The Steel Guitar Forum

If you go with a slightly oversized board you can alway zip-tie a power strip on there and continue to use the wall warts you already have. You can buy a "one spot" or get an isolated power supply if you'd like to use that to consolidate the 9 volt pedals to one outlet. If you leave them p...

Welcome Chad! I'm certainly not a working pro here but in my learning experience picking a tuning really depends on the type of music you'd like to play. You can seemingly make anything "work" with your theory background but certain passages may be easier in than others with particular tun...

Lot's of improvisation so live sets are alway a bit different. Please say hi if you ever make it out, it feels like a rare thing to talk much steel in this area of the states. All of the string players are big Zappa fans, myself included. Speaking of Zappa and slide, I was just talking about Sneaky ...

Hello fellow bar handling enthusiasts! I'm a relative new comer to the steelin' arts and forum but I had a pretty prominent voice in the following recording and am excited to share it! https://illogicians.bandcamp.com/album/mark-the-time-2 The album is very aggressively eclectic but my trusty S6 Mag...

didn't see one on Reverb for less than $550 shipped, one is up for nearly $800 in that same style. Thats what they're asking... not sure if they're selling. All say listed 6 months oddly enough. Real neat piece of ole gear

Hey Chris, I'm just down the road in Burlington, be happy to pass along a couple of my ole beginning books if you'd like them. I'm certainly not qualified for full on lessons but would be happy to informally pass along what I've picked up over last few years.

Rad!

Holy cow, Orivlle. How did I not think of that?! Talk about having your cake and eating it too. I guess the one time we tried a DI steel sound it was really awful, I wrote it off entirely. Re-amped and used in tandem with the mic-ed amp sound I'm sure it'd be much more pallateable. That might just b...

Thanks everyone, keep it coming! Sounds like Mike and Nic are echoing (look it's a pun!) the way I kind of feel about it. Recording in the manner you would play seems like it'd elicit the most confident and natural sounding performance from the player and lend a live sound to the takes. I understand...

Hey folks, relative newcomer to steel playing now coming into the opportunity to do some recording. Was just hoping to get your approaches to reverb while recording (in a nutshell, anyway). Basically how much and when. So far we've been erring on the side of pretty dry with the idea we can alway tag...

this thing maybe?

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I'm with Randy on this one. There are a few brands to choose from but I like that style of finger pick. They provide some tactile feedback but still give you a nice sharp attack. May even provide a good trasition to fully covered picks, if that's where you land eventually, but I've been happy enough...

While at a local shop I tried the Key9 and B9 side by side with a lap steel. For me the difference in tracking was pretty stark, the B9 was much more responsive and had a more convincing sound. I don't know if organ sounds are going to be the sound you're after but the B9 does have a 'cathedral' set...

I stumbled across this band late last year, and I'm glad I did! Bought several albums and can't wait for the new one. I love music like this, that has a sense of humor. It sounds like they have fun playing and are a rad, original band for it. I second that "check 'em out" sentiment. Give t...

Thanks Rick that headphone idea sounds like a good tip for improving. I'll have to try that! edit: tried the angling the steel on my lap before too, at the point I have upper range in tune (in a neutral hand position) the tilt is pretty extreme and I'd have to slant to keep the lower range in tune. ...

Bouge, thanks I think you're on the right track. parrallax definately seems to be at play here. despite the scale being the virtually the same one rests at exatly 1/2'' and the other roughly 1/3'' for string height. I hadn't even noticed they were much different. The harmonics seem to ring true righ...

they both measure out right at 22.5in. I changed the strings this week to see if they could be a factor but am still stuggling. To be honest I don't know what strings I put on the Magnatone last but on the Rukavina I popped on GHS C6 custom shop. I'm still in that finding what I like the most stage....

Hey folks, looking for some tips on how to adjust to a new steel. I've been playing a beautiful old Maggie that I'm putting into semi-retirement, as I like it too much to chance any unfortunate occurance at a gig. I comissioned a build from Ryan Rukavina (I pestered that poor guy soooo much) but am ...

Thanks guys, I've really been have been loving playing this thing. Frank and Steve, those are both lovley instruments too, I like that raised portion to rest the right hand. Thanks for the link,These all seem like they could tell some great stories, each one unique. This thing is 65+ plus now I'm re...

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/16670_fullsizeoutput_eed_1.jpg http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/16670_fullsizeoutput_ee8_1.jpg Greetings from Washington state! I snagged this at a music store a short distance down the highway, and was just wondering what all you cats think abou...