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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] RE: Joshs' Style | | Date: | Sunday, July 1, 2007 13:02:56 (-0400) | | From: | Ralph Falkenburg <falkenburg.r @.....com>
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> Now along comes Josh who had been playing with Esco Hankins & Wilma
> Lee and Stoney Cooper in the late 40's and early 50's. Josh had a very
> strong Blues influence in his playing style as he spent many hours picking
> with many black blues players during his formative years and long after he
> had established himself. Since the first four strings on a banjo are tuned
> the same as a Dobro he became interested in learning the three fingered
> banjo roll which Earl Scruggs was having so much success with, he picked
> Earls brain backstage whenever Flatt & Scruggs would be working in the
> same venue where he was. The result of him perfecting the three fingered
> roll on the Dobro gave a much fuller sound to his playing as well as
> increased speed.
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Out of all possible tuning on Resoguits and Steel Guitars the tuning
mentioned above is of course known as Open G.
The notorious Keith Richards uses it too but on a Strat.
He takes the 6th string off of one of his axes.
My own preference for bottleneck is Open D.
Rafael
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