The Steel Guitar Forum

I am also part Ojibwe--- my grandfather is from Couchiching First Nation in Northern Ontario, but he eventually moved to Thunder Bay.

Wow! What a beauty! If only I hadn't just bought another pedal steel, I would be all over this.

I like Steve Earle's take: https://youtu.be/CvCf9UMJKZ4?t=12

"I'm not gonna tell anybody what's country and what's not, because there were people that said what I was doing wasn't country when Guitar Town came out."

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I'm selling a bunch of my Jeffran College courses that I used to learn pedal steel the last couple years, all with CDs and DVDs (rather than cassettes). I bought these all brand new from Jeffran. Up From The Top AB pedals $60 USD Up From the Top F Lever $60 USD Up From the Top D lever $50 USD No Spe...

Has anyone heard of Rodgers Pedal Steels? There's one for sale on Kijiji in Montreal right now. 12 strings, 4 pedals. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-guitare/ouest-de-lile-qc/rodgers-pedal-steel-guitar/1261615944 It looks like they were made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I'm from Alberta but I've never heard...

This is something I haven't seen come up too often (so I apologize if there's already a thread) but I was wondering how everyone practices the steel guitar. How much time do you spend woodshedding? How do you divide your time? Do you practice technique more or playing tunes more? Or do you practice ...

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The out of print and rare Pedal Steel Handbook by Rusty Young of Poco fame. It's written in an entertaining, informal style and has lots of useful tips and Poco solos tabbed out. I really liked the sections about arranging for pedal steel and improvisation. I bought this locally from the daughter of...

The way I interpret what people mean when they say tone is all in the right hand is that "guitars and effects won't make up for bad technique." Being able to play well is more important than the gear you use, and that's true for any instrument. I really liked The Right Hand Alpha course fr...

Thanks for the replies everyone. I ordered 3 brackets from Michael Yahl and will replace all three when I get back home. I bought the steel sort of on a whim because I don't see many for sale locally and it seemed like a good deal for the shape it was in. It's clean and plays great. I paid $1500 Can...

Thanks everyone! I think I'll just replace all three brackets so I have some piece of mind. I didn't realize they were notorious for breaking. Good to know. Glad you guys know a thing or two because I'm still new at this.

Hey guys, I was playing a show last night and my F lever (LKL) broke off of my Sho Bud Pro I. Not the lever itself, but just above the axle where it connects to the mechanism. What are my options? Could I solder it back together or get a machine shop to weld it, or do I need to buy a whole new lever...

Hey Susan,
I ordered this last week and it arrived in the mail yesterday. Your playing is great and so are the arrangements (although I admit I'm not very familiar with Piazzolla). It's very inspiring and refreshing to hear something other than country played on pedal steel.

I'm 24- I bought a 6 string lap steel when I was 19 but couldn't afford a decent pedal steel until I finished University. I have been studying it pretty seriously for the last two years. There are surprisingly few steelers in Alberta even though there is a lot of love for country music (although the...

Just wanted to give a quick shout out to William Litaker and his Saturday afternoon (morning for me here on the Prairies!) broadcast. They are definitely a total steel at only $5 a week. You can tell William is very passionate about teaching and always shows a ton of interesting new licks, intros, a...

Definitely worth it guys, especially if it's anything like the one for I Just Destroyed the World! Looking forward to it. I always find lots of licks and ideas from Williams workshops and broadcasts.

Where did you get the guitar? There's one for sale in Kelowna, BC, Canada that I'm thinking of buying. http://www.kijiji.ca/v-guitar/calgary/vintage-sho-bud-pro-ii-double-neck-10-string-pedal-steel-guitar/1043734648 The case has Rashke on it, and the seat has L.R. on it. I just emailed whoever poste...

I've been tuning into the broadcast for 4 weeks or so now and it's well worth the modest price ($5/week!) that William charges. Lots of great technique stuff you can use as licks or to develop your right hand, along with intros and project tunes. He does a free one on one Skype session when you subs...

The same thing happened with my Linkon pedal steel- I had to jam the 3/16" driver onto the hex nuts. Not ideal. I bought a cheap metric nut driver set from Princess Auto and the 5mm driver works like a charm.

I've plotted Dave's (much better than mine) formula for the slant angle from straight bar position (for arbitrary string spacing and scale length): http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1403/13393_slant_angle_2.jpg Which is cool, because it shows what you'd think intuitively- as you go higher up the...

It seems like it's just a trigonometry problem. If you know the string spacing between the two strings you're slanting the bar between, and the distance between the "pivot" fret (the one closest to you) and the slanted fret, divide the string spacing by the fret distance and take the inver...

I was wondering who their steel player was! I was front row for their set at Sasquatch at the Gorge in Washington a couple weeks ago. Even though there were two beautiful Swedish girls up front singing (and exuding cool confidence) I couldn't keep my eyes off the steel player. Their new record is gr...

Thanks for the ideas everybody, I think I'm going to do what Lane suggested and have a machine shop do it on Tuesday. I don't want to sacrifice my pedal learning how to use a screw extractor :) And Jimmy, I'll make sure to put washers on to be safe. I'm pretty sure my problem was the screw wasn't in...

Today while I was practicing the ball joint screw on the A pedal of my Linkon S-10 steel broke. The ball and hex part snapped clean off, leaving the thread inside. I have to play a show tomorrow so I've swapped the A and C pedals temporarily. Is there a good way to to get the screw thread out of the...