The British Steelies Society

Here is a bit more "help" for the newbies to encourage them to learn and move smoothly between those four basic chord inversions up the neck of the E9th steel, you may not see the value in it straight away but if you work hard on it both up and down the neck you will reap the rewards i promise

Keep them coming John.

Great tips and much appreciated, John Thanks for that.

Great stuff as always, John!
The first time you showed me that the same chord can be played up the neck in all three inversions opened the door to understanding not just HOW to get nice(r) sounds out of the guitar, but also WHY these sounds worked. This technique has formed the basis of near enough everything I can currently play - which is not a big catalogue by any stretch, but I find if I try to work out a solo from a song it can almost always be approximated by this technique of passing through different inversions up and down the neck.
Please do keep these videos coming - I'm still on a personal 'steel guitar evangelist' mission aimed at everyone I know to try to get a few more players in the scene, and this kind of thing is absolute gold for people like me who are starting out.

Hi John another nice bit of help and as a new player these little golden nuggets really do help, so please keep up the great tutorials. Some of us work better visually and you explain it in the simplest way that I’m sure lots of us beginners need. Books are fine and are needed but at the beginning of this hopefully great journey books are not always the answer. A big thank you for taking the time to enlighten us newbies

Hi John,
May I just second what Jonathan said.
Your videos were some of the first I found when I started out. They were, and still are a great help.
Thanks so much,
Stuart...♥️♠️♦️♣️

OK, Enough already, so you liked it...... then here is a bit more showing the linking of those 3 chords to get you through a Bobby Black solo not quite the same but in a passable fashion.... it is "in the ballpark" the toon is called "Wine do yer stuff" by commander Cody and the LPA I think its B.Black on the recording