The Steel Guitar Forum

The TONEX looks a good unit, but are there any high quality modern amplifier profiles which can be purchased ? I am thinking the likes of Milkman, Little Walter 89, Quilter etc, not vintage amps like fender twin reverb. It would seem that making your own high quality profiles is not that easy, and t...

I think you get a lot more bell like sound by recording with a condenser mic instead of a dynamic mic. I tested five of each type of mic in a studio and all of the condenser mics sounded more bell like to me ranging from low cost to expensive condenser mics. Based on my tests I bought a Lewitt conde...

Does anyone know the correct spring reverb for an old Webb 6-14E amp, probably about 1978 Thanks Alan

Thanks everyone for the replies, I ended up getting them from Williams Guitars who seem to have loads of them. Great company to deal with, thanks Alan..

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Does anyone know where I can buy 150 standard hex nylon tuners


3/16 X 1.5 inches long

Thanks
Alan..

My E lower is right knee left and I agree with Ian it would be better right knee right to give best pedal access playing the B6 tuning. Great topic which I must study later. Alan..

I am trying to create BIAB backing for a song with 6/4 timing at about 75bpm. Each measure can have a maximum of 4 beats so to get six beats per bar I can have two measures per bar Either 4 + 2 or 3+ 3 I have chosen a style which has a 12 / 4 feel but the first thing I notice is the bass drum occurs...

Many thanks to all who have participated in the discussion and poll, lots of very funny and interesting thoughts. I think Doug's comment is spot on, "Some people think the front of an instrument is whatever is in front of them" I have now asked three different keyboard players and they all...

Hi Ian, Jerry The current poll looks clear cut enough. At least we can be sure steel players all think the same way, so when another musician thinks differently we can suggest unlike a keyboard the front of a pedal steel faces the audience, and our forum poll is just about as definitive as it gets.

Hi Thomas, good point about a piano, I suppose a pedal steel is more like a keyboard and when playing you consider you are at the front and the makers name is usually the rear side facing the audience ..

I consider the front of a pedal steel to be the side which faces the audience and the back of the guitar is the side you sit at. Recently two different people disagreed with me saying if it was a piano you sit at the front of a piano, I have included a quick poll to gauge the general opinion

Hi Fred, Great news, here is the solution to our problem. Zoom, Duo and Skype have so much lag they are all unusable, but there are specialist programs which work very well. I have tried Jamkazan and Jamulus, there is also Jammr which I didnt try. Jamkazan works by sending everyones feed to a centra...

Hi Fred, That's interesting, I have not tried Zoom, I just see on the internet it talks about echo cancellation etc, which sounds like half duplex, but I will try it, and suffer the security issues ! As a full time job I write this sort of code, and am tempted to throw something together to see what...

Nice Paul, my kinda music, well played & great tone - alan..

Not sure if this is the best place to post, as this applies to most of us (BoB: Feel free to move this) In this lockdown climate we are all missing band practise and live gigs, it would be wonderful to jam with band members on the internet, but is it possible? Our Terminology: The term half duplex m...

Hi Andy,
Yes he is a Mensa member, I used to have an old recording of an interview with Wally Whyton the BBC presenter of Country Club in the UK, it was mentioned then, must have been early 1980's

I have been playing my home made U12 guitar for over 25 years, it is now time to give it a major overhaul and I would really value your opinion on a number of issues. I don't want to take any big risks in my decisions, I am happy to redesign with materials and sizes that are well tried and tested in...

Hi Charley A pad seems to be a personal preference. Lloyd Green was one of the first players to use a pad and i believe it may have helped his distinctive palm blocking style. I think this idea came from a twin neck guitar, but lloyd was playing mainly E9th and the rear pad probably seemed like a go...

Hi Charley, Welcome to the club.. 3 X 5 is three floor pedals and 5 knee levers, a typical E9th setup of A B C floor pedals and 5 knee levers. Usually there are ten tuning pegs (keys) on the left side of the guitar (similar to regular 6 string guitar) but it is also possible to have a mechanism wher...

Bob, Very interesting that you use the tap tempo for live situations, I will definently be giving it a try. Can you describe in words how you hear the sound differ between synchronised and non synchronised delay ? Is anyone else using tap tempo either in live or recording work with Pedal Steel ? Erv...

Hi Bob, Sounds like a really nice way to get a midi sync for the tap tempo from your drummer, trying to tap a button at the start of a song just does not seem very practical. I think there are some beat analysers around which might give the required sync signal and be another option. How would you d...

Hi all, Thanks for the feedback so far, yes I would like this to get as technical as we can all handle ! I see similar but different settings on the forum for my Lexicon MPX1 from Buddy Emmons, John Hughey, and Randy Beavers which make me think the top pro's have spent a lot of time really understan...

Hi Lee,

Mainly thinking of live performances, most players I know seem to set and forget, due to the filter typically inserted in the feedback path I usually also hear a tone change.

Just about everyone uses these effects, I hope this can be an in-depth and possibly advanced discussion on how we can get the best out of our equipment. I have numbered my questions below which might help as a reference for later posters. As well as discussion on these questions please add extra one...

Hi Bob,

I gave Scotty my vote, bought his Mel Bay books back in 1981 and had the extreme pleasure of him and Mary stay in our home for a week many years later. Up till then the Winnie Winston book was all I had and I got stuck on Red River Valley (The first tune) !