague County , Texas (deceased)
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Posted 17 Jun 2006 3:51 pm
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Steve, Jeff Newman's products are some of the best. Playing with a band is tops though. Study Jeff's UP FROM THE TOP series. Congrats' and keep us posted.
RG |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2006 9:18 am
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| Steve,Don't let the age stop you .I was around fifty when I started playing steel[had been playing guitar for about 35 years]Have been playing steel full time for the last 17 years,don't even own a guitar,it's never to late to start. |
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