Western Swing Rules #6 by Robert Huston Productions 

I could listen to you all day. I love western swing

Best advice yet. 50’s was the best.

I immediately went to my Pedal steel that's tuned in E9, and without touching the pedals, this worked perfectly. So, C6, A6, or E9... it works! Very cool! Thanks Eddie!

Swell job, Eddie. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Steel guitar, one off the most beautiful sounds there is.

Eddie and Robert, I've been playing for years and this has to be the most useful single thing anyone's ever said about C6/A6 (and I suspect a lot of the other tunings). I've been doing this myself but never thought about it in quite this way. Many thanks! --- And man, what beautiful tone you get!

Eddie you are awesome at teaching! Thanks for this series.

Yes! Western is pure magic.

Stay tuned. More steel lessons with Eddie are on the way.

I wish I had him as an instrctor when I made my attempt to play pedal steel back in the day. Thanks, this is so helpful.

Uh where the hell have you been my whole life Mr. Eddie? My grand dad passed away last hear and left me an old Gibson lap-steel and I've been trying to unlock some of its secrets but really to no avail. As a old-school proponent of country music I find it difficult to find any solid information of the good ole days. Thank you so much for doing a video for these guys! I'm gonna be watchin for you :)

bless you brother Eddie that was just and amazing lesson, YOU JUST LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG. MANY THANKS FROM A GRATEFUL PICKER.

Thanks for this! I'm just starting on lap steel, this is just what I needed.

I bought Eddie's new c.d. through the AATW site and I love it. Great for steel players and just for listening too.

This is the best lesson that I have ever seen. I am a pedal player, and apply this lesson to the C6 pedal.

Got to meet and talk with Eddie after one of AATW shows up at Tupelo Music Hall. I found him to be gracious and helpful and very down-to-earth. Great guy and fantastic steel player. Thank you for the lesson here and I will be looking out for your c.d. as well.

Thank you very much for your time putting this video on. I am just a beginner on the lap steel.. This really helped. Now I can almost sound like I know what I am doing ..

Jeanne, Thank you for your kind comments. I sincerely appreciate the feedback. I'm doing my best to keep them coming. I would also appreciate you sharing your newest discovery with everyone from western swing fans to musicians and event promoters.

Great to see Eddy again sounds great....Rev Dippermouth

Thank you for this. Just started playing console steel in April of last year.

You know, you could have kept that secret secret. But you shared it, and I'm grateful. thank you.

Thanks for this. Great lesson.

Thank you so much, I was just about to give up on my C6 eight string and go back to a six string open E. This has been very helpful.

Man this is great stuff. Probably the best lesson I’ve ever heard. I play pedal and lap.

This guy is awesome!!!

Great tone and excellent playing.

Just found your series, Robert! I like your mix of "Lick of the Week" and a cut from a live performance demonstrating it on stage. Your series keeps getting better and better!

Thank you ! A simple visual that i can use to get me started without having to learn every note in every scale forward and backwards . Not that thats a bad thing but i know some very trained knowledgeable , technical musicians that really aren't that good at playing. "My opinion". Lots of lessons are given in that way and it's so hard just to start doing something... So Thanks alot.

Yes,i'll be checkin in.

Thanks Eddie, I love your playing. I am just getting started on A6 and your tips are the best. I'm looking for your album tonight!

Thanks Eddie I'm a new beggner an I'm wanting to learn about th lap top steel we love th music.

This guy likes both kinds of music, western and swing.

Magic!!

Great licks thanks

I'm getting my 1956 Gibson Century w/P-90 out of the pawn shop, and give it another try - thanks to you Eddie!

More Eddie Rivers!

Great lesson cheers tony

Bruh, dis video low-key blew my mind. I just bought a Shubb SP2 tone bar this afternoon aaaaaaand I’m pretty sure I know what I’ll be practicing with it first!

Thanks to Bobby H too, you have a new subscriber!

I mean NO disrespect atoll towards any one, when I say, "The reason that Western Swing almost died, was because of the entry of the "Pedal Steel Guitar". For when Bud Isaacs in 1954 introduced a sound that NO one had ever heard in recordings, it begin a new era in music. IE: It was Bud's "bending" the strings using pedals; when he recorded with Webb Pierce's "Slowly"." It became "The Nashville sound" and MOST steelers, etc, loved it. Singers, Producers, Directors, etc, demanded that the steel play that "Nashville Sound". (Note: Western Swing players also used PSG's...BUT... they did NOT setup their guitars like the Nashville bunch did. Herb Remington (dear friend), Bob White and man others kept the Western Swing tunings A6, C6 and E13th; NOT E9th that is for pedals.) The Nashville sound was dubbed, "The moving tone". Later when Floyd Cramer stole the lick (oh indeed he did, as did many other musicians to this day) that Bud Isaacs had come up with, they called it the "Bent tone". Yes, Western Swing was still popular; but the amount of fans began to diminish. They wanted to hear that sound of moving/bending those strings. Of course when Jimmy Day and Buddy Emmons, etc came on the stage; with their sounds which had NEVER been done on a guitar of any vintage; it changed everything. This evolving of the PSG has not stopped. For even the R & R bunch gotta hold of it and today, that created the "Multibender" that substituted the pedal for the palm of the players hand. IE: Instead of the player pressing a foot pedal to "bend" the string; they simply used their palms. Same sound. Today there are ardent fans that will NEVER forget Western Swing. I am one, like this video. Sadly, the number is not like it used to be. Woe-be it go like the Accordion, WOW! End of story. Again, I meant NO disrespect. Just saying the truth IMHO.

I just acquired a 1947 Dickerson lap steel... I'm fixing it up, and some folks I play with want to add this sound to the band... so Thank you sir! Once I get this Dickerson singing again (It WILL happen)... we'll get going.

Thank you.

There were 19 people that came here and left a thumbs down. They are deaf or jealous. Go Eddie, Go.

Aye my name's Eddie :)) also nice editing with Final Cut Pro X, that's what I use!

Thank you Eddie! I love pedal steel but nothing sounds like 1940’s unless it’s a lap steel.

I was given a lap steel guitar 45+ years ago and have never touched it.... until now. Thanks for this video :)

Helpful thanks 😊

Makes it look easy.

Dude has the perfect deep singing voice

Such good info. To double check I could slide D, Eflat notes into E and the same on the IV and V... in that A6 tuning? (Sounds so nice and looks doable even for me.)

I dont play (couldnt carry a tune in a bucket) but I love the steel. I hear a lot of Bob Wills and some Buddy Charleton towards the end. I'll check out your music, Eddie.

I for sure hear crazy by Willie Nelson in some of those licks

For example “Ode to Joy” can be played between two frets!

Guitarfend, lots of guys, including me, started out with C6 on 6 strings. You can still do most of the stuff Eddie was doing, not to mention learning blocking and how to hold your bar, etc. You can tune it either C-E-G-A-C-E or E-G-A-C-E-G (bass to treble). I like having that 5th up top so that's the way I started. Either way is fine, just play a lot and listen to the masters. And keep your eye out for an 8-string. (They're not hard to build, by the way.)

Mr. Eddie, you have done an excellent demonstration on this video with the LS Guitar. Let me know, if you don't mind, if you could and would be willing to assist me with a transitioning, on the steel guitar. Thank you, in advance. Howard

DOWN TO EARTH, I LIKE UM!

THATS A LESSON! Thank you.

Hi...same boat as guitarfend except I just want to use 6 strings......Any additional pointers from 8 to 6. Thanks...love the tips!

Wonderful playing! This lap is it made in Usa? Perfect shape!

That is quite a sweet spot - who would have known? Does this work the same with a 6-string tuned to C6?

Nice guitar

You should be wearing a leash for playing such nice stuff Eddy..... Keep em coming.

Nice common sense lesson you can have fun with.

Do y'all temper 2 c6 or 16 tunings?

thanks for the tips, i personally like the non pedal sound the best but guitar prices are way to high probably due more to collectors than players

I remember spongbob...

How much does one go for like this Fender in the video? I play guitar, wanting to maybe play one of these, maybe dobro..OK, so are they tuned the same or played with the same technique? I see some of these look like this, some have more of a guitar looking body.. Which design sounds better? Never played on one of these yet. Advice, thoughts, recommendations?

Hi, I’m just starting out. I have two lap steels, both 6 string. I have one tuned to c6th and I’m trying to decide what to do with the other one. I play a variety of country styles, all old though, and my fiancees favorite music is Hank Williams (she plays the fiddle and bass). I think the c6th will get me a good ways to the swing and honky tonk. I also have a couple of palm b-benders installed, and I would like to be able to sumulate some pedal steel sounds for certain songs, so I’m wondering what will be the most versatile second tuning to add. Do you think E7th would get me closer to the pedal steel sound? My first instnct was to do a6th so it would be easier to play both and I’d have an increased chord range. Any suggestions would be so appreciated. Aren’t alot of players up here in Massachusetts to ask, so we’re kindof on our own for questions. Keep up the good work.

Robert this is my favorite kinda of steel sound,,,i was told cgace tune,,your a 6? new here so excuse the ignorance please advise

I believe Eddie tunes A6

what model lap steel is that?

Absolutely Famous and Originale

I'm in C6 tuning with just 6 strings. Just started and have some limited ability. Is this a better guitar with the 8 strings? Best to change sooner then later.

What tuning is this

Oh man that sound! I really want to buy a lap but can't make up my mind about which one...I want something like this...which doesn't sound too Hawaiian and more like a pedal...somewhere in between. But I guess that $500- would be mission impossible. Airline? Morrell?...and then Fender...Derby, Sierra......

Please, which tunning do I use to practice this on a six stringer ?

great!.... what tuning does he uses?

hello send me the key of the 8 strings

I'm sorry, which two frest?

Does he say straight A6 tuning og E6 tuning?

Where can I buy one of those, please ?

Put the turning you’re using on the song you’re playing

Intro song?

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Herb Remington just died.

Swell job, Eddie. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Steel guitar, one off the most beautiful sounds there is.