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Guitar is sold. Thanks to those who expressed interest!

Bought new in November 2017. It has since served me well in a smoke-free house and a few gigs along the way. I've taken care to keep it clean and lubricated, and it's really as great as the day I bought it (except for ~3 bar dings that I tried to highlight in the pics below). I'll include the basic ...

Here is the simple "KISS" answer to the original poster’s apparent question: “The most common notes used to add harmony to a melody note are the third and fifth scale degrees of the diatonic scale.” Based on this answer, in the key of C major, you are saying that E (the 3rd scale degree) ...

Here’s a thread where I asked this very question. and there are some great answers in it. I went with the 7 string raise and haven’t looked back, fwiw.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=353036

I'm very interested. Can you provide more details - age, amount of use/wear, # of levers, copedent, case condition? more pics? Price and shipping cost?

Thanks!
-Andy

$3200 for a custom guitar built to an individual's specs is arguably reasonable. However, if they are going to be producing these for general retail sale, most of the costs of producing the first one, aren't there for the 2nd and subsequent builds. To ask $3200 for a production lap steel guitar seem...

Can you provide a bit more specificity about the pickup location beyond “the cornfields?”

I think it’s a good sign that you hear that your playing is “off.” That means you will be able to tell when it’s “on.” Some musicians don’t know when they are flat or otherwise not sounding musical. I have no idea what you are playing and how, but it’s always way easier to make micro adjustments to ...

This is great! I love seeing people adapt to their individual needs so that they can play these crazy things that we all love - modified bars, unusual copeds, etc.

I sit through it all. But that’s mostly out of convenience because I also sing, and to move from sitting to standing would also require a mic move (or setting up a separate standing station).

I'll take it if it's still available. PM sent.

I've been playing for 3 or 4 years, and I'm not very good, but I might be in a good spot to answer your question. I started with a well-regarded entry-level S10 guitar, and a year or so later added a Fessenden SD10 to the herd, mostly because I wanted one guitar for home and one to keep in the band ...

Erv Niehaus wrote:I believe what you are calling "Lonesome Whistle" is "I'm so lonesome I Could Cry"

Different song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIo5x-q1GNo

One negative thing about the otherwise great Stage One is those soft levers. You really need to be careful sliding into position behind the guitar so you don't bend one with your knees. Yes, they are easy to bend back, but it still feels wrong to be hand-bending guitar parts...

All of your 'statements' appear true except that in #2, you mixed up your strings. D is on strings 1 and 4, not 2 and 5. But the idea is correct - skip the D if you want a straight E minor chord.

As always, I should have gone to google before asking, but if anyone else is interested, I found this which has major scale and pentatonic scales in basically the same format - in fact there's a 'note name' version and a 'scale degree' version for each key, so that's handy. https://playpedalsteel.co...

Thanks for sharing that treasure trove of Joe Wright videos! The timing is perfect as I have the next week off to dig in. Does anyone have a source of the scale charts that he uses in the lessons? They would be fairly easy to make, but it would be even easier to just click and print, if they are rea...

$0.78 ea. Shipping is pretty much a flat rate, so it behooves you to buy a bunch of stuff at once.

https://www.juststrings.com/ghs-011pg.html

I don’t understand why it is more important for the pedals to bottom out the same than it is to start off with pedal height that allows for rocking on and off comfortably and effectively. Yeah, really they don't need to be "even" in either position (down or up). All that really matters ...

If I recall the height of the pedals is important to make these moves. Mine are right about the same height. Generally the "at rest" height of the pedals doesn't matter. As suggested above, you probably want them to bottom out at about the same height. I suggest first putting the B pedal ...

my first guitar was an s10. moving to an sd10 was far more comfortable. This was my experience as well. Having a pad helps to keep both of my hands from moving unnecessarily, as it gives a sort of positional reference, in a way that the strings only do not. Also, I much prefer the position of the k...

Josef Schneider wrote:Guitar is set up Eminem style

This made my day!!!

I've never taught theory, but I would think that any old cheap keyboard is a must as a musical calculator. I agree with this. I fortunately happen to have my steel setup kitty corner to a piano, and I am often reaching over with my right hand to count out and visualize intervals, and such, when try...

I'm a relative PSG newbie (a few years), but I never took to the Winston book. I find that it moved from Beginner lessons to Intermediate/Advanced lessons way too quickly. I also feel that it omits some information that would have help a beginner understand why they are doing what they are doing. Fo...

Do the hook ends need to be modded, like ground for clearance between the next cross shaft? Probably you can get them from Michael Yahl/psgparts.com or anybody that keeps steels in inventory Jim Palenscar, Johnnie King, Al Brisco, Billy Knowles or Billy Cooper. They aren't modded other than just be...