Recently I have been playing in G tuning, however probably not the one that most of you use. I have been using DGDGBD (from low to high) as this is closest to...
Hi Ben, DGDGBD tuning is called "low bass G" and is typically the one they use for bottleneck playing. I believe a lot of Hawaiian guitar is played on ...
Why, exactly? I don't understand how it will make a difference, depending on what style you are playing, or is it something to do with the design of the...
Hi Bez In low G tuning you have big intervals between the bottom 3 strings..an octave between 4 and 6. That's fine if you have the span of a hand (or hand and ...
martin froud
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Nov 3, 2003 10:33 pm
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Hi folks, I just had an elderly all maple guitar converted to Hawaiian set-up. It has a neck like half a tree and is uglier than my mother in law but, (like...
DADF#AD is fun. Low bass G is used often by Bob Brozman. Check out Stacey's Hawaiian book -- lots of stuff in there. Even Sol Hoopii's C#m tuning! ... From:...
Thanks Bill, However, having been made redundant a couple of months ago I'm not into spending money at present. You couldn't tell me that C#m tuning could you...
Andy, One variation of the C#m tuning from bass to treble is E C# E G# C# E It's basically the same as open E tuning but with the B notes tuned up a whole step...
C6 -- I tune to CEGACE low to high on lapsteel -- All the Hank Williams stuff is pretty easy to find here but never tried Hawaiian numbers. You may want to...
Thanks Bill and Brad for your input. I have some time alone tonight and the guitar is now back in my hands with a raised and widened nut and raised saddle. Er...
My mate Les uses a round bar (A black Raja I believe). He has got the Hawaiian sound down well. I use a Scheerhorn bar -- I, at best, sound like I am playing a...
Yep a vintage Black Rajah's what I use but they're hard to find and expensive . A guy in Texas makes Red Rajah bars which are similar and pretty good .The...
Les Cook
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Nov 8, 2003 11:22 am
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Martin; have you got any recorded material or other sources for your 'celtic dobro'? I've got an old box set up in DADF#AD & would love to give that a try! ...
Try Dobro by Frankie Lane -- cool album (Gael Linn records maybe) Check out Sally VM -- Idlers of Belltown -- one to wrestle with in normal G tuning. Mr...
That's about what I would've suggested. Also listen to Kelly Joe Phelps rendition of Lass of Loch Royale on Beggars Oil. I'm sure there are loads of others...
martin froud
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Nov 9, 2003 6:39 pm
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Jerry Byrd's favoured C6 tuning is a slight deviation C# E G A C E The detailed reasons for having that C# on the bottom string have slipped my mind, but it's...
Hi everybody, I am curious as to why there are so many different tunings. Is that there is a tuning for nearly every key, and if not you can use a tuning that...
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Nov 12, 2003 6:10 pm
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MMMMMMMMMMMM Not a thread about Celtic dobro then? Find anything that catches your ear Derek? ... From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ResoUK@yahoogroups.com] ...
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Good mate of mine - Tom Doughty - has been lucky enough to do a BBC session. He plays Reso and Weissonborn --- very personal style. If you remember - tune in...
Unless I come down with the dreaded lurgy that has wiped out my wife and one kid, I will be playing ( making a fool of myself!!! ) at the Heart Of England...
This made me think (makes a change !) On such TV progs as Glen Bogle and lots of Scottish stuff a dobro is heard in incidental music - anyone know who tends to...
Lennie, good luck, sounds a blast. Hope the costume fits!! Oh by the way, the one and only time I played the HOE, the bar was shut by the time I came...
Pat Francis used to play with Gary & Sherryl Payne in a BG band called BlackJack, but got fed up with all the travelling for no money. I don't think he plays...
I went as far as contacting the BBC to try to find out who was playing but no-one could tell me. dave ... subsidiary companies. ... - David Currie Laboratory...
Who was it that died on the mountain ? Please say it was the Laird of Glen Bugle ! It surely wasn't Pat - for after retiring from the music world, and then ...
Aha! That might explain why whenever I use the word "dobrolist" in a mail, my spell checker tries to get me to alter it to "diabolist" !!! (play heavy minor...
Hi, I feel this is a bit out of character of the forum, but does anyone know anything about pedal-steel guitar. I am borrowing one off my dad's friend and I...
