The Steel Guitar Forum

Sorry to say this:

My tech has been calling and mailing Emmons for nut rollers since at least mid summer this year.

So far no rollers, and if I understand correctly, no reply either.

Tom

I have bumped the thread on pedal steel lessons in Austin, but I want to share it with you so I copied the text in this new thread: Last week me and my buddy finally went for our long-awaited Austin pilgrimage, which was a huge success! (although it appeared that Dale Watson AND Redd Volkaert were g...

I am bumping this thread, and I have a good reason to. Last week me and my buddy finally went for our long-awaited Austin pilgrimage, which was a huge success! (although it appeared that Dale Watson AND Redd Volkaert were gigging in our country right that week, but nevertheless...) One thing I did w...

Hi guys, Just happened to bump into this great thread, and I attached the only picture that I have of the ZB mentioned in Peer's mail. Peer, I am not sure that the guitar shown on this picture is the ZB you owned, as it looks not as green as in your picture. This guitar is (unfortunately) not built ...

Hi everybody: I do not spend too much time on this part of the forum, but I wanted to share this information with you. Last weekend I had my first gig in which I had to play my Melobro resophonic guitar live in an electric band. The day before I compared an AER (forgot the type) against the new Loud...

Same problem here. Too bad :-( I am flying in from Europe, so I guess half a block is not a big problem. See you guys there!!!! Tom ------------------ Franklin D10, Derby D10, Emmons D10 (1967), ZB Custom S10, Melobar Teleratt and Melobro, Nashville 112, Session 400, Evans 200, Twin Reverb 1980

I totally agree with all respondents that it will be very hard, if not impossible, to find a teacher with the same didactical skills of Jeff. He was unique in all respect. That being said, even with a teacher having 50% of his skills it'll be worth it to come over. The first step, however, is a teac...

Steve! I always knew that Billy had a great taste for steel guitar players. I've been a big fan of you ever since I heard Danni Leigh's 29 nights CD. Tom ------------------ Franklin D10, Derby D10, Emmons D10 (1967), ZB Custom S10, Melobar Teleratt and Melobro, Nashville 112, Session 400, Evans 200,...

Thanks for the tip Marco. I am definitely going to the Paradiso Amsterdam gig!

Any idea who will accompany him? Savannah? (again?)

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Franklin D10, Derby D10, Emmons D10 (1967), ZB Custom S10, Melobar Teleratt and Melobro, Nashville 112, Session 400, Evans 200, Twin Reverb 1980

Thanks. I have heard Reese's name mentioned before. I will certainly keep it in mind! But I hope you understand that for us Europeans the Nashville area has this magical aura around it. It is about the combination of taking a course during the day and hopefully finding a good band (preferrably with ...

Hi all: I remember the wonderful two weeks of playing with Jeff Newman in 1998 and 2001. And I miss him dearly. I am sure we all do. I know this is a tough question, and I don't want to be disrespectful, but is someone offering this kind of one on one classes (like 3 day courses) in the Nashville ar...

Billy is absolutely great. I have three CDs of his, of which two are autographed. He has visited my country a number of times. Sadly, his local management always lets him play with a local band that does not have a steel player. Great steel too. Listen to 'Down at the station' and 'Dreaming out Loud...

Bump My plane is leaving tomorrow for Florida, so it is probably too short a notice to get a wire transfer and a shipment to Miami completed. Anyway, thanks everybody for making the interesting offers. We'll wait for the next trip to the US. And on behalf of my girlfriend, who will join me on the tr...

Thanks for the emails, everybody. I will check it out later this week.

I forgot to mention that it has to be a D10, sorry.

Tom

In mint condition!!! I will be in Miami FL from 28 January until 3 February. So we could try to to make delivery in the US, and save the hassle of an international transport.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tom Ensink on 20 Ja...

Dear Chris,

I sent you a mail too.

Tom

Our band is going to play this nice song from Brenda Lee.

Can anybody help me with the intro and the intro to the steel solo? I have an idea, but can't figure it out exactly.

Who is that steel guitar player anyway? Would that be Speedy West?

Much appreciated!

Tom

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I usually mic my amp, but this is an interesting thread. Maybe I should try going direct again. Anybody use the Evans rack preamp? It is in my rack, but I have not tried it yet. I bought it from somebody who had to part with it. Funny that the Roland GP 100 is mentioned here a couple of times as wel...

I am recently added to the Derby family as well. I got mine (a black D-10) in November. I needed a second steel fast, and Charlie happened to have this baby in stock. As I had to be in Silicon Valley for business reasons back in November, Charlie sent it to my address over there (with one week's not...

Hi everybody, My band wants to play Lloyd's version of Moon River. I can play most of it, but I really really would like to play the ending as Lloyd Green does. From Bb7 to F#7 and then somehow back to Ebmaj7 with the chimes. But I have no idea how Lloyd does this (familiar question, right?;-) Can s...

Hey guys, Thanks. That sounds like fun. Why don't you all bring your steels to Malgrat or Barcelona and we can have a great Spanish jam! We'll put it on tape and send the results to Mike. Jeremy, can you mail me your gig schedule? Your email box is full and you cannot receive mails anymore. Jussi, I...

Hello everybody, I am a steel player from the Netherlands and I will be gigging with a Dutch band at the Spanish northern coast (Malgrat de Mar). I will be doing five shows for a group of Dutch/Indonesian tourists travelling along. I will be there between 31 May and 10 June. I was wondering whether ...

I had the privilege of flying over to the states and stay at Jeff and Fran's lodge for two weeks in 1998 and in 2001. His patience and teaching capabilities are legendary! We played nothing but scales for three days from 8AM till 4PM. The other days were mostly spent in the sun drinking coffee and j...

Thank you for your thoughts. I was not intending to cage myself entirely. The baffle would be just high enough to cover the instrument on the stand, and maybe a bit higher, and then use a unidirectional mic. I also made the drum comparison, although I figure that the baffles they use for drummers ar...

Hi everybody: I had this (stupid?) idea that I would like to share with you. I am gearing up my Melobro to use on stage along some pretty loud playing fellow musicians (we play e.g. easy money by waylon jennings). The problem is, obviously, to fight feed back and the general sound level of the instr...