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Mike Bagwell Member Posts: 219 |
posted 16 June 2000 08:05 PM
Mr Emmons, My favorite steel recording of all time is your Black Album. I have it on CD and a original vinyl copy (autographed of course)and I listen to it almost every day. It is truly a masterpeice of technique,tone and musicianship. Mike Bagwell |
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Buddy Emmons Member Posts: 1403 |
posted 17 June 2000 06:04 AM
Thanks Mike. I was using the same technique Wes used, except I had to block the strings between the octave notes with my left thumb and rake the octaves with the thumb pick. The sound of the thumb pick raking over the blocked notes and the octave strings at high speed creates the percussive sound. [This message was edited by Buddy Emmons on 17 June 2000 at 07:55 AM.] |
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Mike Bagwell Member Posts: 219 |
posted 17 June 2000 06:21 AM
Thank you Mike |
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Peter Dollard Member Posts: 705 |
posted 17 June 2000 08:23 AM
Just another day at the office...what a guy!!! Pete. |
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Kenny Dail Member Posts: 2583 |
posted 17 June 2000 08:37 AM
Thanks Buddy. Tell Peg hi and give her my best. ------------------ |
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Ric Epperle Member Posts: 1490 |
posted 17 June 2000 10:38 AM
Buddy, I just tried that technique on "Night Life" a little while ago (I'm practicing right now) and it works very well. Thanks... I've also been wondering how you did that... |
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Bobby Lee Sysop Posts: 14849 |
posted 17 June 2000 01:39 PM
Buddy, we've heard that you've been experimenting with a middle D on the C6th neck. Do you use this same left thumb technique to block out that middle D when you do normal thumb rakes on the C6th? |
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Buddy Emmons Member Posts: 1403 |
posted 18 June 2000 06:09 AM
Yes, I use the same technique up to a certain speed, which applies to either tuning. The trickiest part is adjusting the thumb block from the spacing of the C and A octaves to the E octaves, which is one less string. I'm using a G and F note on the bottom of my 12 string C6th tuning so I now have four octaves across the neck, making melodies and improvising a little easier to deal with. |
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Rusty Walker Member Posts: 115 |
posted 18 June 2000 08:45 AM
Hi Buddy,I didn't know that you had gone to a 12-string c6. I've been using a D-12 for a few years.G,E,D,C,A,G,E,C,A,F,D,C.I'm raising the 5'th(A) to B,F to G & D(11th)to E with one pedal.I'ts great having 3 octaves on 1 fret.Are you using a"G"on top? Rusty |
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Buddy Emmons Member Posts: 1403 |
posted 18 June 2000 09:06 AM
I'm using a D and B on top. From there, it's E-C-A-G-E-D-C-A-G-F. |
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Rusty Walker Member Posts: 115 |
posted 18 June 2000 09:32 AM
That's interesting.I've entetained the idea of eliminating the "doo-ah" pedal to something new,but so far haven't come up with anything for my present set-up. Got any ideas? I'm so used to having the G on top and D in line. |
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Buddy Emmons Member Posts: 1403 |
posted 18 June 2000 10:42 AM
Rusty, As for pedals, I've kept five, six, and seven from the standard C6 setup, with the D in the tuning as the foundation for further additions. My plan is to add the rest of the pedals and knees in accordance with whatever I discover as I go. I've had the guitar almost a year and hadn't settled into that high bass tuning until last month so I'm in no hurry to get it right for my use. I plan to bone up a bit on theory, which I'm sure will influence some of the future decisions. If you are comfortable with the G, then that should be reason enough to keep it, unless you feel you're missing something on the top end. If you don't need the barroom sound, then the sharp nine chord can be found elsewhere. I won't be playing The Night Life any time soon, so the decision to discard the low C was an easy decision easy for me. Unless you absolutely have to have a job related pedal or knee, going with your heart and with changes that suit your musical preferences will be a lot more gratifying. |
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Rusty Walker Member Posts: 115 |
posted 19 June 2000 03:45 AM
Buddy What you say makes a lot of sense.You've helped me make up my mind on trying something new with that pedal.And nobody has asked me for Night Life in a long while either-much to my sadness.Kind of like losing an old friend.Come to think of it,I could probably learn to live without that top G.We may be into a whole different way of thinking See what you've started? ------------------ |
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Bobby Lee Sysop Posts: 14849 |
posted 19 June 2000 08:42 AM
Buddy, have you ever tried putting your high D in between the C and E? I like the phrasing that my fingers come up with in the pentatonic ordering of the middle strings. It can be really jazzy sounding. I wonder what the downside of extending that idea into the high strings would be. (E D C A G E D C A F on ten strings.) |
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Bob Taillefer Member Posts: 656 |
posted 19 June 2000 05:45 PM
Hi Rusty, When you last came over to my house and explained how you use the D in the middle. I really liked the idea. The voicings you are getting are quite different than the voicings I get with a D on top. The sound was really hip. However, I've been playing with a top D for so long that it would take a while to change my fingering. The top D seems to lend itself well to Charlie Parker type tunes. Bob |
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Rusty Walker Member Posts: 115 |
posted 20 June 2000 04:56 AM
Hi Bob.I'm speaking strictly for myself-it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.But I remember getting a left handed casting rod for my birthday when I was about seven.It was such an improvement over my old right-handed one,that I thought"I can do this".So I've been casting that way ever since.I guess my point is ,everyone should go out and buy a left-handed casting rod!Or put the"D" in line.Whatever. Rusty |
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