The Steel Guitar Forum

Pat, I'm also at the one week mark. I've been working with the Winnie Winston book. I highly recommend it, and the included CD helps quite a bit. I spent the first 2-3 days trying to figure out if my ankle was cut out for this thing. After many hours of practice and some adjustments to the A pedal h...

I took the first step and ordered a Stage One! Now, I need some accessories. I have a three-finger-grip steel that I've been using for dobro, but I've never tried the round nose type. I noticed Robert Randolph uses one of the three-fingered steels. My guitar playing is more along his style than coun...

A few years ago, I promised myself that I would get a steel before I turned 30. Well, I got till this coming May. Uncle Sam was good to me this year, so the timing seems perfect. Looks like I'll make it by the skin of my teeth. Also, my boy has shown a great interest in steel guitar after a buddy le...

Stephen: I would never take a voice of reason as being "harsh". A good friend of mine shares your opinion. Long story short, I work my butt off, maintain A's in a Biomedical Engineering major(not easy), and raise my 7 year old son(who has more than he needs). I haven't been on stage in 3 1...

After four years of wishing, I finally have some extra cash to get a pedal steel. I've been reading posts over the last month or two and have decided that I don't want The Carter Starter. After reading great reviews of Doug and his Stage One's, I thought I decided on that. Well now I'm wondering if ...