The Steel Guitar Forum

I like this. It's something different. I've been experimenting with different effects, distortion, etc. Pedal steel truly is a limitless instrument.

My girlfriend goes to the liquor cabinet when I sit down at my steel. I've never gotten a "Sounds nice" comment. Your wife have a sister? LOL Only kidding. Good luck in your playing!

Awesome looking guitar! I hope to have one that looks like that one day. I bought my first steel from Billy. He even fixed it for free one time after I tried to change the copedent and got it all messed up. Really a great guy...

Glad to hear you are still enjoying yourself and hungry to learn more Niels. I've been playing for about 12 months. Just when I feel like I know what I'm doing, I discover something new and it starts all over again. What an amazing instrument. I was like you. I thought I was a guitar player (and a g...

You mentioned Ernie Ball....I've been playing about a year now and I've only used an Ernie Ball volume pedal. This has worked good for me. If you have limited choices, the Ernie Ball is fine and won't impact your learning in a negative way. You can at least start with the EB and upgrade later.

Thanks for sharing this Andy!!

Thank you William! I will see if I can get in touch with Bill.

Been playing for a little while now (8 months) and feel like a lesson would do me some good. Just looking for some new ideas and also someone to talk steel with. Maybe show me some intros to some of the old classics like Heartaches By the Number, Under Your Spell Again, etc... If you are in the Rale...

This can't get any better.... We have a thread where Paul Franklin himself actually commented and provided insight...AND we have great minds like Lane and Stuart going at it.

Best forum in the world I'm tellin' ya....

I'm a new player and went through the same process you are going through about 3 months ago. I own a Derby D-10 which I love, but wanted a SD-10 to lug around to band practice and jam sessions. I tried many different brands of steels (Emmons, Zum, Mullen, etc.) Zum is probably the best right now in ...

Jerry, I have personally used all of those amps you listed above. One of my band members owns a Fender Frontman 211 that he offered to let me use. You can play with the EQ all you want on that amp and it will never sound good for steel. The other amps you listed are not ideal for steel. If you can, ...

Use Monster cables for all my stuff. They are the best in my opinion. Expensive, but come with lifetime warranty.

Use Monster cables for all my stuff. They are the best in my opinion. Expensive, but come with lifetime warranty.

I think even Mr. Bonamassa would watch this and say: Wow!

Great playing. My first love was the blues. I hope to be able to rip out some stuff like that one day. Inspiring for sure.

I thank God everyday for this forum....

Donny: Sound advice! I get those looks all the time, but with hours of practice, I've noticed they don't come my way as often. Lane: As always, you provide great insight. Larry: Good points. Dave H: I agree. That's kind of what I was thinking. Thanks to all for the advice. I really appreciate it. It...

Yea, sometimes I have to split the neck up and I feel like it prevents me from making things sounds right. For instance, we do Together Again in A major. I'm playing the break up really high starting on the 17th fret. It's cool up there, but would rather play it on lower frets so it sounds a little ...

The band I'm currently playing in does classic country, but we rarely play anything in the same key with the recorded versions. I've noticed we play most things a step and a half down from the recorded version. I'm relatively new to playing steel and I'm trying to learn all the kickoffs and turnarou...

As a younger player, I think we have more choices and access today and that's good and bad. Someone mentioned earlier that the younger generation wouldn't miss a smoothie to see their favorite player. Yes, that's because we can get a smoothie and watch our favorite player on YouTube at the same time...

I just want to publicly thank Dick Sexton. I have learned a lot from him and he has been eager to help me. It's guys like him that make this forum the best in the world.

Does anybody have this one tabbed out? Doesn't matter which version. Just looking for ideas...

Thank you

Hey Joe...thanks for the reply, but I have it figured out now. Not exactly note for note with Paul, but enough to fill the song out. Thanks!

I was hoping maybe someone could help me with out with this song. I have some nice fills and things going on that I like, but I can't seem to slide up to the chorus in a way that I want. Any ideas? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO_u7aGQyBg I think Paul Franklin is doing the steel work on this. He h...

I should have known... He's an amazing player. The things he does really fit the songs. Maybe this is a start to steel coming back around...