The Steel Guitar Forum

Just released a new pedal steel lesson series. Here are some highlights... -An in-depth look at bar control, the right hand, using pedals, & the volume pedal -Multi Angle Views -Ways to Practice, How to Practice, What to Practice Here's more info, and a video preview: https://playpedalsteel.com/...

Hope everyone’s doing well. Here’s a digital download / EBook for $14.99 -An In-Depth Guide to Picking and Blocking -How to Efficiently and Accurately Play Notes on Steel Guitar with Info, Advice, and Tips… -Great for Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, and Console Steel Guitar -Over 100 Pages with Graphics, Il...

Really interesting to hear all these perspectives from experience, thanks for sharing. My trouble with pedal steel is it is hard enough to learn all the intervals between strings of a single tuning...then you add the ability to change the tuning into so many different possible tunings on the fly wit...

Emmons’ sense of “playing like he meant it” has definitely been an influence on me. Hearing some audio clips of him practicing without any amplification had an impact on my playing, and made me realize that the challenges of right hand blocking/technique doesn’t need to be a hindrance to playing not...

Here’s an article that discusses the main differences between lap steel and pedal steel: https://playpedalsteel.com/pedal-steel-vs-lap-steel/ Anyone start with lap steel, and then start playing pedal steel later? Curious to see if that helped you in the long run for playing both instruments? Seems t...

Hope everyone’s doing well… Here’s an article about Buddy, and how he can be influential to playing: https://playpedalsteel.com/buddy-emmons-characteristics-how-they-can-improve-your-playing/ How has Buddy and his playing influenced you? What’s the most important thing you’ve learned from him as a p...

Hey everyone! Here's a digital download, which has over 1,000 pages with tabs and diagrams...

https://playpedalsteel.com/the-scale-bo ... el-guitar/

It's only $9.99 and is an easy to use reference for practicing. You can download it instantly.

You’re welcome!

It doesn’t, has all of the harmonized 3rds & 6ths of major scale for every key, can definitely get the minors from starting on certain string groupings of these… But, also have a whole Ebook/download that dives deep into harmonized 6ths on E9, which has a bunch of info and riffs for harmonized m...

Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well. Here’s an article/list I wrote about some “classic” songs with pedal steel on them: https://playpedalsteel.com/classic-songs-that-were-recorded-with-pedal-steel-guitar/ I think one of the most interesting things about many of these songs is that for how popular ...

I’m going to look deeper at the MOYO, Stage One, and Telonics options. I really enjoy the tone of the Goodrichs, and the clarity & frequency response of the Hiltons. Jerry, how did you compensate the EQ on the original Ernie Ball? I’ve found this pedal to be great for regular guitar, but definit...

Hope everyone’s doing well… Here’s an article about volume pedals for pedal steel guitar: https://playpedalsteel.com/pedal-steel-volume-pedals/ I’m curious if anyone uses volume pedals that aren’t from Goodrich or Hilton? Also, what do you like or dislike about the volume pedal you’re using, or ones...

Hope playing’s going well…

Here are some E9 tabs for harmonized 6ths, moving up & down the fretboard:
https://playpedalsteel.com/e9-harmonize ... -key-of-c/

Haha thanks, there’s another mug design in there with color. For some projects I’ll use Prisma.

Hey everyone! Here's an E9 pedal steel chord guide: https://playpedalsteel.com/the-chord-guide-for-e9-pedal-steel-guitar/ It easily utilizes the Nashville Number System, and is intuitive to use - has a BONUS section of over a hundred pages of extra chord charts, key references, and more. It’s $9.99,...

Got some new coffee mug designs in, they can be ordered here: https://steelvibrato.com/collections/mugs

Here’s one of them…

Just finished some new t-shirt designs!

They’re available here (plus a few more designs)… https://steelvibrato.com/collections/t-shirts







Hope you enjoy.

Great to hear, glad it’s been helpful! Hope playing’s going well.

Chord charts for E9 pedal steel...

https://playpedalsteel.com/pedal-steel-chord-charts/

Includes:
-Major Chords
-Minor Chords
-Minor 7th Chords
-Keys & Nashville Number System

Hope you enjoy!

Hope everyone's doing well!

Here are some free fretboard maps for E9 pedal steel...
https://playpedalsteel.com/fretboard-ma ... e9-tuning/

Hey everyone!

Here are a bunch of free tabs for E9 pedal steel...
https://playpedalsteel.com/pedal-steel-tabs/

Hope playing is going well!

Hey everyone. I was able to get some pedal steel legs from John Davis in the UK today. He was incredibly helpful and kind, and had a great time meeting him and talking some steel. Truly awesome how supportive the steel guitar community can be, so nice of John and Joost to go out of their way to help...

Thanks so much Joost, really appreciate it! I just sent you a PM with more info.

-Casey

Hope everyone’s doing well. I’m touring Europe for a month with Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, and my baggage with my pedal steel legs was lost by airlines. I have literally all of my pedal steel and its accessories besides the four legs to stand it up and set everything up (I do have pedal bar an...

Hey everyone! I am going to be flying with my pedal steel for a show in about a couple of weeks. I'd love some advice and tips on weight limit, flight case?, possible damage, checking/carry-on, and methods you may recommend. I currently own three double necks (each pretty heavy, but maybe under 50 l...