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No worries, Lee. I'll check it out at the next string change.

I was kinda surprised there weren't more bids on it, actually....

Here's a few pics of a Maxim I picked up recently off the eeb: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff266/agallus/_58.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff266/agallus/_584.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff266/agallus/_583.jpg According to the seller, his father used to play this guitar, bu...

Buddy Emmons' steel in Steve Young's version of "Lonesome, Onry and Mean" off "Renegade Picker"

Red Rhodes on Willis Allen Ramsey's "Goodbye To Old Missoula"

Bobby Black's solo on "Truck Drivin' Man" from Commander Cody's "We've Got A Live One Here"

Yeah, Nick, that'd be great! It's gallus29@gmail.com. Would love an excuse to get up to Sin City again. Have beer/wine/steel, will travel!

P.S. I can't promise that I won't end up pulling the trigger on a nice, ol' vintage number at some time in the not-too-distant future, thanks to this thread. I'll have to pull a few more paying gigs or sell some cds, though, so I can put the strongest possible case to Treasury...

Update: So, I've just taken delivery of a rather nice little number from a local maker: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/331074736492?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Sounds pretty sweet so far to my ears. I'll look to put a multibender on it at some stage; although for now I'll make...

Well howdy there, stranger!

Thanks Tom.

The very aptly named "Angel" is gorgeous!

G'day Shane! I'm actually the guy who bought your Emmons Black Rock all those years ago. Small world! Speaking of gigs, I caught the set you did with Van Walker the other week at the Northcote Social Club - sounded great, although the sound guy had you way too low in the mix (why are so many of thes...

Ned McIntosh wrote: this bewitching, improbable collision of precision engineering and luthiery known as the steel-guitar.

Couldn't have put it better if I swallowed a dictionary, Ned!

Thanks for your words of welcome, fellas... and a particularly hearty g'day to all you Aussie and Kiwi steelers!

Lots of good points there, chaps. Much appreciated! Steve: Thanks for the link to the other thread, and nice work on the roller nut mod. I think you're right; it'll be a case of going for an oldie or getting something serviceable that I can put a bender on. Doing both is a capital idea but alas, I t...

Look for a Magnatone G65 or G70. They are great sounding steels and feel really good to play. They can be had for 300-400 in the US. http://www.vintageguitars.net/products/dispProd.cfm?page=3&id=227428&&srch&year=&manufacturer=&model=LAP%20STEEL&storeId=0&category= T...

Dennis Smith wrote: Guitar Center Vintage

Thanks, Dennis. There's quite a few on there that look very promising indeed.

Thanks Bill. Yeah, they look kinda cool, but I did wonder whether the looks might be decieving. It's one of things, too, where folks still want to get around $500 for them over here. Seems that for about $100 or so more (with shipping) I could have a sweet old Valco, or something.

Here's mine, second from the right, I only have a family pic, I'm afraid. I might take a few close ups at a later date. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1205/13610_Guitars_1.jpg I don't know too much about it, actually. I picked it up about 15 years ago here in Oz. It's a square neck Dobro; it ...

No worries, Sean. Ramble away!

That was a good get, seeing Mossy while you were here in Melb. He only seems to pop his head up every now and then these days. He's certainly one of the best musos we've ever produced, and The Forum is a great venue for that kind of thing.

So, I went to see a band called Calexico recently, and after hearing the guitar player swapping between guitar and a lap steel with a Dusenberg Multibender, I've developed a a bad case of GAS. It seems like a good way to get a bit of steel action where the gig/stage is too small to warrant lugging t...

Hi All, Just signed up! You can all call me Drew. I wasn't sure where the best place to introduce myself might be, but here seemed as good a place as any. A bit about me: I've been playing steel for about 8 years.I play an Emmons Black Rock through a Princeton Reverb Reissue. There's a link to some ...