Steel on the Opry...

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 24 Nov 2002 6:19 am

Quite a liberal dose of good steel-playing on last night's show!

Who can tell me 'who was who'? Who was that with Montgomery/Gentry playing that old P/P with the stick-on decal? I enjoyed the playing on that last song with Wariner and Sheppard, too! I think there was someone else, too, but I'm still sleepy!

I'm STILL waiting to hear Tommy on that new guitar, even if it does look nice just sitting there....
[This message was edited by Roger Rettig on 24 November 2002 at 06:22 AM.]

Gaylon Mathews · Post by **Gaylon Mathews** » 24 Nov 2002 6:34 am

Randy Sorrells plays steel for Montgomery Gentry

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Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 24 Nov 2002 8:00 am

Which steel of Tommy's is just sitting there on camera? His new MSA??

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 24 Nov 2002 9:13 am

Carl West · Post by **Carl West** » 24 Nov 2002 9:27 am

That was Dave Robbins on Jean Sheperd's segment . . fine picker.

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Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 24 Nov 2002 9:29 am

Just sitting there is the word for the new MSA! Is Tommy teasing us by building anticipation? On vacation? Tommy, where are you?? !! !!

bob

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 24 Nov 2002 3:55 pm

Oh, so THAT'S Dave Robbins - I wondered what he looked like! Was that a LeGrande he was playing?

AS for TW's MSA, I don't always watch the Opry, but I've yet to see him sitting at it! Here's hoping.....

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 24 Nov 2002 8:55 pm

I saw Tommy play the new MSA once on the opry. I think the first week he got it.Then nothing for weeks.The bands mostly had no steel. Or they brought their own steel player..................al

Dave Robbins · Post by **Dave Robbins** » 25 Nov 2002 11:26 am

Roger,
yup, that was me, or at least what"s left of me! LOL
The guitar I played was my LeGrande III. Love the axe. It's the one I play pretty much exclusively anymore, except for those rare times when I take out my ol' '64 P/P.
The L-III has the #108 Emmons humbuckers and is an 8/8 setup whereby 5 knees work on the E9 and 5 knees work on the C6 (2 knees do double duty).
Well, now you know what I look like and what I'm playin'. I guess the cat's out'a the bag now,eh?

Thanks,
Dave

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 25 Nov 2002 1:08 pm

Thanks, Dave
I really enjoyed your playing and your tone! I turned to my wife and said, 'That's how E9 should sound!'

What a pity you got 'faded out'!

Did YOU get to sit at that red MSA, or is it a 'replica' just parked there to get us all agitated?

Thanks for the info on your guitar - it's the same as mine, except I've got single-coils; I love my guitar, too - best I've ever had!

How old is the p/p that the guy was playing with Montgomery/Gentry - did you get to see that one?

Anyway, fine playing from you - thanks!

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Dave Robbins · Post by **Dave Robbins** » 25 Nov 2002 8:39 pm

Roger,
yes I have sat at Tommy's new red axe and it is definitely "state of the art" and definitely not a "prop!" I get to hear him play it off and on all night long. But then again, it's always a pleasure to hear Tommy play "any" guitar!

I use the #108 pickups in my LeGrande III due to recording. They are very quiet and still sound better than most any other pickup that I have tried in that particular guitar. However, if I was going to use the guitar for anything other than recording, I too would probably go with the single coils. There is just something about the sound of those old single coils that I really like.

In my old '64 I have re-installed the "original" dual coil pickups that were in the guitar when it was made. It will really "sing" with those pickups in it. Ocassionally, I take the '64 to the Opry just to remind of what the steels of that day sounded like. I still believe that the tones from the era around the sixties and seventies were the best.

I didn't happen to notice the steel behind Montgomery/Gentry. Tommy and I were "shootin' the bull" about that time, so I missed most of what was going on.

Oh yeah! Steve Wariner jumped in too soon so it pushed our guitar players solo back, so my solo wound up being too late for TV.
I'm just glad that the TV portion was on the first show because on the second show we did "Half A Mind" and I broke the "fifth string" right at the beginning of my solo!!! Oh well, there's always next time,eh?

Thanks again!
Dave