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I'm glad to hear it. Does the dobro do any melody work? I've been doing a lot more backup than melody, but I do a few tunes.

Hey, that's a cool looking instrument.

It's a little like the Zephyr tuning in that I have the 1, 2, and 3 of the scale, but they're on top.

The tuning is D A D F# A D E F# or 1 5 1 3 5 1 2 3

I find it works really well. I can get a harp-like sound and also not have to jump the bar around as much on the high notes.

I, too, think that playing pedal steel is nearly as weird as playing pipes. I use a single 12 pedal steel with 3 pedals and 6 knee levers. It's great for accompaniment as well as playing melodies. You're right: it's great to be able to bend into notes and change chord tones one at a time. Last weeke...

I play National Model D guitars lap style (an 8-string and a couple of 6-strings), but they make a round-neck Model D. http://www.nationalguitars.com Roll over "instruments" and click on "single cone spider". BTW, when you get to the page, there's an Easter egg: roll over the upp...

On the Irish Traditional Music Forum, I posted a question about how many other folks are playing trad on dobro and pedal steel. Please feel free to join in.

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=32752

I'll check out this fellow Brian Taheny. Thanks, colomon. Yeah, djm, I'm familiar with Jerry Douglas' work with Davy. Nice stuff. Davy is still open to those kind of combinations. We were talking about collaborating on pipes and pedal steel. When I was there last October, I sat him down at my pedal ...

I've been playing pedal steel and dobro in ITM and find that it works quite well for me and those I play with. Lately, I've been playing as part of a trio along with uilleann pipes and guitar. Is anyone else doing anything like that?

Pete
http://www.petegrant.com

Just a bump to remind folks that the first gig is this Friday in Morgan Hill, California with Paddy and Patsy, then the three of us play Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Details above or at http://www.paddykeenan.com.

Paddy has all the recordings from the band with Frankie Gavin and Junji Shirota. They still need to be gone through in order to put it all together into an album. BTW, we can still call a CD an album , since that term refers to a "collection of selected works." Works for me. The double alb...

I didn't hear it when it came out, but Davy gave me a copy last October. Great stuff. I agree. I really like dobro in a traditional setting. The dobro and pipes are a great combination. Pedal steel and pipes is another virtually unused pairing. Stay tuned. There's not a lot of recorded stuff of the ...

Exactly.

Thanks, gentlemen. It's been quite an adventure so far.

We've added a house concert in nearby (to me) Ophir, California on Sunday, September 18th at 6pm. Contact info is on http://www.petegrant.com/paddy_announce.htm.

I'll be happy to post Paddy's reply. I have another resonator guitar that outshines the Zephyr (though the Zephyr still has it for looks). I used it on Tommy O'Sullivan's yet-to-b-released album and on tour in Ireland in June. It's an 8-string National Model D. But if Paddy records here at my place,...