The Steel Guitar Forum

I met Lorene 20 years ago when I attended my first HSGA festival in Joliet IL. I had her book and took it with me - she was so nice to talk to me and sign her book. She had a huge passion for Hawaiian steel and worked hard on events and programs to showcase the music, and get more young people inter...

If you need steel in the Valley of the Sun - lemme know. Any style, pedal, lap, dobro, Hawaiian. Chris - seldomfed@gmail.com.

Aloha, Sorry for the last min. Posting here. The annual mainland HSGA weekend starts Thursday in Fort Collins. CO. Info and schedules on our web.
Http://www.hsga.org


Aloha

Here is a single 8 - anybody know the history or value?

Aloha- the HSGA steel convention will be held again in Fort Collins CO, OCT 1, 2, 3. view the web for info - http://www.hsga.org Ticket site: http://hsga2015.brownpapertickets.com/ Our guest this year is Duke Kaleolani Ching. Duke has been a part of HSGA since it started. His uncle was Jules Ah See ...

Aloha all, The next HSGA (Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association) Honolulu convention will be held April 29,30 and coincides with Lei Day (May 1st) and some other steel guitar events. If you love Hawaiian steel, this is a great opportunity to hear great players and learn. You can also show your stuff - s...

Aloha all, For the last 30 years the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Assoc. (HSGA) has held it's annual mainland festival in Joliet Illinois. This year it will be held in Fort Collins, Colorado OCT 23,24,25 2014. We're excited to try a new venue and a new town! Fort Collins is one of the top small communities...

Looking forward to seeing you all! It will be a fun time as always. I've seen Ed play in Kauai the last two years and I love his style. You're in for a treat. I hear Alan is coming as well so we'll have some epic jams for sure. It's the last one in Joliet, but it ain't the last HSGA mainland event! ...

See ya there - I'm driving out with a buddy

Hope we see you!

Aloha, We'd love to see you in Joliet! This is our last convention in Joliet, HSGA will be hosting our annual convention in 2014 in a city TBA.

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I like my Wechter/Shearhorn. The Rob Icks model has the Fishman
System built in, nice vol. andtoenaile controls - I run it thru a Tonebone
preamp and into my Milkman. Loud and sweet - no feedback issues

My 6 string frypan. Why? Just has such a rich tone.

so, I need a new hip. Arthritis dang it. has anyone gone thru this and had issues getting back to playing pedal steel? I know we all heal differently, but most friends have seen amazing improvement in quality of life, zero pain etc. so I don't have too many concerns, but... I just wondered if anyone...

Just a shout out to TC Furlong to say thanks!! I had some repairs done recently and I'm quite pleased. Great service! He emails you back promptly and is extremely customer focused and fair in all dealings. This is the kind of customer service you rarely experience anymore - so thanks TC. Oh, and the...

More good steel on Kauai is up in Waimea at the Plantation Cottages, there's a lovely restaurant there and every THURS night The Kama’aina’s play - not to be missed.

Gettin' close! weeeee haaaaa - hope you can attend. This is a chance to meet and hear some of the best steel around. Talk story, learn history, meet players from around the world and Hawaii, buy cool old instruments and kanikapila all night!

If you are new to non-pedal steel and want to hear a variety of styles (Not just Hawaiian), or you want to learn some great Hawaiian style steel - join us in OCT in Joliet IL for the www.hsga.org annual festival.

Aloha, This annual event in Joliet IL attracts some of the best steel guitar players around. This year we'll have more things of interest for Hawaiian music fans as well.

Thanks Chuck and Bob for putting this together! This will be a fun show. Downtown Denver is a great place to spend a few hours, or a few days!

see ya there,
Chris

There is a slack key show up near Hanalei - on Sundays. There's a small admission charge. It can be good and sometimes steel is part of it. Else, it's hard to find anything more than a single singer act at most places. Cindy Combs plays in Hanapepe sometimes - great slack key. They have a single act...

Steinar - best wishes for speedy recovery. Love your music. We'll be thinkin' of you.

lovely! It's great to see this kind of work to keep these guitars alive. I met a guy who knew a guy that used to work for Rickenbacker - he told me they still have enough 'old stock' parts to make about 80 'new' model A's. Why don't they? Then again - a guy who knew a guy is as solid a source as an ...

hi all,
my first album is on CD Baby

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/chriskennison

It includes some Dobro, Pedal, Hawaiian, and Weissenborn
All instrumental.

Mahalo,
Chris

ya buddy!