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A song played on an E9 pedal steel guitar. The pedal steel continues to be an instrument in transition. [20] In the United States, as of 2017, the E9 neck is more common, but most pedal steels still have two necks. The C6 is typically used for western swing music and the E9 neck is more often used for country music. [31]
While most touring professional pedal steel guitarists tend to either carry a double neck guitar (D-10 with E9 and C6 tunings) on the road, many have found that a single neck 10 string pedal steel guitar with the E9 tuning is enough for their needs. Some pro players have chosen a 12- or 14-string pedal steel for touring and recording sessions.
Buddy Gene Emmons (January 27, 1937 – July 21, 2015) was an American musician who is widely regarded as the world's foremost pedal steel guitarist of his day. [1] [2] He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1981. [3]
Paul V. Franklin (born May 31, 1954 [1]) is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist.He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed and Dire Straits.
In the Bay Area, he changed from lap steel to pedal steel in the 1960s, obtaining a Wright Custom double-10; he played music in a local bands on weekends for about 12 years. From his chord theory publication he received correspondence from many steel guitarists around the U.S. and made a point of answering every letter. [5] His database grew.
Zane Beverly Beck (1927–1985) was an American steel guitarist and builder of pedal steel guitars. [1] He is best known for his 1952 innovation of adding knee levers to the pedal steel guitar to alter the pitch of certain strings, [2]: 2 a feature which has become a standard on all modern-day instruments.
Fender began producing the 1000 in 1957. [1] It was marketed alongside its single-neck sibling, the Fender 400 At the time it was an innovative instrument but was quickly made obsolete as pedal steel players began to standardize on Emmons and Day setups requiring ten strings and knee levers in addition to pedals.
Buddy Cage learned to play pedal steel guitar at a young age. By the mid-1960s he was working as a professional musician, both onstage and as a session player for the Arc Records label. [8] [9] When the folk music duo of Ian and Sylvia decided to go electric in 1969, he joined their band, known as the Great Speckled Bird. [10]
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