Fred Newell

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 11 Aug 2001 7:56 pm

Did anyone catch Fred playing steel with Porter Wagoner on the Opry tonight? Porter let the band play an instrumental that Fred wrote. Fred's GFI looked and sounded great. I notice he has the E9 tuning on the back neck. Anyone know what he does with the front neck?

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Lee, from South Texas

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 11 Aug 2001 9:29 pm

Hello Lee;
Yes; i did see Fred on the Opry tonight on TV..He sure has come a long way since the days of Nashville Now-huh? That was real hot instrumental he wrote..I don't know what he has on the front neck but i am sure interested to find out..Anybody out there got an answer??? Later..Ron

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 11 Aug 2001 11:52 pm

Years ago, my first real pedal steel(a fender 1000) had the E9th on the back neck, because thats where Ralph Mooney had his and still does. I had C6th on the front neck. My next guitar, a ZB were just the opposite, which I still use today on my Pedalmaster. Jody.PS: Fred Newell is one of the best musicians on the planet.[This message was edited by Jody Sanders on 12 August 2001 at 12:52 AM.]

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 12 Aug 2001 5:18 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Fred Newell is one of the best musicians on the planet.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>, his lead guitar work on "Amarillo By Morning" by George Strait, was great!

Larry

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GO TITANS GO!!!

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 12 Aug 2001 7:39 am

Some years back, after our bass player
went on the road with Waylon, I went to
one of their shows. Fred was playin'
steel with 'em then & I got to shoot the
bull with him for quite awhile after the
show. Heluva nice guy! He had a single
neck Sho~Bud back then with 2 small
Tubeworks amps.

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<blink>Keep Steelin'</blink>

Eddie Lange · Post by **Eddie Lange** » 12 Aug 2001 7:58 am

Somebody once said that he had like an open G or A dobro tuning like Jay MacDonald and some of the other West Coast guys had on their Fenders.

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The Young Steelkid

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 12 Aug 2001 8:52 am

The front neck looked like it had 6 strings.
-j0e-

G Strout · Post by **G Strout** » 12 Aug 2001 12:56 pm

Saw that...Fred sounded good as always. Who was the guitarist? (Sorry, but I am not familiar with a lot of the players.)

Bob Hempker · Post by **Bob Hempker** » 12 Aug 2001 2:29 pm

The guitarist was Billy Johnson. Billy is a very under-rated player. Leon Rhodes was playing rythym guitar. I think we all know what Leon is capable of playing.

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Tim Harr · Post by **Tim Harr** » 12 Aug 2001 7:13 pm

I think the front neck is a six string neck tuned in a G tuning for use with his MATCH-BRO.

I saw hm use it like that a few yrs ago.

Tim

Fred Martin · Post by **Fred Martin** » 13 Aug 2001 5:44 am

Im pretty sure my wife hates steel guitars but she liked the GFI. Maybe theres hope!
Fred sure doesnt waste any motion on his pickin hand ! Nice hat too.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 13 Aug 2001 8:30 am

Since Fred is also a great guitar player, I thought the front neck may have been a fretted neck like Gene Fields plays. I would like to know for sure if anyone finds out.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 13 Aug 2001 12:32 pm

I saw Fred several years ago on a morning show with Ralph Emory from The Opryland Hotel
(or whatever) playing a natural finish GFI
keyless & I belive that had a fretted 6 string neck up front. Don't know if that's the steel you saw on TV or not.

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 13 Aug 2001 2:51 pm

Oops...I posted above without knowing the guy's name. Yeah, he can pick and a half!

Jerry Hayes R.I.P. · Post by **Jerry Hayes R.I.P.** » 16 Aug 2001 9:49 am

I read an article/interview with Fred in Guitar Player magazine a few years ago that was really interesting. He was a high school music teacher I believe and came to Nashville with Christy Lane of One Day at a Time fame. His first big break came when he played guitar on the Kendall's recording of Heaven's Just a Sin Away. When that came out a lot of people kept asking who the guitar player was. One night on Nashville Now the group Alabama was on and Jeff Cook said "Fred plays on all our records and then teaches the parts to me to play on the road". He also said that the Kendall's thing was cut with a Fender Telecaster played through a ShoBud amp.

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Have a good 'un! JH U-12

[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 16 August 2001 at 10:50 AM.]

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 16 Aug 2001 3:53 pm

Our friend and fellow forumite Gregg Galbraith played on some of the ALABAMA stuff also, if I'm not mistaken

Larry

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