Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
This song is called, "'Til The Storm Passes By." You can obtain the backing track on YouTube. I'm using the E9th tuning. I am raising my 7th string a whole tone on my RKL (right knee left) in this video, which makes for some nice things.
I also raise my 1st string a whole tone on my RKR. I lower my 2nd string a whole tone, with a mechanical half-stop underneath, using my RKL. In the video I sometimes combine using the C pedal with the 2nd string lowered a half, which I learned from Lloyd Green. I don't have a knee to raise my 2nd string a half, so I do a forward barslant, which I think sounds much better. You can do some amazing things with strings 2 and 3, and 2 and 4.
I recently installed a Bill Lawrence 710 pickup, same as Lloyd. I am using a Session 400 amp. I was amazed to learn recently that Jerry Byrd, on his Fender Twin Reverb, maxed out the bass high, ran the treble all the way down to low. Cool! So that is what I did on my Session 400. For my pedal steel I had to lower the bass a bit and raise the treble a tad, on the Peavey Session 400, but Jerry knew what he is doing. For Hawaiian I do exactly what Jerry did. Of course, the Fender Twin Reverb that Jerry loved and used is a tube amp, have 7 vacuum tubes. Nice! One of these years I'd like to order a tube amp. For now I am using the solid state (transistor) Session 400. I love amplifiers! You definitely want a 15" speaker for pedal steel, for that deep rich low end.
Playing steel guitar has been the joy of my life, and I encourage you to try it if you love the music. God is amazing! I am so glad that I was born into this century. It blows my mind that no one ever saw an electric guitar before 1932, which was the year that the first Hawaiian Rickenbacher Fry-pan (it looks like frying pan) was invented. I asked the Lord to please give me one of them, brand new, when I get to Heaven (Romans 8:32). That was the very first electric guitar of any sort produced. Gotta love steel guitars!!! Jerry Byrd says in his awesome book, "On The Wings Of Music," that Steel Guitar was king in 1935!" What a beautiful time in music history, from the 1930's thru the 1950's, known as "THE GOLDEN YEARS OF MUSIC"!!! Truly, music makes the world a better place!
Thank you for reading this and God bless you my friend.
This song is called, "'Til The Storm Passes By." You can obtain the backing track on YouTube. I'm using the E9th tuning. I am raising my 7th string a whole tone on my RKL (right knee left) in this video, which makes for some nice things.
I also raise my 1st string a whole tone on my RKR. I lower my 2nd string a whole tone, with a mechanical half-stop underneath, using my RKL. In the video I sometimes combine using the C pedal with the 2nd string lowered a half, which I learned from Lloyd Green. I don't have a knee to raise my 2nd string a half, so I do a forward barslant, which I think sounds much better. You can do some amazing things with strings 2 and 3, and 2 and 4.
I recently installed a Bill Lawrence 710 pickup, same as Lloyd. I am using a Session 400 amp. I was amazed to learn recently that Jerry Byrd, on his Fender Twin Reverb, maxed out the bass high, ran the treble all the way down to low. Cool! So that is what I did on my Session 400. For my pedal steel I had to lower the bass a bit and raise the treble a tad, on the Peavey Session 400, but Jerry knew what he is doing. For Hawaiian I do exactly what Jerry did. Of course, the Fender Twin Reverb that Jerry loved and used is a tube amp, have 7 vacuum tubes. Nice! One of these years I'd like to order a tube amp. For now I am using the solid state (transistor) Session 400. I love amplifiers! You definitely want a 15" speaker for pedal steel, for that deep rich low end.
Playing steel guitar has been the joy of my life, and I encourage you to try it if you love the music. God is amazing! I am so glad that I was born into this century. It blows my mind that no one ever saw an electric guitar before 1932, which was the year that the first Hawaiian Rickenbacher Fry-pan (it looks like frying pan) was invented. I asked the Lord to please give me one of them, brand new, when I get to Heaven (Romans 8:32). That was the very first electric guitar of any sort produced. Gotta love steel guitars!!! Jerry Byrd says in his awesome book, "On The Wings Of Music," that Steel Guitar was king in 1935!" What a beautiful time in music history, from the 1930's thru the 1950's, known as "THE GOLDEN YEARS OF MUSIC"!!! Truly, music makes the world a better place!
Thank you for reading this and God bless you my friend.
