posted 15 April 2001 07:29 PM         

The Canonical list of Repeated Steel Guitar Forum subjects (not including sincere questions from newbies):

1. My favorite brand of guitar, amp, bar, cable, volume pedal etc. is great and your favorite is a piece of dry dog feces.

2. My favorite kind of music is the only music worth playing/listening to. Whatever YOU like is dried dog feces.

3. Tone is in (pick one): the right hand,the guitar, the pickups, the bar, the amp, the cables, the heart, the large intestine, your empty wallets.

4.There are no young players because they get scared off by the difficulty, expense, the lack of readily available affordable instruments at the local music mall, instruction information, or by reading the repetitive threads on the Steel Guitar forum and concluding "it's not something they need in their life right now"

5. I'm right. You are wrong.

6. I've been crapped on by a fellow forumite and I 'm taking my bar and going home.

7. Steel guitar will never survive unless it expands into genres other than country

8 Steel guitar will never survive unless it remains purely country

9. Wow, you should've heard (insert name of player here) at the (insert steel guitar show )!!!!

10. By cracky I remember when I was a lad we had to walk 20 miles uphill both ways to even hear a steel guitar and now what with MADD and crackdowns on DUI's we can't even do that now 'cause there ain't noplace to play anymore that doesn't smell like cigarette smoking DJ's anyway so I might as well stay home.

11. Gaylord has destroyed everything they touch. (actually repeat this one as often as necessary)

12. The SGHOF BOD are: saints, devilspawn, only human; (name of player) has been excluded from consideration because of unknown infractions against the sensibilities of said BOD;(name of player) must have REALLY screwed up to be excluded from consideration; what we think doesn't matter a whit to said BOD

13. Unversals suck. No player worth a damn plays one. All players worth a damn play a D10 as gawd intended.

14. D10's are an archaic holdover from a bygone era, and you are a Luddite if you don't switch to a Universal immediately.

grumble grumble grumble...

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"I AM ZUMBODY!"

Zumsteel U12 "Loafer" 8&6 :: Fender T-8 Stringmaster :: Fender Tube Amplification
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[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 16 April 2001 at 07:03 AM.]

posted 16 April 2001 07:45 AM         

Was that guy a Steel God or what???

-j0e-

posted 16 April 2001 08:04 AM         

(insert a name) plays great.

Everyone at the (insert name of jam or show) played great.

(insert a name) is a gentleman, wonderful person, nicest person you would ever want to meet.

posted 16 April 2001 03:03 PM         

"I keep breaking strings..."
---play trombone instead and you'll never have that problem---

"Do black guitars sound better?..."
---yes, but only when Emmons plays 'em---

"I just added my 29th pedal, and like it so much, I couldn't play without it!...
---now if you could just play WITH it---

"What do I do about cabinet drop?..."
---it's immaterial if you can't tune---

"I bought a new guitar, and it's the BEST!..."
---what you really needed was lessons---

"Does anybody know the words to?..."
---yes, seemingly everyone but you---

"Are tubes better than solid state?..."
---old tubey people think so---

"Does anyone know the whereabouts of?..."
---why, does he owe you money?---

"Which speaker is best for my amp?..."
---certainly not the one it was designed for---

"I HATE banjo players!..."
---only because your fastest lick is outdone by the slowest banjo player---

"What kind of pickup is best?..."
---definitely a Chevy---

posted 17 April 2001 06:10 AM         

Push Pull vs All Pull !!
Average age of steelers on Forum

and the ever popular...
"I got screwed in a transaction with a forumite, but I can't tell you his name unless you send me an e-mail"

posted 17 April 2001 08:19 AM         

Differential equations?

Don't take this as a comment on the great minds that post here, but I don't see the next advancement in neuromicrosurgery emerging from this group.

I think we are pushing the envelope when the subject turns to adjusting pedal height.

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Sho-Bud Pro II Custom, Sierra Artist S-10, Fessenden S-10, Session 2000

[This message was edited by David Weaver on 17 April 2001 at 09:00 AM.]

posted 17 April 2001 09:37 AM         

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I don't see the next advancement in neuromicrosurgery emerging from this group

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That's funny. I actually am tired of all the same old neuromicrosurgical postings. These postings - they're either about guitar brands, tone, or neuromicrosurgery. I'm tired of them.

[This message was edited by Jeff Lampert on 17 April 2001 at 09:41 AM.]

posted 17 April 2001 09:50 AM         

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I think we are pushing the envelope when the subject turns to adjusting pedal height.

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I think I find discussing true technical issues such as adjustments preferable to the umpteen thousandth argument, er I mean discussion, about #'s 1,2,3, 7, 8 ,13 & 14

posted 18 April 2001 06:01 AM         

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and if you remember the '60s and the early '80s...

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