![]() What do you think? I think the D9 explanation sounds like a good one. ![]() The lower pitch of the strings added a bit more body to the tone. It seems to be common knowledge that he used an 8 string D9th tuning on "Steel and Strings". The secret of the tone is really in Jimmy Day's hands, and his great volume pedal technique. That album sounds like a Fender pedal steel through a Fender amp to me. Just get the best equipment you can afford and then concentrate on improving your practice sessions. One note played the way Jerry and Jimmy Day play lets us all know that "now, this is the way it is supposed to be". I would dearly love to be able to just pluck one string (open) and have it waft through the air to be heard. It is a very personal thing that happens for all of us when we try to play this instrument. His touch is his heart and soul, feelings and tone. Then when he started playing, everyone knew it was his tone, etc. And when Jerry just started to tune the steel, without even putting the bar on the strings, the plucked strings sounded like the Great Jerry Byrd we have all loved over the years. I plugged him into my amp on stage, changed no settings what-so-ever. Jerry borrowed someone's fender lap steel with seven or eight strings and it had very old and rusty strings, etc. "?" only because it works in the opposite direction. pedal and only because he has it wired "backwards". Jerry did not even bring his personal guitar and/or amps. Good equipment usually helps but various brands etc will not allow anyone else to replicate his tone.Įxample: At the Joliet Hawaiian show a few years back the Master of Touch and Tone was there. Zumsteel U12 "Loafer" 8&6 :: Fender T-8 Stringmaster :: Fender Tube Amplification ![]() Was it aSho~Bud or a Fender guitar? Seems like both were mentioned as possibilities. which may account for a lot of the fat richness of the sound. ![]() I don't remember there being a definitive answer 'cept that it was 8 String D9 tuning not E9. I know that no small part of that tone came from his HANDS, but that guitar tone. I'm hoping to get a rough consensus of your opinions: listening to Jimmy Day "Steel and Strings" and wondering what guitar/amp combo he was using circa 1960-62 that contributed to that fat, gorgeous tone. This topic was originally posted in this forum: Pedal Steel Profile | join | preferences | help | search Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron. ![]()
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