The Steel Guitar Forum

thanks guys- all great ideas. I'm really lazy with the BC pedals- use them for my minor sounds, ascending diatonic runs and turn arounds (the 1-2 frets up with BC and back down), but I feel like there is so much in BC that I'm missing.

Now that I've been playing a couple years, I feel I'm kind of stuck in a rut, in terms of my vocabulary...just feel like I'm playing a lot of very standard, uninteresting moves...I guess the best way to say it is: my playing is very "standard" - my playing is nice and tight, but I'm stuck ...

oh wow. never even knew that position. brilliant

eh...I don't think I even had that before..or at least didn't know how to tune it...I usually half levered it. I need to get more mechanical and learn this instrument... I wouldn't mind half levering a 7 raise for a minor sound in the open position.

On another note- I think this might be a good opportunity to switch RKL from lowering 6 to raising 7 instead (along with raising 1 and 2, which is already does). Thoughts?

Thanks for all the help - I gotta pick up an unwound 6th string today.

On a positive note, the new strings are making my guitar sound incredible! I was long overdue.

Thanks so much!

Hmmm. It is a wound...can't remember what was on the old one. I bet that's it. Do I just have to change to an unwound?

So, I went nearly two years without ever changing strings, except as they broke (so, really, only 1-4). I changed all the strings tonight, and my LKL lever that lowers 6 a full tone does not seem to be working. Once I had changed the strings, the B pedal didn't seem to work, but I tuned it up, and i...

I'm in Astoria, and would me most certainly down for a jam sometime

Thanks

I lost my tuning wrench...sorry for such a dumb quetsion, but what are the dimensions on the nylon tuner ends? Is it 3/16ths?...I gotta pick up a temporary fix at the hardware store. Thanks in advance

Bob- did you get rid of the GFI? You'd don't need the E to F anyways...lloyd green style.

I have a Truetone with a coil tap in my GFI. Absolutely love it.

Ha. Definitely not. Astoria has its perks.

I have private roof area that is about 700 sq. ft...so if it was a nice day and people wouldn't mind going outside, I could organize something. Otherwise, maybe we could organize at a bar one night, for a jam?

Do NYC area PSG players ever meet up for jams? I haven't seen anything on the forum, and I have no idea of the size of the community (new to NYC). Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBMdsSwNZ9M

Seriously. Love his pickups. I have one with a coil tap in my GFI. Wonderful tone.

To my ears, the tone will be clearer, tighter, brighter, and more articulate. Not as mid heavy either, I would think.

You're probably right....but look at the two-tone!

Seriously though, the Sideman looks pretty awesome for what I'm looking for.

http://www.victoriaamp.com/amplifiers-2/ (find the one called the "Golden Melody") Granted, this is not a cheap amp - I wonder how it would sound for PSG? Anyone try one? I wonder if this would have a Little Walter type vibe. To me, it looks like it could be a monster amp-of-one for both P...

So, my goodrich volume pedal has been a little scratchy. I decided to play without it for a little. I was shocked how much better my guitar sounded going straight through. So much clearer. What could I do to get closer to that tone when using the volume pedal? Black box? Some type of EQ change? Than...

This might be the single greatest post I've ever read in my life. I thought I was the only Armenian pedal steel player in the world! Cannot wait to try that lick! Your bring the shish, I'll bring the dolma.

I haven't had a chance to read every post in here, but it seems like a great thread. I'm a young player (27) and pretty new to the instrument, but it quickly took over my life when I started, and I am thankful for that. Also, it has made me a much more well rounded musician and has pushed my playing...

Sweet. Thanks so much. I love the sound of these types of passing chords. I get stuck too often in the stock fills...and forget to and these low note, full soundeding chords.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyktendqW38

At 28 seconds--I hear it all the time. A and B with E's lowered? What do you call that?