The Steel Guitar Forum

forgot to mention that I bought this at the same Mom & Pop store that I bought the RK lap steel from. this thing almost hurts my ears when I'm playing (well in my case,attemtping to play)it,it's so loud. here's the spec's on it: Body: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany Neck Joint: 12th Fret Fretboard: Ebon...

got bit by the bug a couple of weeks ago and bought a Recording King RG 31 lap steel. so I was still gassing and decided to put a couple of the electrics (Strat and Tele)on CL. sold off one of the Strats today (still got three,Custom Thinline Tele is still for sale) and bought a Recording King RR60-...

2012 Thinline Tele type. built by a local luthier.got this a couple of months ago,and just never play it,neck is too chunky for me. all wood used in this build is from here in Oregon. Spalted Maple top Alder body Maple neck with maple fingerboard Wilkinson EZ LOK tuners MIM Standard Tele electronics...

what model number is your Fender?any trades? I have 2012 Custom Thinline.built by a local luthier here. all the wood used is from here in Oregon. necks to chunky for my hands. some info about: Spalted Maple top Alder body Maple neck with maple fingerboard Wilkinson EZ LOK tuners MIM Standard Tele el...

Ron Whitfield wrote:I listen to Humble Pie - Rockin' The Fillmore, every time I think of those other two.

another classic!

Get a copy of "Live at the Fillmore", (71?), and listen to Duane wail in open E ! Also Johnny Winter has some great slide "biker" blues on most of his recordings, electric open truning, and National acoustic. You can play "biker" blues on C6, but IMHO is works better i...

thanks for all the great reply's.just got done with the mods to my Champ 600,so not much practice time tonight. I think I have got the notes for Troy's lesson on Amazing Grace down,just need to work on the timing now.

"...biker blues style slide..." Made me laugh! Stated with no love for the "genre" I suspect! Au contraire, mon frère, I loves me the loud and rowdy when done well, especially on a horseshoe equipped steel. To see a bar full of bikers pee their pants in whoopin' glee at that del...

Jon A. Ross wrote:"...biker blues style slide..."

Made me laugh! Stated with no love for the "genre" I suspect! Reminds me of when I bought my first fiddle from a crusty old codger and he asked "Do ya wanna play country music or the other?"!!

I thought it was pretty funny too.

Jon, As mentioned in several of the above posts a lot depends on your taste in music and the tuning that best goes with that... that being said there is a lot more "free" things in the most popular tuning for lap steel and that of course is C6th. Try this web site, put up by Greg Cutshaw,...

There is a great newb-friendly steel guitar get-together in PDX that happens every other week in Wilsonville. A lot of the focus is on lap steel. Check the events section. You don't happen to be the Jon Lund that works for Stumptown? I saw that they have a frequent get together in the Portland area...

Are you looking to actually learn real steel guitar, or primarily biker blues style slide on a steel? I see Troy can do some neat things, and there's plenty to get out of that style, but compared to what you can do by learning steel guitar the Jerry Byrd way will give you a lifetime of all that and...

picked up a lap steel last weekend,Recording King RG-31 so where do I start? I'm more into the blues and rock (Allmans,Gov't. Mule,Derek Trucks,Sonny Landreth,tec.) than any other type of music,but also like a little country and other stuff.looked on youtube,couldn't find much. any sites that have f...