I have had a lot of questions about how to get started with lap style, so I did a short lesson on the very first steps. Let me know if you’re interested in learning more!
6 months and only one comment,and that was a complaint. If it weren’t for people like you we wouldn’t have lessons that are FREE to help us. Thank you for this lesson and your time. 🙏
Thank you. This was a great lesson. I am just getting back into the lap steel after many years and what has been the hardest thing to remember were the very basics - like holding the slide and muting.
This is great. I have one of these regular guitars with raised saddle and nut ( 60's ) and picked it up once and thought OH boy this will be hard to do and kinda checked around and let it sit. Glad I found you tonight your short lesson with the great examples and your nice way of talking did the trick ! I will grab that guitar out of the case where it has been sitting for a year and try exactly what you did on this vid can hardly wait. Thanks so much . Subbed and hit the alarm
More is better, right? I can use all of the help I can get. This was a good introduction to what we need to get on to it. Thanks for a good lesson, looking forward to more.
I acquired my Dad's 1959(c) Valco Tonemaster recently and am just starting to learn lap steel. Thanks for the pointers. looking forward to this journey on my Dad's gorgeous slab. I am interested on the nut extender you put on there. I bought a Fender round neck Dobro a few years ago but it has a standard nut.
For you people that would like to teach the steel guitar, two things need to happen. on youtube, One is to use a microphone when talking and the other is to show the strings you are playing close up and how to pick them. If you did that, everything would be fine. I have been around interment's my whole life My father and brother both played the guitar, I was to busy with life to want to learn. Now at 77 years young, I just bought a complete Steel guitar with all the trimmings Like Amp picks and so on. Everything I have done in life has been self-thought But playing a instrument you need help with to get started. Please do not be offended on what I have said here just making a statement, If I could learn to play like this video it would be a blessing for me. Many thanks to all. Keep up the great work.
@@georgew.7504 I should hire you as a consultant… thanks for all of the criticism, as you can see, because of that, I pulled nearly every video that I made. I don’t and didn’t make a penny from CZcams and it wasn’t my goal. You are the reason that we can’t have nice things. Enjoy your day.
Thank you! I was making videos during lockdown when I wasn’t working, I will do some more in the future just have been busy rebuilding my career! My resonator is getting some work done but when she’s back I’ll definitely post something new. Thanks again for the kind words.
Really Good video,,I have an old semi accustic guitar I've had for ages still in good order,was thinking of trying lap steel for quite a while now,so I'm gonna give this a try see how it goes,but anyway your video helped a lot,so best wishes and thank you...
Hello Adam my name is mike I am new in playing the steel guitar and I’m not sure about the keys and learning how to play song. The model I have is Musoo 6 String Slotted Head Stock Electric Lap Steel Slide Guitar Sunburst Color
Acoustic? Find something with at least a solid top. Lap style, you’ll need an extension nut like I mention. For electric, a telecaster is a solid choice for just about anything.
You would want to be in a key that matches your song or something equivalent. So if the song is in E, you could find an E tuning. Most slide stuff I’ve found to be in E, A, D or G. You can also learn to play in standard tuning if you’d like but not many lap steel players go that route. Is there something in particular you’re try to learn?
@@AtomicStewMusic so in other words you must retune it for each key you play in? I was just seeing about trying to learn it, to add a different sound to the songs I write and home-demo...I usually write in G, E or A
@@butler6781 not necessarily, but sometimes yes. It depends on your skill level and what kind of sound you’re going for. This is also how/why guitarists end up with lots of guitars! If you have specific examples, I’d be glad to help.
How is she still guitar players adobo prayers will tell us what tenure tune in on songs that you play it makes a difference when you’re trying to teach somebody
6 months and only one comment,and that was a complaint. If it weren’t for people like you we wouldn’t have lessons that are FREE to help us. Thank you for this lesson and your time. 🙏
Thanks Timothy!
Thank you. This was a great lesson. I am just getting back into the lap steel after many years and what has been the hardest thing to remember were the very basics - like holding the slide and muting.
Glad it was helpful! One day when I’m not working so much I’ll add some more :)
Thank you! I play acoustic and was curious about how that knowledge might translate to steel… this was extremely helpful!
This is great. I have one of these regular guitars with raised saddle and nut ( 60's ) and picked it up once and thought OH boy this will be hard to do and kinda checked around and let it sit. Glad I found you tonight your short lesson with the great examples and your nice way of talking did the trick ! I will grab that guitar out of the case where it has been sitting for a year and try exactly what you did on this vid can hardly wait. Thanks so much . Subbed and hit the alarm
I am using one of those 2x4s. Sent off for the kit from Amazon, and have been noisy ever since. Thanks, and keep those lessons coming. LOL😃
Your first lesson got me hooked. Now I need to go buy one.
More is better, right? I can use all of the help I can get. This was a good introduction to what we need to get on to it. Thanks for a good lesson, looking forward to more.
Thank you! Hopefully I’ll get back to having time for more soon.
I acquired my Dad's 1959(c) Valco Tonemaster recently and am just starting to learn lap steel. Thanks for the pointers. looking forward to this journey on my Dad's gorgeous slab. I am interested on the nut extender you put on there. I bought a Fender round neck Dobro a few years ago but it has a standard nut.
For you people that would like to teach the steel guitar, two things need to happen. on youtube, One is to use a microphone when talking and the other is to show the strings you are playing close up and how to pick them. If you did that, everything would be fine. I have been around interment's my whole life My father and brother both played the guitar, I was to busy with life to want to learn. Now at 77 years young, I just bought a complete Steel guitar with all the trimmings Like Amp picks and so on. Everything I have done in life has been self-thought But playing a instrument you need help with to get started. Please do not be offended on what I have said here just making a statement, If I could learn to play like this video it would be a blessing for me. Many thanks to all. Keep up the great work.
@@georgew.7504 I should hire you as a consultant… thanks for all of the criticism, as you can see, because of that, I pulled nearly every video that I made. I don’t and didn’t make a penny from CZcams and it wasn’t my goal.
You are the reason that we can’t have nice things. Enjoy your day.
@@AtomicStewMusic Glad to hear you did the right thing and stopped and you enjoy your day as well !!
Thank you some very good tips I hadnt seen before.
Thank you!
Thank you, sir! Very helpful and if you make any more of these beginner videos, I will be watching! Thanks again for your help👍
Thank you! I was making videos during lockdown when I wasn’t working, I will do some more in the future just have been busy rebuilding my career! My resonator is getting some work done but when she’s back I’ll definitely post something new. Thanks again for the kind words.
I will be following you for more lessons. Thank you
I’ll be following you, also! Thank you for that!
So helpful for a beginner! Thank you!
Glad it helped! Thank you.
That was very helpful. Thanks!!
Really Good video,,I have an old semi accustic guitar I've had for ages still in good order,was thinking of trying lap steel for quite a while now,so I'm gonna give this a try see how it goes,but anyway your video helped a lot,so best wishes and thank you...
Wonderful 😊
Thank you I need more lessons
Great video 👍
Hello Adam my name is mike I am new in playing the steel guitar and I’m not sure about the keys and learning how to play song. The model I have is Musoo 6 String Slotted Head Stock Electric Lap Steel Slide Guitar Sunburst Color
What song are you trying to learn? I would probably tune that in an open e tuning.
Try this. czcams.com/video/azZgAjsaiKA/video.html
A friend showed me a tune by to two folks called Lindenpoe and I thought Lap-style looks interesting.
Thanks for putting this up. You never struggled with the short distance from strings to neck, compared with a lapsteel guitar?
Hi Felix, I’m using an extension nut to raise up the action. They cost about $5 and are a great way to get two guitars out of one!
Ple@e do some more lessons
What kind of lesson would you like?
Yes, please do that.
I'm gonna teach myself how to play the slide guitar. What is a good guitar for a beginner?
Acoustic? Find something with at least a solid top.
Lap style, you’ll need an extension nut like I mention.
For electric, a telecaster is a solid choice for just about anything.
@@AtomicStewMusic thank you
I got the lap steel kit from Amazon and put it together. Sounds great for my purposes. I can't play anything yet, but I am slowly working at it.
Hi do you teach lap guitar
How do you tune it if you are playing along with standard guitar tuning?
You would want to be in a key that matches your song or something equivalent. So if the song is in E, you could find an E tuning. Most slide stuff I’ve found to be in E, A, D or G. You can also learn to play in standard tuning if you’d like but not many lap steel players go that route.
Is there something in particular you’re try to learn?
@@AtomicStewMusic so in other words you must retune it for each key you play in? I was just seeing about trying to learn it, to add a different sound to the songs I write and home-demo...I usually write in G, E or A
@@butler6781 not necessarily, but sometimes yes. It depends on your skill level and what kind of sound you’re going for.
This is also how/why guitarists end up with lots of guitars!
If you have specific examples, I’d be glad to help.
Sure would be helpful if you told us what tuning IN THE VIDEO TITLE. Thanks for next time
How is she still guitar players adobo prayers will tell us what tenure tune in on songs that you play it makes a difference when you’re trying to teach somebody
@ Charles Smith - in this video he is in regular open D tuning DADF#AD. Many people also play lap or dobro in a form of open G.
@@ambroseharper8316 good on you for even figuring out what he was asking!
Please don’t play while you are talking.
Enjoyed the lesson.
If you don’t have anything nice to say…
I am so glad he did .. That is why it is an excellent lesson would be insane if he didn't