Jay Dee Maness Jammin' in OKC !!!

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 28 Oct 2001 8:25 pm

Mr. Maness came in to pick with some of his old buddies in OKC today. The Westerneer Ballroom has reopened, and they kicked everything off with some top-notch entertainment. Also appearing: Al Bruno, Dale Bennett, Wilton O'Neal, and Byron Berline.

I sacrificed a little of Jay Dee's hair to get all of his guitar in the picture! He's a great guy and an awesome player.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 29 Oct 2001 3:05 pm

Forum member Jerry Horner literally broke the first bottle of champayne "across the bow" of the Westerneer Ballroom when it first opened and played steel with the original Westerneer Band for several years. We were friendly competitors when I was playing steel just down the road at the Diamond Ballroom

Does Kenny's picture make you homesick Jerry?
I am guessing that Bill Mayes still owns it because when I last talked to him he was planning to reopen. www.genejones.com

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 1 Nov 2001 6:39 pm

First time I've seen a Session 400 being played on it's side. Interesting...

Dag Wolf · Post by **Dag Wolf** » 1 Nov 2001 7:41 pm

JayDee uses the chorus from an old Yamaha 1005 AND a Yamaha spx 90. The two choruses makes the chorus kind of "even". He also switch the negative and positive speaker leads on one amp. Placing the two Sessions on it`s sides as close as possible then place himself in the center makes the sound JayDee¨is after.

I`ve tried his steels and equipment and belive me it`s GREAT.

Dag<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dag Wolf on 01 November 2001 at 07:43 PM.]</p></FONT>

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 2 Nov 2001 5:04 am

It sure is a nice feeling when you see someone of Jay Dee's stature using something
that you yourself use. Reversing speaker phasing was something I posted in Electronics some moths back.

We were looking for an adequate switch back then. We have found that a little wider seperation between the speakers has a large
effect on the sound but since Jay Dee is using a different chorus arrangement, I'm sure that has some bearing on the overall sound.

We did find out that the player who reported blowing out switches had both stereo jacks on a metal plate and that is an absolute No-No. The switches became fuses and as Donny Hinson told us back then, any small switch should work. We use a Peavey Power Reversing switch so we can take it or leave it out.

Best Regards, Paul

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 2 Nov 2001 1:26 pm

Actually, the amp is sitting upright, and Jay Dee was on his side. I turned the photo this way so it would look more realistic.