| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
928 Posts |
|
|
jmk
Lokahi
USA
115 Posts |
 Posted - 11/25/2008 : 9:06:09 PM
|
| Mahalo for the post. I am happy to see Ken Emerson close up playing. Looks like he's using a bullet bar? |
Nahenahe |
 |
|
|
slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 06:26:16 AM
|
quote:
Originally posted by jmk
Mahalo for the post. I am happy to see Ken Emerson close up playing. Looks like he's using a bullet bar?
Yep. Most steelers use a bullet of one size or another. The Stevens Steel is used mostly by Bluegrass Dobroists because they lift the bar a lot to get the necessary melodic runs. I use a Jerry Byrd Dunlop steel or one of my old 40's steels - brass, coated with Bakelite or some other 40's material. Ken is a faublous old time steeler, IMHO. |
keaka |
|
|
|
Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
928 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 07:01:16 AM
|
Yes, Ken uses a bullet. He dropped it several years ago while playing my Superior, and the tail end landed on the surface of my guitar. So I now have his "signature".
I occasionally us a bullet, but more commonly use a Shubb SP-2 which has a rounded nose (like a bullet) but is grooved like a Stevens. So it is less likely
to fly out of your hand.
I have also watched (dumbfounded) while Ken has performed here in Kona using:
1) A Hard Rock Jello Shooter Glass and
2) a small lamp (no, I am not kidding).
Just goes to show. It is not the kind of bar you use, but how you use what you have. Hmmmm... sounds like something I heard in a locker room many years ago...
don't even go there.
Aloha,
-Konabob
|
Konabob's Walkingbass - http://www.konawalkingbass.com
Taropatch Steel - http://www.konaweb.com/konabob/
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Konabob2+Walkingbass |
Edited by - Konabob on 11/26/2008 07:03:46 AM |
|
|
|
Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 09:08:59 AM
|
quote:
I have also watched (dumbfounded) while Ken has performed here in Kona using:
1) A Hard Rock Jello Shooter Glass and
Ah, the old barroom bar glass trick!
You can also get a rise out of the punters by using a beer bottle... even better of you are playing standup bottle neck style. Play a lick & take a swig.
And, for the ultimate in cheap-shot showmanship: sidle up to the mic stand and use it as a bottleneck.
Boy, I miss playing rock and/or roll. |
|
|
|
slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2008 : 09:11:33 AM
|
quote:
Originally posted by Mark
quote:
I have also watched (dumbfounded) while Ken has performed here in Kona using:
1) A Hard Rock Jello Shooter Glass and
Ah, the old barroom bar glass trick!
You can also get a rise out of the punters by using a beer bottle... even better of you are playing standup bottle neck style. Play a lick & take a swig.
And, for the ultimate in cheap-shot showmanship: sidle up to the mic stand and use it as a bottleneck.
Boy, I miss playing rock and/or roll.
Back in my pedal steel days, using a beer bottle was a standard trick. I'd play "Steel Guitar Rag" with it. I learned the trick from Ralph Mooney, who started the West Coast Steel style, played for Buck Owens and Waylon Jennings and wrote "Crazy Arms" for Ray Price. Not bad, eh? |
keaka |
|
|
|
thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2153 Posts |
Posted - 11/29/2008 : 07:03:40 AM
|
I saw a guy play buttonbox with a beerbottle. It's good to know how to multitask.
Neeej gave me a Shubb SP-2. It's a great transition from Bluegrass. The rounded nose lets you do slants. |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
Topic Locked
