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| | | 3 sockets made in USA | Home » » » Mel Bay presents Anyone Can Play C6 Lap Steel Guitar | | | | | | | Description: | | Anyone Can Play C6 Lap Steel Guitar is designed for the absolute lap steel beginner. The course will take you through the very basics of getting started, including the proper way to hold the steel, tuning, changing strings, right and left hand technique, as well as licks and positions. Advanced techniques, intros and a classic song are also taught. Rob will also cover topics such as the necessary gear and an explanation of how to get the right sound out of your lap steel guitar. You will learn everything you need to know to have a good foundation for further learning. Rob has included many tips and tricks in this DVD which he has acquired in over 30 years of playing professionally. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Rob Haines | | Director:
| Rob Haines | | Format:
| Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Mel Bay Publications, Inc. | | Run Time:
| 93 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 25, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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37 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 NOT for a beginnerAug 11, 2009
By Thom
The description for this DVD says, "Anyone Can Play C6 Lap Steel Guitar is designed for the absolute lap steel beginner". While this is a nice DVD to watch to see some good, closeup Lap Steel work, it is NOT a proper DVD for a beginning player.
I've ran a specialty music store for over 10 years now, so I've seen a lot of tutorials, DVDs, etc. I would not consider this a tutor for a beginning player at all - the first 40 minutes of the DVD is nothing more than endorsements for the equipment that Rob Haines uses (if you purchase the equipment that he endorses, you'll end up spending over $3,000.00 to get started...). He plays an eight-string lap steel, and mentions that you can use this DVD for learning on a six-string also - but throughout the DVD he uses all eight strings when playing, not giving any suggestions for adjusting to six strings. I don't see how this DVD can be of any real use to a beginning player with a six-string instrument.
After the endless endorsements at the beginning of the DVD, he goes straight into music theory, and fairly advanced playing. There is virtually no practical beginner's material at all. This would have been a much better beginner's DVD if it included even a few basic tunes, along with sheet music (and/or tab).
By the end of the DVD, I found myself wondering if anyone at Mel Bay actually watched it before writing/approving the title and description...
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Who paid this guy?Aug 10, 2009
By M. Hawks
While there is good info to be had, this guy is a shill for selling specific products: the steel guitar he uses, the amp, the pedal... It's like going to a movie and being subjected to all those on screen advertisements before the movie begins. Not cool.
7 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 "I learned a lot from Rob"Oct 09, 2009
By L. Stanford
"BookStanford"
This DVD does have some product suggestions at the beginning as has been mentioned in other reviews.However I found his descriptions of suitable instruments and equipment to be very useful.Rob goes into a lot of detail about guitar cables that he uses and I took his advise and bought the cables and as he had said,they are great cables at a reasonable price.If you listen to Rob during the video,he states that just starting out playing you can use any equipment you already have or can afford.I found his instruction to be very clear and easy to follow.I'm not a beginning musician,so I clearly have an advantage over somebody not knowing anything at all about music,but I think that the real value of this DVD is the technique you learn for the instrument and what equipment you'll need to play in a professional setting.I also have the DVD set from Cindy Cashdollar that will compliment this DVD quite well.Cindy goes into bar slants more that Rob does,but Rob covers bars,pedals,strings,cables,and picks more that Cindy.If you want to learn to play lap steel I suggest you get all 3 DVDs and an 8 string C6 lap steel.The one I eventually bought was a Morrell which I'm quite happy with,but look forward to owning the Sierra.Hope I was of help to somebody wanting to learn.Thanks.
2 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Lap steel dvdDec 22, 2008
By Larry Messick
Very good dvd. The tuning part is a little hard to get through but all in all an excellent learning tool
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Mel Bay presents Anyonecan Play C6 Lap Steel GuitarJun 15, 2009
By William E. George
"carpenter1"
Exactly as presented - helped tremendously - would recommend to anyone who wishes to learn lap steel guitar
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