So I bought a Lap Steel Guitar. I am loving playing it. If anybody else is new this information can be useful. The most common tuning is C6 tuning which is lowest to highest:
C E G A C E
These pitches are not of course the standard guitar tuning of E A D G B E so it is recommended to use strings that are of different gauges. Here was what I was told would work
C .036
E .029 or .030
G .023 or .024
A .022
C .017 or .018
E .014 or .015
If you are playing 8 string you can add a G .048 below and a G above .012
Hope this helps any other new Lap Steel players!! Keep on pickin.
My family just got back from 2 weeks in Manzanillo, Mexico. We had a very pleasant stay and the resort we stayed at was really top notch. When we were there limes were available at each meal. I love limes. I love sqeezing them on fish, papaya, watermelon, beans, guacamole and all kinds of other things. After squeezing may pieces of limes I realized that all the limes that were presented in the dining room were from the outer two thrids of the lime.
Imagine a lime sliced into three part so you are left with two smaller ends and a piece in the middle that has a ring of peel around the edge. The small end pieces are a cup of peel with some lime inside. Perfect for squeezing the juice from. Where were these other larger more difficult to sqeeze middle middle pieces?
So I asked a waiter where these middle pieces where. He explainded that they throw these pieces in the garbage.
“Really” I asked, “What a waste.”
He said other places he worked at used these unloved middle pieces of lime to make lemonade. This to me seems more sensible.
The Rainbow Songs Foundation is celebrating its first year of running Rainbow Songs music programs for families with your children staying in woman’s shelters across Toronto.
So it’s time to have a party!! It is on November 16th 1:00 (come earlier for brunch) at Lula Lounge featuring my band Rock’n'Rainbow.
Also we produced this video that shows the work we do:
Tickets are only $25 per person and can be purchased through the Rainbow Songs Shop. All the proceeds go the Rainbow Songs Foundation.
