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LAP STEEL - Should YOU buy one? - $150 Musical Atmosphere Machine

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How can any guitarist create a million-dollar musical atmosphere without buying an expensive new axe? Robert Cassard shares his discovery: a bargain-priced lap steel guitar! Hear how Robert learned to slide his way to lots of fun and a whole new tonal palette. Featuring excerpts from the original children's song "Sneeze," written for his grandson Malcolm.
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@Krspy2 2 года назад

Wow. The addition of the slide immediately gives the song a "wavy carefree" feel that seems to blend and harmonize. Absolutely love it!

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

Thanks for listening and commenting, Krspy2. I like the "wavy carefree" description.

@tribeofnames6189 3 года назад

This is an excellent vid which contains all you need to know about getting into the world of lap steels. I couldn't have asked for a better intro. Cheers!

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Thank you, Tribe!

@seeburg220 7 месяцев назад

Great song written for your grandson!

@RobertCassard 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much! I had a blast writing it.

@stephenbouchelle7706 3 года назад

I’m not too sharp on theory, so I spent time counting notes on my fingers. The top three strings of any fret are the minor third chord of the bottom strings on the same fret. The relative minor is made of the top three strings on the 4th chord fret of whatever scale. 3rd fret is G and Bm. The relative minor (Em) will be found up on “C” - 8th fret . I tuned my steel from standard open E to this Emaj7. It is a really nice tuning. Having fun.

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Awesome, Stephen! I don’t even remember where I found this tuning, but I love 💕 its tonal flexibility. Glad you’re having fun with it!

@lecleto 2 года назад

Perfect and simple explanation for a hard theory!! Bendind behind the tone barr you also can get some 4ths and 8ths that gives a pedal steel feelings. Strings 456 power chords… Full bar open Major 7 chords… It’s a very versatility tunning!!

@thetiler 4 года назад

Really does give it a pick me up! I think when you love hearing instrumentals like Sleep walk, Hot Rod Lincoln etc! The Lap steel, and steel guitar becomes a treat to garnish for sure! And if you were raised in the 50s more so!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Glad you got the lift!

@waynedavies3185 3 года назад

I own an older "Supro Lap Steel", and it's fashioned very much after the same model you play. Started making my own homemade lap steels, and they play equally well.. Nice piece for $150

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Yeah, Wayne. Supro was actually a Valco brand, so yours is probably the original inspiration for the Rogue. More recently I got a vintage Harmony H7 “Console” Lap Steel with a killer gold foil pickup. Check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PU8O2r-BVnw.html

@Runner2000 Год назад

I got a Gretch 5715 and a cheap SX, one tuned to Open D one tuned to the Hawaiian/Nashville C6. I love them. The instrument is so laid back, I zone-out on it, just sliding through scales.

@RobertCassard Год назад

After getting hooked on lap steel with this Rogue, I eventually bought a Harmony H7 "console" lap steel (with legs). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PU8O2r-BVnw.html You're so right about zoning-out. Steel is meditative, even when you're jamming!

@Runner2000 Год назад

@@RobertCassard I think I may get one with legs too. I would like to go up to a 25 Scale model too. I would like to instal Certano Benders too, but I’m too much of a coward. LOL

@RobertCassard Год назад

@@Runner2000 the legs are great…and those benders sure are sweet sounding. Be bold!

@RockStarOscarStern634 Год назад

Robert Cassard You could even play it w/ a Bottle Neck cause it's a Slide Guitar.

@RobertCassard Год назад

You could indeed…

@andyjett 4 года назад

Thanks! Occasionally stumbled across this interesting video of yours! Totally agree, got myself some cool vintage Lap steel recently as well! Definitely very interesting instrument. Also liked that song you wrote for your grandson! Very nice slide technique!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Thank you, Music Loft! Happy you liked the song and thanks for praising my (very limited) slide technique...

@ugmodude 3 года назад

Awesome. I have both of these Rogues Right down to the color and model numbers and I absolutely love them! I play them and record with them almost daily. Awesome video. Keep rocking!

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Congrats, Dan. The Rogues do sound amazing for the price, right? Do you have others, too?

@Cradletothegrave67 3 года назад

I play a 1941 Rickenbacker NS model. My dad got it in 1946. Been playing that guitar 41 years now.

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

That must be a sweet lap steel. Make a video and share it with us!

@Anonymous99997 Год назад

I have been playing guitar for over 50 years but have had to give it up due to damaged tendons on the middle finger of my left hand. I decided if I am going to be able to continue to make music, I need to take up something that won’t require use of that finger. My Rogue lap steel is on order. Looking forward to being able to make music again.

@RobertCassard Год назад

Cool idea, Jeff! Not knowing anything about the damage to your hand, have you heard about, or tried, DMSO? I did a video about it many moons ago: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z26iSSmcKCc.html. Helped me completely when I was suffering from trigger finger (index finger of my left hand). Maybe it would help you regain some function... Either way, sending you all the best for happy music making!

@reliablebow 2 года назад

Thank you Robert. Thinking of jumping in🎶✨😎

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

So much fun!!

@KountryCuz1 3 года назад

Lap Steel makes all music come Alive Thanks Robert !

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

You’re welcome KountryCuz. Love your videos!

@generalawareness101 3 года назад

My 77 yo elderly mother has very bad arthritis so a guitar she wanted to learn to play but she will never get the grip she needs. I then went to a forum to ask what to do and they suggested a lap steel guitar. She purchased one last night and will be here before the end of the week. She knew what they were immediately.

@KountryCuz1 3 года назад

@@generalawareness101 Wow That is Great I sure Hope She Will Like and learn to play Thanks Generial A !!!!!!!!!

@generalawareness101 3 года назад

@@KountryCuz1 She knows Piano, reading music, etc... since she was a small child so I hope so as well. I am really struggling learning the guitar. I know zippo about any of the Lap Steel stuff, nor do I know where she can learn from online.

@KountryCuz1 3 года назад

@@generalawareness101 Well Tell here to Watch Me on RU-vid I Do lessons All the Time Thanks and Keep in touch !!!!

@mrb4886 5 месяцев назад

You can get very good lap steels for around $150.00. Dunlop 925 is a great bar to use.

@RobertCassard 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@xtian1 3 года назад

For the sake of theoretical accuracy, in your major7 tuning, the top three strings are NOT the relative minor (vi/6 minor) of the lower strings. They are a iii (3 minor). G#, B, and D# make a G#m triad - the third degree of diatonic chords in the key of E.

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Thanks for the clarification, Christian. Sometimes I have a video posted for awhile before I realize I said something inaccurate. By then, it’s too late to make a chance since RU-vid doesn’t allow me to replace a video without losing all the prior views...

@WhiteNacho 3 года назад

I knew that.

@TheHexeract 4 года назад

Look how proud of himself he is when the lapsteel kicks in on the sneeze song

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

I’ll admit, Mack. I love it!

@magusguitars 4 года назад

Who can blame him, he has a solid point, it sounds great.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

@@magusguitars Thank you, Simon. Music is all about moments of insight and delight... If I'm not having fun, I'm not doing it right!

@loontil 4 года назад

Thought the same thing. Funny as, the "conducting" with megasmug grin.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

@@loontil LOL Conducting is my version of air guitar

@Wtfdawg321 4 года назад

great video man, nice honest review. been looking at getting a lap steel just to compliment certain ideas in the studio, this looks like it would work great!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

I’m always shocked how good my little Rogue sounds. I played it on “The Golden Age” from the new Cosmic Spin EP Gilding Lilies. And check out our cover of Springsteen’s “Tougher than the Rest.” My Rogue even makes an appearance in the music video! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rSvM4Asm4qs.html

@dakistle 6 месяцев назад

I got a chuckle around 7 minutes when you stare dead into the camera and air-slide your own recording.

@RobertCassard 6 месяцев назад

Couldn't resist!

@jeremythornton433 4 года назад

Excellent help for beginners like me. Thank you! I picked up a used RLS-1 for next to nothing.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Awesome, Jeremy. Lap steel is a blast. Look for my other lap steel video about the Harmony H7. Have fun!

@sonnypeek6418 5 лет назад

I have quite a few Lap steels, even some vintage ones that Rogue, its great.

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

The build of the Rogue probably wouldn’t last well if it were used for gigging, but for use in the cloistered environment of the studio, it’s perfect!

@seans594 Год назад

He tunes to a maj7 open, but you can tune it to a bunch of different chords which is fun and let's it fit into a bunch of different styles

@RobertCassard Год назад

That’s for sure. Since making this video, I’ve studied lap steel history much more and realized the Emaj7 tuning is quite rare. But I keep coming back to it. So versatile because I have both major and minor chords available without any fancy slide work.

@lecleto 5 лет назад

Hi Robert! Fantastic video. In 2009 I decided build a home made lap steel that stils with me at these days. It´s a fantastic instrument as you described. I used in past the same tuning that you Emaj7 and it´s a very rich tuning. Actually, I´m using the famous "Nashville Tunning" on my lap. This is a common tuning for acoustic guitar than I decided try on my lap and was fantastic. Now I have a pedal steel vibe on lap steel and works so well since you use the same tech to play slide on standard tuning, but how you have the strings 3456 one octave up, this gives you a diferent tone. You can made a Major cords on strings 2,3,4 Minor Chords on 1,2,3, Minor 7 with strings 1,2,3,4, Major 7 on 123 and using the technique of bending behind the tone bar gives you a pedal steel vibe. Please make video with more info about Emaj7 tunning. It´s not a very used tuning and I think that you will have some rich information. Thanks and best regards from Brazil!

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Leandro Cleto Thank you! It sounds like you are more experienced than I am with lap steel, and I love the idea of using Nashville tuning. Glad you found my videos!

@lecleto 4 года назад

@@RobertCassard, I´m back here to show how a Nashville Tuning can works on lap steel. I hope that can be usefull for you and your productions as all your informations are. I hope you enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZTDpZfexyK8.html

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Leandro Cleto This sounds incredible. Best pedal steel emulation I’ve ever heard on a lap steel. So let me get this straight: you’re using a set of strings for Nashville tuning (strings 3456 up an octave), then tuning them to Emaj7?

@lecleto 4 года назад

@@RobertCassard , thank you for comments! I´m using a two regular sets of 0,11 Ernie Ball strings for standard guitar tuned in Nashville tuning. As you said, strings 3456 octave up and strings 12 on regular tuning Nasville Tuning. String 1 - E string tuned in E - regular (1st set) String 2 - B string tuned in B - regular (1st set) String 3 - E string tuned in G - octave up (2ndset) String 4 - B string tuned in D - octave up (2ndset) String 5 - G string tuned in A - octave up (2ndset) String 6 - D string tuned in E - octave up (2ndset) For chords just think as "part" of bar chords on standard guitar. Minor chords: Strings 123 - think in minor a bar chord Major chords: Strings 234 - same shape of A chord Major 7 chords: Strings 123 - same shape of D7+ Minor 7 chords: Strings 1234 - part of bar shape of Fm7 Major chords 9: String: 2345 - Bend string 5 to resolve the 9 on third of chord. The octave up strings and bend the 9 on string 5 to resolve on third of chord create the signature sound of pedal steel. The theory behind this chords are invertions and relatives but is much more easy think as part of standard bar chords on convetional guitar. If you have some other questions feel free to ask me!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

@@lecleto Absolutely fantastic, Leandro. Using the octave-up strings keeps all the voicings very close. Hard to believe it's "standard" Nashville tuning!

@nolanjacobs2892 3 года назад

I love the sneeze song. Where can I listen to the whole thing!

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Aw shucks...I’ve never released it publicly, but I’d be happy to share it with you. If you’re comfortable giving me your email address, I’ll send you a link.

@hectorramirez88 3 года назад

I would like too!

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

@@hectorramirez88 reply with your email address and I'll send you a link

@GlobalTubeTruth 2 года назад

All that song needs now is Jack Casady and his Fender bass to give it that thunderous effect. lol

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

I'd love to have Jack on the track! I don't think he's a Fender guy, though. He used to play Guild and Alembic basses back n the day.. Now he's got a signature Epiphone bass that very cool.

@Joe30pack 8 месяцев назад

Pardon me if I ape this tune for my brunch set.❤

@RobertCassard 8 месяцев назад

If you’re serious about that, I’d be happy to share the complete recording with you. Jot me an email: rjwcassard@gmail.Com

@gutbucket260 5 лет назад

Got a new Rogue for $79 with the bag and legs. Tuned to C6 for a little western swing and poop-kicker old school country. Not a bad steel but I'm going to swap out the single coil strat pickup, change the nut and bridge and lengthen the scale to a true 22.5 ". These things are so fun to play I can'r put it down. I even bought a cheap tacky retro taco shell cowboy hat to wear when I'm playing it. Now that right there is full-blown hick!

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Brilliant. Living up to the gutbucket moniker, and having fun on the range! I'm impressed you'll be performing such extensive surgery on a $79 axe. What pickup do you plan to install?

@goodun6081 5 лет назад

@@RobertCassard , Lollar makes a repro of the original Valco lap steel pickups, but I believe they are designed primarily for installation on a regular electric guitar*, and I don't know how well they would retrofit into a Rogue. Those Lollar pickups probably also cost more than the Rogue lap steel itself. Still, those original Valco pickups found on Supros and National lap steels and so on have an amazing sound, they have tons of headroom and clean output, and if you run them through a cranked up amp with dirt and distortion you can still hear the individual strings separately from each other. If there's anybody here who hasn't heard David Lindley play Mercury Blues through a double-neck Supro lap steel, they should go check it out. * look up the history of Ry Cooder and his infamous Cooder- Casters, Strats that were retrofitted with vintage Valco pickups.

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

@@goodun6081 Great info, man. Looks like the Lollar Cooder-caster PU retails for about $265. You can buy an original vintage Valco Lap Steel for about $450. That makes it a tough choice!

@goodun6081 5 лет назад

@@RobertCassard , about 15 years ago I bought the double neck lap steel with a small late 1940s Vallco built Airline amp, a raucous end great-sounding little amp, for about 300 bucks, from an antique store. I have a white single neck Supro that cost me only thirty bucks about 13 or 14 years ago from a brick a brack and junk store. And, I have a third Plain Jane supro steel, plain brown wood, no neck-position markers or fretboard whatsoever, that cost me 70 bucks in an auction about 10 or 12 years ago. I bought it mostly for the pickup, thinking I might build myself a Coodercaster of some sort. Just another project I haven't gotten around to! There was also a historically interesting Dan Electro single pickup lap steel at that same auction, which went for close to four hundred bucks as I recall. I say historically interesting because I doubt it would have sounded very good, unlikely to sound anywhere near as good as any of the Valco pickup equipped lap steels, because the Dan Electro's single lipstick tube pickup also functioned as the bridge. Yep, that's right, the strings didn't just pass over the pickup, they actually contacted the pickup case, so not only would you be unlikely to get much string motion being sensed and picked up by the pickup, do to it being located at the very end of the string travel, but I would expect this set up to be noisy and prone to microphonics and weird string noises. There weren't any intentionally filed notches in the pickup cover that could hold the strings in place and prevent them from moving side to side. I would imagine this would sound thin and buzzy, but it sold for good money, and I got the supro literally for a steal! By the way, I've been lucky enough to see Junior Brown play live in concert. that guy is a wild man! and if you're not familiar with Dave whole, he's a fiery blues rock slide player from Australia who does everything "wrong," playing bottleneck style but overhand, on a regular guitar, and he is fantastic.

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

@@goodun6081 You definitely got a steal on that double neck. Wow. And with that plain Jane Supro, I think a Coodercaster is in your future... Thanks for the recommendations re: Junior Brown and Dave Hole.

@voodoovideo 5 лет назад

Gorgeous sound despite the price.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

At $150, why not??

@jeffa6780 5 лет назад

Very good. I recently got excited about lap steels, again. That's for the info.

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

jeff adams You’re welcome, Jeff. I’m always surprised how well lap steel fits in almost any genre. Have fun with it.

@dog1701 4 года назад

Cool little song!!!!!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Thanks, Robert!

@jerbear7952 Год назад

That's a hard call. I may like it without the slide better. I love a supreme pizza but plain cheese can be even better if its made right. Either way, i love the song.

@RobertCassard Год назад

Thank you, jerbear!

@WoodworkingforAnyone Год назад

@@RobertCassard you are welcome. Keep writing silly songs for your grandkids. :)

@RobertCassard Год назад

@@WoodworkingforAnyone indeed I will!

@rickbabcock6397 4 года назад

Have a vintage Bronson with matching amp .Time to dig it out again.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Sounds like a sweet old machine, Rick. I’d love to hear it sometime!

@georgemunoz1912 3 года назад

God the minor is such a nice touch

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Yes! Glad you like it, George.

@dodgeanderson 2 года назад

What a fun guy! 👍😜

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

Glad you caught my enthusiasm, David!

@lawabidingcitizen5153 5 лет назад

Great video, been looking to get a lap steel myself!

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

I’ve loved this low-budget Rogue. But I’m often surprised by the relatively low price of vintage lap steels. I just got a Harmony H-7 “console” lap steel, which has removable legs, I’ll do a video on it soon!

@ThisMichaelBrown 2 года назад

Nice tips, thanks....just picked up a cheap lap steel....look forward to the textures

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

You’ll have a blast, Michael. Come back and tell me how you like it!

@ThisMichaelBrown 2 года назад

@@RobertCassard Will do Robert! Pass by my channel, I think you will enjoy some of the recordings...thanks for the great video....im sub'd

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

@@ThisMichaelBrown Checked out your channel and sub'd. Very creative stuff. And your tenor voice is perfectly suited to emulating folks like Billy Joel and Glenn Frey. Great falsetto, too!

@ThisMichaelBrown 2 года назад

@@RobertCassard Hey Robert, most kind...really appreciate the feedback...Glad you enjoyed!

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

@@ThisMichaelBrown Sharing back and forth is what it's all about, Michael.

@jerrodlopes186 5 лет назад

Great and informative video. Thank you.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

You're welcome, Jerrod!

@Scrimjer Год назад

This is why I bought mine

@RobertCassard Год назад

Aye aye, Cap’n Jack!

@stuartchapman5171 Год назад

I font play guitar, I do a lot of sound design. I've been thinking of selling my vintage Teisco and building a lap and a simple one pick up Tele franked, with a bigsby clone. I may look about and buy a used version ot that lap you demoed, at that price why re invent the wheel

@valley_robot 2 года назад

I paid 30 quid for my rogue , I took all the paint off and carved the body to look like a tree , I love it

@RobertCassard 2 года назад

Sounds amazing, VR. I'd love to see and hear it.

@valley_robot Год назад

@@RobertCassard thanks

@jerbear7952 Год назад

Must be nice to have that "can carve up a $30 guitar money". I wish I had one of those big time recording contracts.

@jerbear7952 Год назад

Correction £30

@valley_robot Год назад

@@jerbear7952 ha ha , nice one

@nathanjasper512 4 года назад

nice verb helps get the vintage feel.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Yep. Some verb and a bit of slap back delay.

@drvoodoo3073 3 года назад

I'd love to get a lap steel but I don't really see using it in songs other than in the Hawaiian, Country or jazz genre. Could you point me to some examples where it's used in mainstream Pop/Alternative Rock music in the past 20 years?

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Hey Dr. Voodoo. Steve Howe used lap steel on some key tracks by Yes. My favorite example of lap steel in a Rock context is Breathe by Pink Floyd (opening song from Dark Side of the Moon). Gorgeous chords sliding into space. k.d. Lang’s early 90s LP Ingenue is full of beautiful non-Country lap and pedal steel played by Greg Liesz. He also played on Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Allison Kraus. I used lap steel on a couple tracks from my band Cosmic Spin’s EP Gilding Lilies: The Golden Age (Beck) and Tougher Than the Rest (Springsteen). That’s a start!

@drvoodoo3073 3 года назад

@@RobertCassard Thanks so much for this detailed response! I'll check out all those bands/songs you mentioned ;)

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Start with Pink Floyd’s Breathe. Every time I hear it, it STILL makes me fall in love with Lap Steel all over again.

@alexmathieson9556 2 года назад

Check out Robert Randolph and the family band

@nolanjacobs2892 3 года назад

Amen, facts, YESSSSIR

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Thanks, Nolan!

@nathanjasper512 4 года назад

You should mess around with bottleneck until you get a feel for slide, and if you're already a bottleneck player the transition to lap steel is pretty easy.

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Thanks Nathan. Good tips!

@geomiezzi 3 года назад

tank you so much for idea

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Prego!

@geomiezzi 3 года назад

@@RobertCassardI want use your idea to enrich with a delicate counterpoint a draft tune wrote of my daughter. She is very young (25) and has no know how experience in this specific musical field unlike you and me who have experience to sold ....... (I am an old Quantity Surveyor 65 Y.H.)

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Sounds like an excellent idea. Whatever you do, have fun experimenting!

@chezfeliz 5 лет назад

great video!

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Kevin Gonyo Thank you! Have you tried a lap steel?

@samcollins7370 3 года назад

Great sound! Do you just use standard electric gauges, or a particular set of custom?

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Hey Sam. For Emaj7, E7 or E tuning, a regular set works fine. Here’s one specifically for E: amzn.to/3josTCO

@Joe30pack 8 месяцев назад

3:40

@TBI-Firefighter-451 5 лет назад

Rogues may be inexpensive but they sound great and the make other great sounding instrument too so for less than the price of a rental my kid owns it instead.

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

It's good to hear that other Rogue instruments have comparable quality. Happy that your kid got a good one, too!

@blacknwhitemusic623 3 года назад

is this the same as the revelation rls1? the rogue no longer shows up for me

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Not sure about Revelation. Here’s a new link to the Rogue: amzn.to/3j3x8U5 And it looks like the Harmonia brand may be similar.

@mellowfred8935 11 месяцев назад

Nice 👍🏻

@RobertCassard 11 месяцев назад

Thanks ✌️mellow fred!

@deeman524 5 лет назад

My Question still is: can you play in different keys with one tuning?

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Absolutely. It’s all a matter of which fret becomes your “home” (tonic) position for a given key.

@deeman524 5 лет назад

@@RobertCassard thank you so much

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Christian Lives Matter // Crews In may ways, a lap steel is simply a 6-string slide guitar. You can’t capo it easily, but you can tune it many different ways, e.g., the Emaj7 tuning that I like, but also Open D, Open E, Open G. Sometimes one of those tunings lets you strum “open” for your home or tonic pitch, and that’s the sound you want. Especially true when playing blues.

@deeman524 5 лет назад

@@RobertCassard yes my concern is to be able to use one tuning for all my playing like I do on Guitar and Uke. Is that possible?

@RobertCassard 5 лет назад

Christian Lives Matter Sure. That’s what I do. I always leave my lap steel in Emaj7 tuning for everything

@jeff0566jsm 3 года назад

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@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Hi Jeffery. Welcome! I hope you find loads of value and musical inspiration here.

@Ramenscooter 3 года назад

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

Is that your favorite lap steel tuning, Jon?

@electricj5 3 года назад

@@RobertCassard it’s mine also

@django9858 4 года назад

Isn't c# the relative minor of E ?

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

Yes it is, Django. If your play all the strings open (without the bar) in this Emaj7 tuning, the bottom three string form an E major chord and the top three strings form a C# minor chord. In my example, with a bar at the third fret, the bottom three form a G major and the top three form an E minor. Make sense?

@django9858 4 года назад

@@RobertCassard Hi Robert , thank you for the quick reply, caught me off guard there 🙂 It's when you said tuning is EMaj, and top three are relative minor of E, relative notes would contain c# E G# ?

@django9858 4 года назад

Ah...just saw it. E , G#, B, It's the 3 5 7 of c#minor making it the next group of three strings 👍

@RobertCassard 4 года назад

@@django9858 You got it.

@django9858 4 года назад

@@RobertCassard Thanks Robert, 🙂👍

@alansturgess1324 3 года назад

I assume you need to be pretty good at fingerpicking to get the best out of a lap steel.

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

I hadn’t really thought about it, but that’s a good assumption, Alan. Travis-style picking isn’t typical on a lap steel, but being comfortable with making your fingers work individually and in groups of 3 or 4 really helps.

@filianablanxart8305 3 года назад

You should think of Lap Steel (or Dobro) as different instruments from vertical guitars . A substantial numbers of Steel / Dobro players have zero background with armpit guitars .

@geomiezzi 3 года назад

the steel slide is more expensive than guitar!!!

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

LOL. Ciao, Giuliano. Forse e piu caro in Italia, ma non qui negli State Uniti...

@geomiezzi 3 года назад

@@RobertCassard Sorry for my joke but I means the Lap Steel Guitar cost $ 149,99 and the steel slide $ 26,74 (20% of cost of guitar) L.O.L.

@RobertCassard 3 года назад

I knew you were joking. Even Euro import fees wouldn’t make a slide cost as much as the lap steel. ;-)