The Steel Guitar Forum

Hello sir, I have been reading the responses to your call for a new lap steel. Why you come on this site and ask the residents of the Steel Guitar Forum to donte to your cause I cannot comprehend. I was a British Soldier, served 23 years and don,t ask anything from anyone. I would be somewhat shy to...

Yeah Brad I agree with you mate. It is an electronic problem because the only thing that can make any difference to "tone sucking" etcetera IS the potentiometer . Personally I have had no problems with "tone suck" both with my Goodrich 120 or the Jim Dunlop. I have not experience...

I think that that is a very fair question. I used a Jim Dunlop high gain pedal without any problems. Now and again I experienced some weird noises from it and later discovered that I had not plugged in the jack lead properly. My fault! Anyway I was advised that Goodrich was the thing to have so I bo...

No point in giving you a link as since I opened this thread, it has been sold.
That,ll teach me to ask questions. Anyway thanks guys for your input. I'll have to wait until another one turns up.

I have seen a Rickenbacker Electro lap steel for sale on eBay. The pickup looks pretty rusty and paint flaked but it apparently works okay. I was just wondering if these guitars have a good sound for the Hawaiian tunes that I am learning to play. Any advice please? Or is there anything in particular...

You can buy the Jerry Byrd book from Scotty's Music. http://www.scottysmusic.com/byrdbook.htm You should seek out Basil Henriques, one of the best players, and he just so happens to live on your side of the pond. http://www.waikiki-islanders.com/ t Thank you for your input. I have emailed Scottys a...

Hello folks I am fairly new to all this and am trying to find the Gerry Byrds tuition pack which according to the HSGA is a large ringed binder with all the instruction in and also comes with either tapes or CDs. It covers a number of different tunings and I thought that this could be the most compr...

Can anyone let me have a copy please?

Brilliant idea. Now I can use the blank tabs to write in the info I need when doing my PSG lessons.
Thanks Nic

I am new to PSG and also found it difficult on the left ankle.I think it,s important to firstly sit in a comfortable position with your left leg below the knee sitting vertical.Too far back towards the heel will render it humanly impossible to raise the toe end. Perhaps slightly forward of vertical....

Is this guitar still for sale?

Thanks a bunch Jim for that very welcome info. Come to think of it my Fender 1000 is a little stiff and probably needs some maintenance but until I have read up on what to do I won't tackle it yet. Mine has chrome pedals, a roller bridge and a 24 and 1/2" string length. It has been fitted with ...

Good morning Sir, I am Pete from England and have just started out with PSG and have a Fender 1000. I find your article answers all my questions except one. Using your set up ommiting the top two strings, what string gauges would you reccomend please? I have tried setting my Fender up to the factory...

You are right Richard, his blue Fender IS absolutely magnificent. Was reading some talk about black steels sound better than other colours. Oh dear!! better not start on that topic.
Kind regards
Peter

Richard Sinkler wrote:That blue Fender is GEORGEOUS

Thank you for your input Tim. I have now met up with Basil Henriques who is going to take me on for tuition. ( God help Basil)...His copedants have been sent to me now and I will restring my steel so its the same as his. He plays vastly differantly to the country tunings using most of the pedals to ...

Hi Basil its Peter again. Sorry I forgot to add that I live in Andover, Hampshire.

Hi Basil, Thanks very much for your help and the offer of some tuition. I like the Hawaiian style of playing and enjoyed listening to your samples. I'll have to read up on how to do Skype. Will I be able to record any of the lessons so I can go back to it and how much do you charge please? This comp...

Thanks Brad for your tips. I have read about you and I have a lap steel too. I made it from Martin Koch's book on how to make a lap steel guitar. Mind you I had a few advantages in that I have made a few violins a nd a classical guitar some years ago. This Steel guitar thing is Scarey. I have played...

Hello Folks, I am new into pedal steel and would like to know please if anyone plays a Fender 1000. I have a 1964 model with the E9th tuning with 1 Knee lever to lower the E's and 3 pedals. The other neck is in C6th with 6 pedals. Is it vital to have the two chromatic strings in E9th? At the moment ...