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So sorry but this steel is no longer for sale but I can't seem to be able to remove the post

Picture file This Carter has been my traveling buddy for a few years but due to some medical misfortune I'm not able to drive now, so I regretfully have to part with this great steel. It's going for $2250 and that includes everything you see in the pictures.The steel, case, Ernie Ball volume pedal ...

I'm looking for bell cranks for a Carter steel, new or used

My thanks to all who contributed, I learned something from just about everyone. I started playing with a heavier slide however since a saw accident 15 years ago and my left thumb was severed and reattached I lost a lot of dexterity and grip so I had to cheat a little, (see attached photo). I stumble...

Thanks Howard so what you're telling me is that on a dobro you don't slide like on a steel, you just pick up and go and minnize your movement with the slide.

I've been playing pedal steel for several years now and a couple of months ago I purchased an acoustic electric square neck resonator guitar and have been having a lot of fun learning a few things on it. I noticed when I amplify it I hear a lot of noise from the slide. I use a shubb-pearse slide and...

Tom sells these new for $150. This one is about 6 months old and used very little. The original leg clip has been replaced with an adjustable spring clip for added visibility and should never need to be replaced. I'm asking $100 and will ship for free continental USA. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/...

Yes they are still available. I'm sorry for not replying sooner but the last 10 days have been a nightmare.

Well "Social Insecurity" has taken it's toll on me and although it is breaking my heart I'm going to have to part with my EPS15C'S. I have to raise some cash to do some repair on my car. These were mounted last month in some custom made enclosures. Cabinets have closed backs and are ported...

I acquired a carter D10 used about 8 years ago and changed it from the Emmons to the Day setup. I agree with everyone else, it was easy. However I noticed after witching it over that the A pedal was stiffer than the others, so I swapped rodding positions with the A and C pedals on the 5th string bot...

Norbert, I assume in posting this question your objective is two fold. 1. To be able to hear yourself, 2. and to achieve the best sound from your amp. We would need several pages to list all of the factors to be considered. First of all don't get caught up in the futile attempt of trying to duplicat...

Friends tell me that I have been blessed with a God given ability to hear tone. Seeing that every string on the E9th relates to another string, I tune the 3rd string with a tuning meter to 436.5 and the other 9 I tune by ear using a pedal or two. Since I got an issue resolved with one of my steels, ...

A very good friend of mine and an accomplished steel player was passing through Modesto about 15 years ago and stopped by my house and dumped one of those "Little Buddy" steels on me and said "it's time you learned to play the steel". At the time Barry Thomas was still building s...

I purchased Tom Bradshaw's resonator pedal. It does a great job simulating a dobro sound at a very affordable price. But like counterfeit money it will fool the unsuspecting, (most of the drunks in a bar,) but not the discriminating. But it was built for steel players like myself who perhaps don't o...

Beautiful guitar, if I didn't have two Carter D10's You'd have heard from me soon after your post. I bought one of the last new carters Al Brisco had after he acquired the remaining inventory from Ann Fabian. It is the curly maple mica. Good luck on the sale.

I too have had horrible experience with ups. I bought one of the last new D10 carters from Al Brisco and when it arrived the shipping box looked fine but when I opened it up the aluminum apron on the back was bowed but not broken or damaged and the cross rods were popping out of their holes. However...

When I was 8 I started trying to play a 6 string lap steel tuned to open E but never pursued it. At 16 I started playing 6 string electric guitar and after years of badgering from a friend to take up PSG I started trying to learn at the ripe old age of 50. Instantly I found out too late that it is m...

Thank you Paul for suggesting a wound 6th string. The more I thought about it the more curious I got, so I bit the bullet and put a nickel wound 22 guage on. After conditioning the string for playing and making the necessary rodding adjustments, resetting the knee and pedal stops I sat down to play....

Thank you Paul for suggesting a wound 6th string. The more I thought about it the more curious I got, so I bit the bullet and put a nickel wound 22 guage on. After conditioning the string for playing and making the necessary rodding adjustments, resetting the knee and pedal stops I sat down to play....

Thank you Joey and Paddy, I think you both were right. No slack now in the linkage and new strings and no detuning. Enjoying this steel once again.

My thanks to all who posted info and suggestions. Honestly I was loosing interest in even playing this steel. So either I pull out all of the stops and start from the ground up and cover all the bases or put it away for good. So I took off all the strings, cleaned the changer with my air compressor,...

Yes the sound is audible, however I haven't measured it on my tuner but just what I hear it seems to be between 5-10 cents. I'm using a plain 6th 22 guage. Also I failed to state in my post I'm using the Day pedal setup on the E9th neck. I have the same exact setup on my other Carter that I bought n...

I have a Carter D10 that was built in 2003 and it has the BCT changer. I acquired this steel used when it was about 3-4 years. When I got it I noticed that the action on it was a lot stiffer than the Thomas I had been playing. I also noticed that when I depressed the A pedal it caused the 3 and 6 st...

I purchased 2 of these back in November 2012 and for quick temporary use mounted them in some inexpensive pre-fabed subwoofer cabinets. I was a little apprehensive about their performance given their lightweight,(9 lbs.), but right out of the box they were awesome. With a good power amp both the low...

About 12 years ago when I was just starting to play my left thumb was severed and reattached. When all of the bandages were gone and I started to play again because of the swelling in my thumb I couldn't use my 7/8 tone bar. I had a friend make me a 1 inch stainless steel bar. So that it wouldn't be...