The Steel Guitar Forum

I'm not an experienced player, but I'll chime in here because I play an E9 S-8. My copedent is: LKR A B C G# +A F# E -D# B ++C# +C G# +A F# E C# I come to PSG from playing C6 non-pedal. I do a lot of slants, and the eight string tuning allows me to max out the string spread at the nut for easier sla...

I think the worst thing under there is the stops. Particularly on the knee levers. But it's not hard to put in better ones. A bracket that the bell crank finger bears against will do the trick. Tap a hole in the bracket and put a hex-head screw through it if you want it adjustable. I think there may...

While I was at Lamb Music in about 2008, Ralph Mooney walked in. I introduced myself, and asked him some questions about a favorite couple of solos of his for Buck Owens; Hello Trouble, and Above and Beyond. I had assumed Fender, but he said those were on a Magnatone 8 string he had modified with p...

I'm posting this here because it relates to the development of the PSG. I play six-string steels tuned E9(B6), with a very simple pedal, literally made from a coat hanger, that raises the B to a C. I'd like to compare notes with anybody who's done this kind of thing. I've seen reference to steel gui...