by STEDDIE EDDIE » Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:24 pm
frank says 'oh! what happened the ZB? well frank, me and the ZB basically didn't get on very well, lovely looking guitar, and a sound to die for, classic tone, BUT! i didn't like the sloppy feel of the pedals and knee levers, the knee levers in particular seemed to need to travel forever, and being a steelie with a guitar slung around my neck, i needed a steel with short and precise knee lever travel, and the Carter certainly delivers that, it was suggested to me by Ted, when i told him of my struggles, that really, it needed a very modern mechanism fitting to it, basically changing all the underside, and that it would then be a fantastic steel, but that would have been very expensive, and leaving me without a steel for a long period, and i am gigging regulary, and had this recording coming up, so on both counts, i decided no, so i decided to bite the financial bullet, and change to a modern steel that suits my needs, and i am really happy with the Carter,
re; the DVD recording for 'hot country' that was filmed earlier today, very professional, and very complex kinda day, there are a lot of scenes which have been shot, which convey the story of the song, in one scene, we were filmed playing poker at a saloon table, our drummer quipped 'i played better poker than i played steel', but he's a drummer! what would he know? there must have been twenty plus takes of the one song, focusing on each member of the six piece band at a time, plus the other scenes, and having been involved in the whole thing all day, it will be very interesting to see how it all comes together after editing,
Carter sd10 USA Fender Telecaster, digitech rp155, Goodrich ldr2 vp, peavey nashville 112 electro-voice, Roland 80XL,