The Steel Guitar Forum

Mr Franklin, I hope you have a wonderful birthday!!! I sure miss our visits with you and your Wife. I have yet to meet such honest friendly people like you and your family. Getting one of your guitars was the best decision I’ve ever made and as I told you before, you are the “Master Builder “. Take ...

Anyone know if there are any JCH Fretboards out there? I want to buy two of them if any exist.

You won’t have any problems with the 012 gauge. I have been using it for years with no problems at all. I use it on my Legrand and pushpull.

I agree with Russ, that is a great solo and to my knowledge no pedals are used. Another song that is a great song played with so much emotion is “ Someone to watch over me” played by Mr Russ Hicks. I about wore out that CD from listening to it! Especially the ending. What a player!!!!

Absolutely as good as it gets!! That makes me want to sit behind my guitar and pick. Thank you for the inspiration Mr. Ron!

That buzz sound usually means the string is about to break. Good strings adds so much to sound and sustain. I change my plain strings every three days and the wound strings once a week with the exception of the C6 bass strings. I will use those two weeks. It is an expense, but it will really help th...

Great playing Ron , thanks for posting classic country Steel Guitar!!

Thanks to all for such kind and generous remarks that I certainly did not expect. Leon was the real hero on that recording and a close friend. You guys make me feel like putting on my finger picks and playing my guitar again. With Heart felt regards , Audie

hey guys..wanted to share a recording i did of Ill Come Running. Recorded this with Leon Rhodes a few years back. Hope you enjoy the picking.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoDqcIkbIM8



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Lloyd Green is such an inspiration to me as well as everybody else that listens to his music. His music is beautifully simple BUT, VERY COMPLEX !!. Thanks for putting this song out here for us to hear.

Tommy, perfect flawless job on Girl who waits on tables with the best tone Ive ever heard.

Tommy, perfect flawless job on Girl who waits on tables with the best tone Ive ever heard.

:)henry, do you have an email address? If so, post it and Ill hook up with you.

:) I knew Gene for alot of years and we were good friends. I still have one of his thumb picks and the handle that came loose from his case. Gene got that sound by hitting the string almost right on the changer.It was more of a hard tap. Gene had a great aggressive attack. He told me that your tone ...

i had the same problem on a different guitar. the click came from where the pedal rod attached to the pedal.It took some time to isolate the noise because it sounds like it comes from underneath the guitar.

:D Gene always used a red pinstripe bar towel because it didn't have any lint on that kind of towel. Another interesting point was that Gene did not have his floor pedal raise his 4th and 5th string which is typically on the 3rd pedal, he always told me that it made more sense to have that on as a k...

Gene Oneal was the one with Charlie around 1969 through the 70's.

contact Paul Franklin SR. I had the same problem with my Emmons and Mr. Franklin got me new ones with the longer posts.

Thank you Bob and Hook for your kind remarks.I think its fantastic that there are other steel players out there that like what little I play.The show comes on every thursday at 8:30pm. It was 7:00 but they moved up.The sticker on my guitar is a red rose. Thanks again guys for listening

Thank you so much for the compliments! It makes all those long hours of practice worth while. In reality, I am just a dim light in the marque of music business!! : ) Thiel Hatt is the Buddy Charleton of Salt Lake City and Still is!!

:D when I was growing up in utah I had the privilege of taking lessons from MR. Thiel Hatt. I always got there a little early to hear Thiel play this same guitar.What a player and such good tone.Definitely the best player in that part of the country. Thanks for pictures that bring back such good mem...

My friend, you are not alone. One thing that has helped me with this problem is how the stage is set up. First,I use a direct line out from my sound system to the mains. I only have the sound going to the main PA system and not the stage monitors. That way it is not to loud on stage.Then I never nev...

just want to say thanks to Fred Justice for making the best rack cases in the business. He even takes time to line the box with carpet padding before shipping it. I look forward to my next purchase from Fred.

Sure hope this is still up for grabs...PM sent.