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Bud Haycock
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 24 Nov 2004 8:00 pm |
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Hi folks
My name is Bud, and I'm a new member to this forum. I am a bass player with 25 years of playing experience who also plays guitar and just recently started playing lap steel. I got interested in the steel from the pedal steel player in our regular weekend band. He started out on lap steel, and recommended that I try that. I build instruments as a hobby, so I built myself a lap steel and have taken a couple of on-line lessons from a really nice guy in Nova Scotia named Roy Thomson. He got me started, and when time and money allow, I hope to get a few more lessons from him.
My lap steel is a 6 string, made of maple and rosewood. I used a standard Tele bridge, with the string spacing max'd out and a Fender single coil pick-up. I have chosen the E6/E13 tuning, as this seemed the easiest to learn, and I like the way it plays and the country swing sound. I haven't done anything since college that is this addictive.. Lap steel is just really satisfying to play. But then you already knew that..
If anyone wants to know what it looks like and how it sounds (warning..I'm the one playing it), I can post a short MP3 and a picture, if that kind of thing is ok on this forum.
I'm looking forward to meeting you and learning lots.
Thanks
Bud
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2004 8:44 pm
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| welcome to the forum. Please post your MP3. I'm sure most of us would like to hear it. |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 24 Nov 2004 8:46 pm
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Welcome on board Bud. Roy is probably the best steel guitarist in Canada...beautiful tone ! You couldn't ask for a better teacher. Have fun !  |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Nov 2004 9:16 pm
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Welcome to the world's coolest forum Bud. Amen to what Keoki said - if Roy is teaching you you're in good hands!
And by all means, let's see a pic and hear a clip . .
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Rick Alexander
57 Fender Stringmaster T8, 57 Fender Champ, Remington Steelmaster D8, 47 National New Yorker - Music Man and Peavey Amps . .
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Don Joslin
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 25 Nov 2004 8:52 am
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Welcome Bud. This place is as addictive as your new steel. Full of many resources and great folks that will help you along your trail. They sure have helped me.
Don
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 Country Music - (kun'tree myoo'zik) n. - Three chords and the
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Larry Phleger
From:
DuBois, PA
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Posted 25 Nov 2004 9:15 am
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| I for one would like to see your creation, and hear what it sounds like. Welcome aboard! |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 25 Nov 2004 7:57 pm
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Welcome.
The only thing is.....we're very serious here. No fooling around or any nonsense.  |
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 26 Nov 2004 3:39 am
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Welcome aboard Bud. Please do post your MP3 and pics.
And yea, Howard's right; ...silly humor and such nonsense is definitly frowned upon. Sport coats, bow-ties, and Perrier only.
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3 strings are plenty.
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Aloha,
DT~
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 26 Nov 2004 7:36 am
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| Welcome, Bud. I'd like to see pictures of your guitar. Please post them. |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 27 Nov 2004 12:08 am
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Welcome to this Great Forum Bud 
be careful our PreModerator Howard is very sensitive to humor
i'd love to hear some sounds & see some pics
All the Best to ya' |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 27 Nov 2004 4:34 am
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Yes welcome dude.
Be careful what you wish for here, you might get it.
No question is too stupid to ask...
because somebody here was stupid enough to ask it already...
So doing searches before asking isn't a bad idea...
other wise you risk restarting age old conundrums and symantic flopdoodles
As you know from reading here :
We NEVER go off topic,
We NEVER discuss anything BUT steel
We NEVER change our minds, except when we do
Everybody plays pedals... volume pedals
Everybody thinks alike, and agree always
Everybody is grey and wide and old
Steel guitars of all flavors make us a family...
of irracible curmudgeons.
Enjoy.
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 27 Nov 2004 5:03 am
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Welcome to the Forum Bud!
You are in the right place.
Forumites,, Bud is a natural for Steel Guitar. I will say no more and hope
that Bud can get his "Lil Gator" photo and
his sample MP3 posted soon.
Then you will see and hear for yourselves.
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Bud Haycock
From:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 29 Nov 2004 9:21 pm
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Thanks for the kind words and encouragement. I know I will learn a lot here. I will try and post a pic and sound clip later this week. Can you actually attach files to these posts, or do I need to find a web site to host the files, and then post a link here? Any info would be helpful.
Thanks
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Don Joslin
From:
St. Paul, MN
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Posted 30 Nov 2004 6:27 am
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Bud - ya gotta host the files somewhere and then link here. Click on UBB Code on the left side of screen where you type your replies. Scroll down a ways and you will find the right tags and how to use them.
Don
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Country Music - (kun'tree myoo'zik) n. - Three chords and the
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