Re: Harrison's "Give Me Love" cover.


"RichL" <rpleavitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FICdnTVRnP6IQfDWnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Master Betty <email@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"RichL" <rpleavitt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I picked up a cheap lap steel a couple of months ago, and I postponed
really learning to play it until recently.

I had this idea of doing a cover version of George Harrison's "Give
Me Love", and I thought it would be a natural for the lap steel, so
that gave me some incentive to get busy! (The original uses normal
guitar for slide.)

Anyway, I've been working on this song for the past few weeks and
finally got it finished.


http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songID=8728437


Comments and criticisms welcome!



I know from personal experience those lap-steels are hard to play
well. You seem to have warmed up to it quickly.

Thanks!
I'm pretty confident in my ability to play normal guitar slide, so the
learning curve on the lap steel was easier than I thought it would be.
For me at least, once I got over the hump, it was easier for me to
control pitch well than with a slide guitar.



Ahhh! That's it. I never picked up a slide until I got my Dobro.

What key do you have yours set to? String gauges?

My lap-steel is C6: CEGACE but It'd like to change it to Standard E, or open E (if it's possible) for awhile. The Supro pup is real picky about string gauges. I think the scale on yours is larger too. Which may of been why you liked it.

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