Night Life on Lap Steel

[claudiohuesca]

Hey!! do you know where I can found this hawaiian steel guitar?? Im not interested in the country one, I like this Hawaiian sound. Im from Mexico City and Im searching a site or a shop were then can send their products to my country, thanks. Your a great player congratulations!!!

[Barnekkid]

That's a nice riff from 0:30 to 0:38. Reminds me of Buddy Emmons.

[ukuleleo]

@Barnekkid Thanks for the comment. I played pedal steel back in the 70's and 80's. I guess I listened to "E" play that lick at least a thousand times....one of those musical epiphanies that you never forget.. In my 'twilight years' I took up the lap steel and tried to play things that were 'in my head'...finally settling on the Leavitt tuning with two extra strings that gave me the range to do that magic turnaround. Life is good.

[barkulator]

I was going to say... gee that was pretty good, how do you tune that thing? but everybody else wondered the same thing. Really nice playing and nice song.

[MegaCarlos1234567]

I am glad you posted this video,I'm a huge fan, I enjoyed the music, Thank you!

[djuniorlapsteel]

muito bom parabens

[himckay]

Sounds rad! Great video :) Thx for sharing!

[CAVERN1234]

brilliant



[SinThomas]

Could you tell me what tuning is that lap steel in ?

[vantagestudios]

What a great arrangement! I don't suppose you could show us a six string version of this song?

[cornlungs]

Thanks, I really can't stop listening to this!

[goffbum]

Shoot man, that is fine...damn......

[Beach2Day]

Really Neat: Listened a bunch of times. Like the laid back style. Is there anymore music around like this? Great stuff...

- john

[Ray1933]

Nice work Ukuleleo. That Leavitt tuning really works well on that kind of number.

[TGirlAlex]

Very sweet and mellow - kudos!

[island1farm]

Very cool, really enjoyed this. One of my favorite lap steel pieces on YouTube.

How much work was it to convert a six string to an eight string? (did you add replace the bridge and pickup?)

Also, wondering what software you used for the backup part.

Thanks very much for your very nice contributions on YouTube.

Greg

[AkiraMusic]

That is definitely not the stock Artisan system. Looks like he put a decent amount of work into making a really solid conversion.

[teenlebean]

i didn't even know these instruments existed...amazing sound

[topmusika]

Awesome...man....!!!! cool!!!!

[thewretchedrod]

hi! great playing

two questions:

is there a difference in the lapsteel shape, i mean, in the sound..? and what makes a lap steel good or bad? i'm "desing" one with not too much money- its not to easy to get a lap steel in mexico city.. :D

thaks, nice video..!

[redmgreer]

Hi there, just looking through steel guitar things, I know music, and wanted to learn steel guitar:)

overall, sounds good, dont think any notes were missed, nice little cover from the computer hehe

at some points it felt as if you were too stiff with the rythem. Maybe exagurate harmonics a bit more aswell. Overall not bad, and very performable. :)

[ukuleleo]

Thanks everyone for your nice comments on this video. On the video I used the Leavitt tuning with 2 additional strings. The original Leavitt tuning for 6 string is C# E G Bb C D , to which I added a low A and a high F . Instead of doing tabs, I am working on an instructional video that I will put up here on You Tube. In the meantime, be sure to check out the Leavitt tuning videos by Roy Thomson - steelinroy - here on you tube.

Thanks again and 'Be seeing you.'

Leo

[modovonmodo]

What tuning are you using please?

[ukuleleo]

Thanks for your comments. I use an expanded Leavitt tuning...from Low to High A C# E G Bb C D F. More information in my latest comment.

Thanks again, Leo

[frets99]

Wow! Great job! That was beautiful. Also love to know what tuning you were using.

[ukuleleo]

Thanks for your comments. I used a Leavitt tuning with 2 additional strings. From Low to High it is A C# E G Bb C D F. Check my comment for more....

Thanks again, Leo

[Fendercaster]

Great job! Can you tell me how you have it tuned? I'm getting a Little Roy Wiggins 8 string and I've always wanted to do this tune. Thanks

[ukuleleo]

Thanks for your comments. I used a Leavitt tuning with 2 additional strings.  From Low to High it is A C# E G Bb C D F. Check my comment for more...

Thanks again, Leo

[smallbigperson]

Amazing! Do you have any pointers on converting the Artisan?

[resopicker]

This is phreakin AWESOME!!!

[bitterrootsteel]

Nice Job on Night Life, keep up the good work!

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

Therman - very cool - from another forumite - Drew

[fluffybonce]

Beautiful! Please can we see and hear some more of your now 8 string Artisan? You clearly made a great job of converting it, and your playing is such a real treat to listen to. Thank you :-)

[Nopeddler1]

Great Job!!

I like that tuning!