The Steel Guitar Forum

Ron Whitfield wrote:

Chris Wynn wrote:Sadly it warped and was thrown away a few years ago.

Save those warped LPs by placing the record between 2 panes of of glass out in the sunlight (safer than the oven) and soon you'll be enjoying them again.

Ah, you're assuming we HAVE sunlight here in the UK Ron!

Cheers,

Chris.

Plenty of "Waikiki Beach Boys" stuff out there in Google-land, but I have the feeling they were European?... The Waikiki Beach Boys had an album here in the UK in the late 60's called South Sea Island Magic on the budget Music For Pleasure (MFP) label, sold in Woolworths. Used to be one i...

Why not email Marshall direct? I have always found them to be extreemly helpful and interested in what you are trying to do. Good luck.
Chris.

That's great news, mind over matter is a wonderful and very, very powerful thing. Good luck with your recovery Bill.
Chris.

...... but I can only offer a quote from a famous man. After my accident, my Marshall amp dealer wrote to the company, Jim Marshall himself wrote back to me and his letter reduced me to tears with his concern and understanding; a few weeks later I met Jim at the factory where I found that he too ha...

I have just heard that Jim Marshall has passed away aged 88. Whilst not exactly country amps there can be no doubt that his babies have had an enormous impact on the world of popular music. Please view my post 'What's in a name' for how he helped me. I wrote that this morning, UK time, unaware of hi...

.... squeezing all kinds of putty & sponges as well as doing a series of excruciating hand exercises. ....I'm pretty sure I can come back 100% or close to it for steel and I'll do my best on standard though right now, the basic chords and scales are a challenging to even finger. Bill has a much...

The Slider 6 & 8 are featured on the ABM web site, however, I see that the Slider 6 at least now has an EBM badge; I personally think that the company has either changed hands or renamed/branded itself. STOP PRESS. It appears that the owner of ABM recently passed away and that the company was so...

With you there Steve. Either way, they sound and play well; mine has the Harley Benton badge too. I have nothing against HB, I have an HB branded National O copy fitted with a National cone and a Fishman Doughnut pick-up, great acoustic sound for slide but the jury's out on the doughnut, I use a Fis...

Stephen Baker wrote:Hi Chris,
I have the eight string version of the Harley Benton, does anyone know why some are ABM and others, like mine are EBM? Steve

Guessing, 6 string = AverageBM, 8 string = ExtraBM

Thanks for your replies chaps, I was aware of Billy Hew Len from Andy Volk's excellent 'Lap Steel Guitar' book, such an insperation that makes my minor problems seem quite trivial in comparison. I've also been corrisponding with Tom Doughty and feel humbled by his playing. Point is that I see this a...

Thanks for your replies chaps, I was aware of Billy Hew Len from Andy Volk's excellent 'Lap Steel Guitar' book, such an insperation that makes my minor problems seem quite trivial in comparison. I've also been corresponding with Tom Doughty and feel humbled by his playing. Point is that I see this a...

As a new member but an old reader of this forum I'm facinated by the discussion on what to call what we are playing. I came to bottleneck (slide guitar here in the UK) 5 years ago after I had managed to remove three fingers in an industrial accident in 1994, left with thumb and first finger it was t...

As a new member but an old reader of this forum I'm facinated by the discussion on what to call what we are playing. I came to bottleneck (slide guitar here in the UK) 5 years ago after I had managed to remove three fingers in an industrial accident in 1994, left with thumb and first finger it was t...