[elky] OT: lap steel guitar (and a coupla photos)

  • From: Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:20:31 -0700

After a coupla false starts with strings, I finally got a set of Hawaiian steel stings for "open E" tuning, along with a (harder to find than hens' teeth) tuning chard for that tuning scheme.  I put 'em on tonite and after a little learning curve in gettin the string tension right (a hell of a lot tighter than bass strings, that's for sure) I was able to get the thing set the way it's supposed to be. 

Rick, yer gonna love this.  Jim, I dunno if you've messed with these critters before, but they'se a totally different animal.  Anyway tuning is (from low to high): E - B - E - G# - B - E.

Don't ask me.  I jsut report 'em, I don't 'splain 'em.  But I was able to find several ways of picking triplets and I found that I prefer using my fingers rather than finger picks...so far.  Don't ask me next week.

I was also able to play rhythm guitar part on several blues songs in E and a couple in A by transposing up 5 frets.  I didn't say that I played 'em well, but it's the best I've done since I got the thing 4 weeks ago



Now I need to see about painting/getting it painted and striped.  Kandy tangerine metalflake or Kandy emerald green flake.  I may try it with rattle cans...or I may see if I can find someone locally who wants to trade some photo work or bass lessons or something.

Now it's time to play with my organ before bed.  I've found a practice regimen that's working for me for the moment.  If my damned legs would quit tryin to head for parts unknown, I'd enjoy it more.  "A night without RLS is like a day without attacks from demon spawn."  And they've taken the only effective medicine (for me) off the damned market (Darvocet.)  I gotta confer with the witch doctor.

Ohh..yesterday was granddaughter Josie's 1st BD party.  She held up better than the adults:



And I finally got a nice smile shot from my eldest son's wife (a beautiful, but shy woman)



It was a good day.
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