Been playing guitars for 60yrs. Always loved the steel guitar and finally bought one yesterday. It will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to get started. Your giving me a head start. Thank you sir. I'll be following you closely.
These are great videos and you sir are an excellent teacher...just getting into slide and your videos are the most helpful I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing.
MIND COMPLETELY BLOWN!!! I got imprisoned playing only the L underneath the chord, and after getting seemingly the same sound over and over i took a break on slide. I'M BACK BABY!!! Lol Many thanks!!!!!
I’m a dreamer guitar player that never really got the hang of it but I can play 4 or 5 chords and a few pentatonic scales I always wanted to play lap steel I ordered a cheap rogue last week should be in tomorrow just to give it a try I hope I can play something that sounds ok on it I do have a fender vibrosonic reverb 15” and a supro galaxy looks like the one you have in the background wish me luck thanks for your videos it looks kinda easy but I’m sure it’s not
Sir morning .l am from India .you are just awesome and a very good teacher . I want to buy a lap steel electric guitar with the open string e a e a c# e with double humbaker pickups and unique design. Do you have this type of guitar. Please inform me . And of course tell the price. Thanks
Thanks for the kind words! I don’t sell lap steels, but that tuning is a whole step up from low G tuning, just string up your lap steel! You will never have to worry about bending the neck!
I cannot play guitar and I'm attracted to this instrument not just for the sound but because I won't be killing my fingers on wire strings. My nails are bitten down severly and fragile. So I'd always use picks. Is it a viable instrument for me? Thanks.
wow I love that little tune at the end of your videos ! is there a full recording of that ? and maybe tabs ? Thanks for the vids ! Regards from France :)
@@6stringranch148 Buying a slide guitar today thanks to your video here Matt, thanks. Just found this comment, love the album, great style. Ever at play at Radio in Austin?
It is higher. His low G is at the same pitch as your low E string fretted at the 3rd fret. The tuning is G B D G B D. The A string on your guitar will be raised to B. The 4th D string remains at the same pitch, as does the 3rd G string, and the 2nd B string. The 1st string is lowered from E to D. I called Taylor regarding fears of excessive string pressure. They suggested a lighter set, perhaps because of increased pressure on the bridge. I bought .052 .042 .032 .023 .015 .011. When I strummed the strings, I thought the .011 was too light., so I put it aside and I moved the .015 string into its place. Then I found a .020 to use for the 2nd string. So new set was .052 .042 .032 .023 .020 .015. It works well as high G tuning, and as a standard tuning, as well. Hope this helps.
Love watching these videos. However, I read somewhere that the best way to learn the pedal steel is to start with a lap steel. Maybe someone (a pedal steel player) can give me a little advice on that 'suggestion'? Thanks in advance.
After watching plenty of Lap Steel lessons like this one, I've come to realize that, in general, country music players tend to understand Music Theory much greater than rock players do.
it depends on the era of rock. if you're talking post-80s rock then you're generally correct. but rock musicians of the 60s, 70s, and 80s were well known for their virtuosity and knowledge of theory. to be quite honest, pop music and it's influence on rock have degraded the genre significantly. there are still plenty of highly educated rock musicians that know theory. but if we wanna be serious, jazz players make everyone else look like morons when it comes to theory
Excellent! I just bought a lap steel guitar, and you are now my official instructor! Thank you so much for this, it is MUCH appreciated!
Been playing guitars for 60yrs. Always loved the steel guitar and finally bought one yesterday. It will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to get started. Your giving me a head start. Thank you sir. I'll be following you closely.
Ok, this is the first tutorial of many on licks I've watched where a light just went on above my head.
These are great videos and you sir are an excellent teacher...just getting into slide and your videos are the most helpful I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing.
MIND COMPLETELY BLOWN!!! I got imprisoned playing only the L underneath the chord, and after getting seemingly the same sound over and over i took a break on slide. I'M BACK BABY!!! Lol Many thanks!!!!!
Too cool !! super easy to follow along with thank you.
Your videos have been the most helpful in getting started with lap steel. Thank you so much!
Great video series, learned a ton, and took right off playing.
thanks Matt, short and to the point . will watch over and over . now on to the third video.
Faultless tuition. Thank you kindly.
Very clear demonstration and the Supro sounds great. I hope to give this a try soon.
I’m a dreamer guitar player that never really got the hang of it but I can play 4 or 5 chords and a few pentatonic scales I always wanted to play lap steel I ordered a cheap rogue last week should be in tomorrow just to give it a try I hope I can play something that sounds ok on it I do have a fender vibrosonic reverb 15” and a supro galaxy looks like the one you have in the background wish me luck thanks for your videos it looks kinda easy but I’m sure it’s not
Awesome video!
Love to buy this lap steel with pedal bars on left hand
Surely gonna try this
Thank You very much .
Sir morning .l am from India .you are just awesome and a very good teacher . I want to buy a lap steel electric guitar with the open string e a e a c# e with double humbaker pickups and unique design. Do you have this type of guitar. Please inform me . And of course tell the price. Thanks
Thanks for the kind words! I don’t sell lap steels, but that tuning is a whole step up from low G tuning, just string up your lap steel! You will never have to worry about bending the neck!
@@6stringranch148 sir please tell me the seller name who sell the best quality lap steel guitar in abroad.
I inherited a Fender double lap steel from my dad. I used to listen to him play and I loved it. Does any one know the value of this guitar ?
I cannot play guitar and I'm attracted to this instrument not just for the sound but because I won't be killing my fingers on wire strings. My nails are bitten down severly and fragile. So I'd always use picks. Is it a viable instrument for me? Thanks.
wow I love that little tune at the end of your videos ! is there a full recording of that ? and maybe tabs ? Thanks for the vids ! Regards from France :)
That’s called “Greenfield Grove”
It’s on my albums “Big Fun” or Chop Shop live at Strange Brew. Thank you!
@@6stringranch148 Buying a slide guitar today thanks to your video here Matt, thanks. Just found this comment, love the album, great style. Ever at play at Radio in Austin?
Does anyone know what set of strings to use for open G tuninig on a lap steel?
Does anyone know if his low G is tuned HIGHER than the standard low E of a guitar? (Is there a risk of a standard guitar string breaking?)
It is higher. His low G is at the same pitch as your low E string fretted at the 3rd fret.
The tuning is G B D G B D.
The A string on your guitar will be raised to B.
The 4th D string remains at the same pitch, as does the 3rd G string, and the 2nd B string.
The 1st string is lowered from E to D.
I called Taylor regarding fears of excessive string pressure. They suggested a lighter set, perhaps because of increased pressure on the bridge.
I bought .052 .042 .032 .023 .015 .011.
When I strummed the strings, I thought the .011 was too light., so I put it aside and I moved the .015 string into its place.
Then I found a .020 to use for the 2nd string.
So new set was .052 .042 .032 .023 .020 .015. It works well as high G tuning, and as a standard tuning, as well.
Hope this helps.
@@leon3smith411 Wow thank you so much!! I am taking notes now :D on your findings. i now see tuning at 3:33 reveals which octave.
It's possible to play chordmelody/fingerstyle with lap steel?
Bro, he was using fingerpicking in this video
Love watching these videos. However, I read somewhere that the best way to learn the pedal steel is to start with a lap steel. Maybe someone (a pedal steel player) can give me a little advice on that 'suggestion'?
Thanks in advance.
my brain hurts.
good video though
After watching plenty of Lap Steel lessons like this one, I've come to realize that, in general, country music players tend to understand Music Theory much greater than rock players do.
it depends on the era of rock. if you're talking post-80s rock then you're generally correct. but rock musicians of the 60s, 70s, and 80s were well known for their virtuosity and knowledge of theory.
to be quite honest, pop music and it's influence on rock have degraded the genre significantly. there are still plenty of highly educated rock musicians that know theory.
but if we wanna be serious, jazz players make everyone else look like morons when it comes to theory
what tuning are you playing in?
Thanks!
I think he said GBDGBD in the first video.
That should be the first thing he says.....
Gave up on this video. He doesn’t even give the tuning he uses..
This is part two. He says his tuning in part one
I am hoping the author will reply with an answer.
Perhaps someone else will give the tuning in the comments.
The video creator could have placed it in the description of this was part 2.
@@3345646 GBDGBD
Thanks! Same as a dobro…..