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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 11 May 2001 04:42 PM
Hello Forumites. As many of you have inquired about the availability of my C6th Chord dictionary for the Cth tuning with the Nashville pedal set up and the high G string on top (which has been out of print for quite some time), I wanted to let everyone know that I have had it reprinted in a small quantity and can have more copies reprinted as the demand requires.Please check it out on my website at http://www.ambrec.com/Homepages/neil/neil.htm or simply type Neil Flanz into MSN, Alta Vista, or Google search engines and my web pages will appear. My e-mail address is still neilflanz@mindspring.com. Hoping to hear from you! Sincerely, Neil |
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PAUL WARNIK Member Posts: 1417 |
posted 11 May 2001 05:40 PM
2892 CHORDS-WOW-Neil I didnt know there were that many on the steel guitar-do you still have the Sho-Bud professional that you are pictured with on the cover?? and thats my favorite old leather 70's watchband you have on |
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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 11 May 2001 07:32 PM
Paul, as I mentioned in my personal e-mail to you, I have been playing my '76 p.p. Emmons that I got new from the late Ron Lashley in February of that year. The Adolph Hitler hair style is gone and I am now sporting a two year old Timex plastic watch band.Thanks for writing in. |
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PAUL WARNIK Member Posts: 1417 |
posted 11 May 2001 08:26 PM
Neil-sorry but I didnt get the e-mail from you-the Sho-Bud you have on the cover is rather nice looking like it could have been made from walnut wood-and I know that my hair style is not anywhere near what it was at that time-I keep the cord dictionary with me at all times in my a pack a seat as a reference-Mike Cass keeps telling me to get hip and loose the G on top and use D instead but I like the G on top-since you book is for only one knee lever and my latest acquired Emmons has 5 knees working on the C6th neck-does that mean I can get 2986 chords??? |
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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 11 May 2001 09:14 PM
Paul, I'm pretty sure that the Sho-Bud steel on the cover of the original book was made of bird's eye maple. It was just stained to look the way that it did. It was kind of a grey/powder blue color with a swirl. As far as the high G string on top, I used a D for quite a while afterward when it became pretty standard. I recently went back to using the high G as I prefer it to the D. Each to their own.I was just kidding about my hair style on the original cover as it was slicked down and not very flattering. The 2892 chords is a total of all of the different chords and includes all of the different names that a chord can be called based on which note you are using as the root. I would naturally assume that the more knee levers that you have on the C6th, that more chords and inversions will be there for you. [This message was edited by Neil Flanz on 11 May 2001 at 09:23 PM.] |
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Jack Stoner Sysop Posts: 8119 |
posted 12 May 2001 03:33 AM
I have one of the original copies of Neil's C6th chord dictionary. I still use it today. They were out of print for many years and it's great that Neil is able to finally make it available again. I've still got Neil's old Sho-Bud 33 1/3 LP lick album. That album and the old Sho-Bud one volume instruction book, with Jeff Newman on the cover, was my beginning steel "teacher". |
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Gary Walker Member Posts: 1446 |
posted 12 May 2001 10:59 AM
Neil, being a lover of the C6 I will sending for the chord chart next week as I figure you can never learn too much, thanks, Gary |
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PAUL WARNIK Member Posts: 1417 |
posted 12 May 2001 06:15 PM
Neil-I just checked out your website with pictures of you and the cool cabinet end Sho-Bud and the fine 64 stereo Emmons-I bet you wish that you still had those-and how about that Standel amp!!! |
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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 12 May 2001 08:14 PM
Paul, the first D-8 Shobud that I had without any end plates was built for me in 1959.I can well remember Shot calling up Jimmy Day who came down to the Sho-Bud garage in Madison to check it out for me.I used it on my first Canadian album "Neil Flanz and his Nashville Steel and it had a great tone, especially with that old Standel amplifier. The Emmons stereo wasn't quite perfected as it was one of the really early ones and I had it convereted to mono. I sure have had a lot of great sounding guitars that I miss but my current '76 Emmons p.p. sounds great too. |
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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 18 May 2001 08:11 PM
Hello Forumites. I just wanted to thank all of those who have already ordered my C6th Chord Dictionary for the Nashville pedal setup with the high G on top and to let everyone who has sent in a money order that I haven't received yet to know that I will be out of town for a full week and will ship out your order just as soon as I get back.Many thanks! Neil |
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Pete Burak Member Posts: 2750 |
posted 21 May 2001 08:41 AM
I picked up a copy of Neils book about 2 years ago from a steel shop. The copedant that Neil uses is easily adaptable to most if not all of the common copedants folks are using today. I found it quite easy to use with my S12U setup. I'm not real hip to music theory beyond the basics, so I keep it handy when in situations where folks are speaking in higher level musical theory terms. Using Neils book, I can quickly find several ways to play a complex chord voicing. |
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Herb Steiner Member Posts: 6119 |
posted 21 May 2001 10:54 AM
Neil's book is a "must-have" reference for anyone interested in learning (read: understanding) chords on the C6. I think it also has historical importance in the world of steel guitar literature, much like Pedal Steel Guitar by Winston/Keith, or Manual of Style by Winston/Crawford. I got a copy when this book first came out, and used it a lot, but somewheres along the line, it got away from me. About 4 years ago, a generous steel brother gave me a duplicate he had. Never again will I foolishly loan this book out. I will recommend that a new copy be purchased. ------------------ |
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Harry Hess Member Posts: 1131 |
posted 30 May 2001 09:00 PM
Niel, Would it be more trouble than it's worth to update the book to include set-ups with D on top? Regards, |
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Neil Flanz Member Posts: 300 |
posted 30 May 2001 10:19 PM
Hello Harry, Thanks for writing in. Re your inquiry about rewriting the entire book to include the D on top, unfortunately the answer is that at this point it would be impractical. It took me three years to put the book together and with close to 3000 chords included in it I would assume that one could easily obtain many benefits from the book as it is and simply compensate for the differece in the first string. Sincerely, Neil |
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