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Post by caprani on Jul 3, 2004 8:49:44 GMT -5
Ahoy! As we're waiting for Little Feat to arrive her in Denmark, I'd like to ask you guys a question. I recently aquired this wonderful MCI s-10 pedal-steel, and wondered if I was the only one in the feat-community who plays such a beast. I have been wishing for one of these for 25 years, and I'm already pretty decent for those 20 hours or so that I've practiced until now.  Willin' ofcourse is mandatory for practicing  All the best, and looking forward to 3 featshows :-) -Klaus Caprani |
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AlanZ55
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Post by AlanZ55 on Aug 4, 2004 21:56:34 GMT -5
You're a better man than I, Klaus. Pedal steel is one of the few instruments in the guitar family that makes no sense to me -- I'm in awe of people who can play the thing.
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Post by caprani on Aug 5, 2004 12:18:43 GMT -5
Hi Alan!
Actually the very first thing I choose to do was skipping the "guitar" part when confronting this baby. It really hasn't much in common with a guitar except strings, tuners (well, the keyless types don't even have them) and a pickup.
I think in my head it can much easier be described as some kind of "fretless piano" ;-)
It took me some hours to get the basics right, but one will eventually have an overview of the somewhat convoluted logic involved in playing this instrument. As I finally started to relax a bit it was just like coming home. What a wonderful, wonderful sound.
I even play those licks I always tried to get right on slide or lap-steel, but never was good enough to play. On the pedal-steel it's much easier for me.
Due to the layout of the mechanics and the open tuning it's possible to have, as an example C-major in 8'th fret without using pedals, and change this to A-minor, A-major, F-major or G7 just with pedals and levers. All very useful intervals really. I even succeeded to play Joni Mitchells "Both Sides Now" only with pedals and knee levers and without moving the bar even once.
There are probably easier ways to do that, but I just wanted to see if it worked ;-)
It all takes time, but if you are serious about it and even plays guitar in the first place it would be no problem for you to learn it quite fast I think. You don't need to be a virtuoso steel-player at all to sound good.
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Post by shred on Oct 29, 2004 12:55:16 GMT -5
Hey there, I play a ZB custom double neck, E7 & C6 like the one that Jerry Garcia used to play. Its a great tool for expression. Much better for bends than my Dobro. The Quiz question....... who in the Feat family plays pedal steel? OK I'll tell, back in the late seventys growing up in L.A. I played in a band with Chris Cotton on drums....His dad was Paul Cotton..........you know him from Poco............and there was this guy we knew who played pedal steel  His name was Forest............Forest George.....son of guess who? |
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Post by caprani on Nov 3, 2004 16:54:44 GMT -5
Ahoy!
Great. Now there are two of us ;D
ZB's are highly estimated, to judge from the postings on the SteelguitarForum.
Don't wanna know what that doubleneck weighs. My own single is definetely heavy enough.
Best.........
-Klaus
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His name was Forest............Forest George.....son of guess who?