The Steel Guitar Forum

I’ve been quite happy with mine for 10 years or more. Time flies....One of the knee levers broke the wood so I bolted it thru the cabin. Sounds good, keeps in tune. If I just had more time to play it. (See the video link above...) The legs could be less flimsy. Maybe somekinda extra bars between f...

If he used Space Echo, a very good emulation of a new, serviced one is Boss RE-20. It got my Space Echo to retire from gigging. (On 6 stringelectric guitar thou)

An amp case goes a long way as an amp stand.

And it may look like this:



Or like this:

What did they mostly use in the 50's? Fender Deluxes?

Just noticed in a studio situation that slide vibrato may cause some audible scratch noise.

That may sound cool with dobro, but somehow I didn't like that too much with pedal steel.

But it's a lot of money to spend without trying out one first isn't it? I wonder if he has a basic one in stock that you could try and, if you like it, if he'd be able to customise it in time for you to take it back with you? Actually, in his site he says he has a 6-stringer in his shop for test dr...

C'mon with those analogies, guys, please! Three fret guitars, bridges & pries, hammers & nails, elephants, haikus and fishing... :eek: And back to the topic: just got mail from WBS. Their 6-stringer with 3 pedals and 4 knee levers I requested would cost almost exactly the same amount of mone...

Alan, what's wrong with Carter Starter? I haven't found any flaws* with it - but what would I know since I've never even tried a pro model of any brand. Just wondering what would be better with a pro steel. I haven't got an answer from WBS what the 6/3/4 model would cost, but they said they are able...

I thought Carter Starter isn't made anymore - and indeed I already have one. (And mine was really inexpensive, 300 euros brand new since I got it from realisation sale.)

Getting a six stringer will cost me more, that's for sure, but that doesn't stop me from wanting one.

I think I can find that F# there somehow even if I don't have a dedicated string for it. I may have to press a pedal, use a lever or move the bar - and probably there are licks that could use such a string.

But pedal steel is not a harp or xylophone.

This is another example of something that cannot be done on a 6-string steel. You guys who think you can get it all on a 6 stringer are wrong. You can’t. And you’re missing something the rest of us feel is important and necessary Maybe. The problem for me was that there's more music in 10-strin...

If you're going to go for minimalism, why as many as six strings? Diddley bow has already been mentioned... so we have defined the absolute minimum and unreasonable maximum in the thread. I'm going for optimum for me, however. (Actually, I did drop an email to WBS if they are able and willing to ma...

There's not fret markers in violin or cello either - not even in double bass - and they do alrite. I think I cover my fret board with a blanket just for the heck of it...

To be clear, I'm not considering a 6 stringer as a stepping stone up to 10 stringer. I'm considering it as a stepping down stone from 10 stringer. I think I could have a better use of a 6 stringer in live situations. I'm not getting rid of my 10 stringer either - it seems I'm convincing myself in ge...

Isn't that Monoprice amp essentially a late Epiphone jr. with a tone control?

A 'suspended' chord has NO 3rd tone, so it never establishes itself as 'maj.' or 'min.', thus it is 'suspended'.. or maybe I don't understand the question. :) It's pretty unmusical to add major third to a sus4 but added with sus2 you get a nice add9 chord. Quite a lot of pop riffs made are with sus...

This may sound provocative, but I think I might consider taking a six stringer to a gig for a couple of songs. (I'm mainly a guitarist in my band.) I haven't done that with a 10 stringer, because of the need to concentrate and the hasle is too much for me. In studio situation I'm quite happy with th...

Lane Gray wrote:Sus2 is a sus4 a 4th down: that is to say that the Csus4 is Fsus4. Same chord, different name and use.

You mean Fsus2.

Calvin Walley wrote:thanks for the links Tommi

nice looking guitars , wish they had a photo of the German one thou

No prob:

http://www.pedalsteelguitars.de/the-six ... r/galerie/

does anyone have a list of mfg of six shooters ? i know of hudsons but someone mentioned Jerry Fessenden where can i find Jerrys' i would like to see his and others Found this: http://www.fessendensteelguitars.com/guitars.html But I think two pedals may not be enough for me. My problem (if it is a ...

Please point me a Ben Keith lick that would require 10 strings - and I do know he had 10 strings.

The kinder garden my kids were had only pentatonic instruments there. Poor kids couldn't hit a wrong note even if they wanted to.

Well, I'm not completely lost with my 10 stringer. I just don't seem to find good use to some of the strings there. I hardly ever go to low register for example - and the strings 1 and 2 are confusing. I really like (was it) the 3rd string, D# with a half step down lever thou - which was pretty conf...

Good ideas, thank you all! I think I seriously consider learning the extra strings as well - I just don't seem to to use those too much. I've sometimes visited the WBS site, but the 6 stringer didn't catch my attention. I'm not too familiar with the history of the pedal steel guitar, but aren't the ...

Just wondering... Since I hardly ever use other strings than the ones that form that nice E major chord (with maj 7th added as 2nd string) in my Carter Starter... has anyone made six string pedal steels? I think I could do quite anything I wanted with strings: 1: D# 2: G# 3: E 4: B 5: G# 6: E And pe...