[elky] Re: OT: lap steel guitar (and a coupla photos)
- From: "Jim Dos" <jdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:49:00 -0600
Sounds like life is good.
Tuning ? boy this is something way diff than I'm used to.
If it works,, go for it.. LOL
A friend, Steve, who really likes to fix guitars, brought me back my Ibanez
that had the neck broken it the 'wind'.,,.. and somehow straightened out
a really nice epi that was warped.. a good will shopping deal. The epi is a
really nice box.. rosewood, nice inlays, etc.. nice low action.. = now I
have to spend some time getting back into it, after making my hands nothing
but art rightis after running the nail guns and saws. gotta love semi
retirement ? ha.. that will be the day.
Got the second she door hung and adjusted today.. pics at 11.. LOL. Finally
have the shop closed in.. sorta kinda.. needs more corner and rake trim to
be better. But it keeps the 'gale' out, which is saying something.. 30 mphs
today.. was warm but blustery.
Keep sending the warm winds this way so I can keep doing stuff.. I get
cranky when it' s below 32 for very long. LOL
Jim
From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray Buck
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:21 PM
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [elky] OT: lap steel guitar (and a coupla photos)
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.
r
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