The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks Nick. Alternatively, if not a Sho~Bud then perhaps an Excel without pedals? If you told me it was a custom based on the Jerry Byrd model, I'd believe it. Obviously that particular axe is not a Canopus... The reason I mention Canopus is because I used to follow a hula dancer on Facebook who re...

A question probably for those who get to the various steel guitar festivals in Hawai'i. Anybody know what kind of steel Pomai Brown plays? Great touch and tone! I understand he studied with Jerry Byrd when he was young. I've seen him with what looks to be a Sho~Bud with his name on the front. I thin...

Dead keen, Mike - loved Steelin' Scales & Modes and Bebop Lap Steel Guitar. Count me in!

Sublime. Recorded 14th September, 1934. The frypan had barely been available for two years at the time this was recorded. As Andy points out, Dick's playing is a turning point - a fully-formed departure from the acoustic style that immediately preceded it.

Great episode, really enjoyed.

Mike: Not to derail the subject, am I right to assume to that Raphael namedrops the same Moonlighters you were apart of? Was there any crossover between the two of you?

I second this emotion - Rich is really great. I play non-pedal in C6th-centric tunings - and I don't see that changing - but I have been dabbling with pedals/E9th as well. I have found Rich's Patreon to be a fun resource. For someone who has little intention of playing pedal steel to an audience, it...

Two brunette bakelite beauties! I'll take one or both - we don't discriminate around here...

Hi Rich,

Thanks for posting - I always keep one eye on your non-pedal stuff over in the other section!

I love hearing Hawaiian played on the pedal steel and aspire to do so myself. Bill Stafford is another artist who inspires me in that direction.

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I guess it depends what you're going for, but I'd look at King's Serenade ('Imi Au Ia 'Oe), Green Rose Hula, things like that. I can't overstate how much there is to be learned from the very simplest Hawaiian melodies, if you really focus on the steel guitar techniques which emphasise the "Hawa...

I've hardly been able to get away from this song for the last month or two.

Can anyone else recommend later work with Leon's steel playing?

I really love this, surely there are other "late period" examples beside the last of the Texas Playboys.

On top, treble-side is the only option for me. Put it anywhere else and you're removing the ability to make volume swells with your pinky while you pick. Of course, you may use a volume pedal to achieve the same effect. As someone who plays Hawaiian, it's not just the tone of the frypan but the simp...

Thanks for the link to Michael Johnstone's playing. Phenomenal slants remind me of Billy Robinson, amazing moving voices that seem like pedal steel at first listen. The Billy Hew Len archive, recorded by Hal Smith on various visits to Hawai'i, are a fountain of knowledge when it comes to A6th-based ...

Incredible footage, thanks for posting.

I'm listening through the Billy Hew Len tapes again at the moment - and I am dead certain he demonstrates this tuning to Hal Smith. Will go back and dig for it after work!

Just love Mikiya's solo work, and thanks for linking in this thread. Above my pay grade, but really inspirational.

Thanks Andy and David, never seen these excellent shots before.

Interesting point, Jeff. Mileage may vary, but I'm with Rich on this one. Narrow string spacing creates a more acute angle, but my hand naturally wants to throw the slant a bit further anyway, so my intonation is better with narrower string spacing. I think a lot of it comes down to how you hold the...

After something of a year-long journey, I received my LDG before the weekend and have got a decent strobe tuner and a wrench coming for the hex tuners. I hope to update you all again soon, but after tuning up to E9 and messing around with 10 strings and no pedals, I've decided that I will give it si...

Hey Mark,

Check out this thread in the For Sale. You might have to be quick with this one.

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=391130

I have copies of George Lake's Harmony Isles tapes, but I don't have the means to convert them to digital. I wonder if anyone here does, or has done this already? It would be great if these were freely available. The only greater treasure is the Cumquat discography, including what, 5+ volumes of hig...

At the moment I'm playing a John Allison S-8 console. Plays like a Fender Stringmaster, with some aesthetic inspiration from National New Yorkers.

They run about USD $1100 new.

http://allisonguitars.com/steel.html

Would highly recommend!

I'll check the Byrd book after work today if nobody else beats me to it, but I'm almost 100% certain he would not have used re-entrant strings - I'm with you on this one, Joe. Herb Remington apparently used a re-entrant D# & F# on his seventh and eight strings for this tuning: https://bb.steelgu...

I have given this repeated listens - beautifully executed and love the work, Mike. As someone who has always admired the great rag and stride players, especially Eubie Blake and Willie 'The Lion' Smith, William Bolcom completely eluded me until now, and this piece of his is particularly special. I c...

I'd like to second the enthusiasm for Rich's sets from the other side of the world. I'd make it if I could, and I hope that recordings are made for us all to enjoy.

I greatly enjoyed watching this set, and have returned to it a few times. Charlie Baty, RIP, was an awesome jump blues player, and a well-matched collaborator for Lee.

Duane, I've often wondered the same thing.

Magnatone amps with Magnatone consoles, and Fender amps with Fender consoles?

Is it safe to assume that it's how artist endorsements would have worked, but am I jumping the gun to suggest endorsements at all?