The Steel Guitar Forum

Mike, I haven’t been on the SGF in a bit, how rewarding to drop in and see this - Todd’s progress, and his acknowledgment and appreciation for the important role you played.
Class, both of you.
Don

Thank you Brad and my pals for your kind words! It's so nice to be heard by the Steelverse, the Steelworkers Union, the... players who know what they're talking about. Although I played more guitar on this record than I normally do, there's still plenty of Duolian squareneck, the chambered Yanuziell...

Mr Holder,

How many years has it been? It’s great to hear from you, and yes, that’s John on keys.

Of course it’s him - nothing changes in Toronto. Except when great players like you move
to Nashville. I hope all is well.

Don

Joel, Thanks very much, I hadn’t seen that. I love Tronzo! Mike Neer and I went to see him the last time I was in NY. Rainy night, Lower East Side, no name on the club (Mike knows his way around more than just a guitar neck), small room but crowded, and we sat right behind Tronzo, looking over his...

Thank you Joel. It’s probably 90% flesh now, it used to be more nail, but they don’t last. I use the tops of my nails sometimes though, to strum across the strings, or hit them - you can get some high end clarity that way.

Here’s another track, called Deer Park.
https://youtu.be/YOQA8aC2W_w

Thanks Walter. My tuning is based on GBDGBD, with one difference. In place of the bass G, I have a higher A (22W). See above for why.

I’m posting individual songs from that show now. Here’s one that’s more bluegrassy.

https://youtu.be/CiuoH11cryw

Thank you guys! Great to hear from you all.

And Mike, lay off that whiskey.

Hi folks, My band The Henrys (Toronto) was supposed to play tomorrow, and of course, like all our gigs, it's not happening. So I decided to post video from a show we did at the same club in February, a record release for the album Paydirt, that we put out early this year. The full video goes 'live' ...

Thanks guys.

Samuel, sInce I use a volume pedal, I opted to have a tone knob and a pickup blend knob. In the middle (detente) position of the blend, when the two single coils are equal, it's humbucking and is dead quiet.

Mark,
1960s mahogany, Joe says. So it sounds like I should be able to play Motown on it?

Thanks Orville, I'll try. At least I won't need to be heard over the 12s... ooops, sorry :)

That's right Mark.

Thanks Andy and Brad.

Brad, I'll be playing it with Doug Paisley tomorrow night in Toronto - see you there :) Bring a coat.

Thank you my friend. I feel like you with your beautiful Clinesmiths.

Lindy Fralin. Joe makes the covers by hand. (And the knobs, bridge, tailpiece.)

Hi folks, I wanted to share a couple of phone shots I just took of my new lap steel, which I got today from Joseph Yanuziello. Like all his work, it's a beautiful design, it's custom, and the workmanship is pristine. But the real joy came when I plugged it in. It's warm, clear, fat, full, and has wo...

This makes me sick. To misquote Woody Allen, I wouldn't want to join a club in which Ron is a member. Unconscionably rude, non-supportive arrogance.

If this has already been done, my apologies. I've been thinking for some time about what fun it would be to use Auto Tune on the lap steel. I finally had some time, downloaded a trial period version of the Antares Auto Tune plug in, played to some loops, and the result is, as I hoped it would be, pr...

The guitar Frisell is playing in the first song and near the end is by Joseph Yanuziello - no stranger to non-pedal steel guitar making himself.

Hi guys, Thanks for all your kind words about that video. We taped 6 or 7 songs that afternoon, and are posting them, it seems, relentlessly. To answer Steven's tech question (with maybe too much detail), I put two pickups on that guitar. First i bought a "Kent Armstrong NECK MOUNT JAZZ PICKUP ...