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awesome work so far this your new finish is looking really nice!

I love the metal work it has mojo!

You're right. No tuning is only good for one type of music. I've heard lots of people refer to the E9 as the country neck. Well, we all know that it can play pretty much any genre. Same with C6 neck (often called the jazz or western swing neck). This a real interesting tuning for sure. Glad you are...

sombody's going to be happy with that guitar!

this sounds like something I need

You ought to change the copedant to a standard extended E9. The sacred steel tuning was designed specifically to play sacred steel music. The standard E9 allows you to play many different styles. I am surely interested in sacred steel music the guitar however can play more than just one genre of mu...

Hi Sam, Welcome to the madness. It's a "nice little hobby." It's great to have another Colorado steel player. Our ranks are growing, very exciting. I hope to meet you soon. I wasn't sure if the monthly meet at Dave's was 4th Monday, or last Monday. I'm band-free right now. Or is it "...

Jack Hanson wrote:

Mike Perlowin wrote:You ought to change the copedant to a standard extended E9.

I second that emotion. For a beginner, that copedant would be akin to learning to run before you can walk.

Im free fallin! Its a pretty intuitive tuning in a lot of ways. Thanks for your reply!

Thanks for the replies everyone, I have been having a ton of fun reading and watching videos and learning how to play this steel. I do like this tuning and am convinced that if my right hand cooperates it can play just about any kind of music I may change the copedent over time, or just get another ...

First off Id like to make a post to say thanks to everyone who is active in posting all the awesome information on this forum. I have only been paying close attention to the steel guitar world for a few months now and most of everything I have learned about has been from information I have read abou...

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would this or that sierra be a better 12 string for sacred steel?

thanks

I am interested in buying this guitar just curious how much the shipping to 80304 fully insured of course. I sent you a PM earlier with some general questions about both this guitar and your rains. I am new to Pedal steel and the forum, but I am seriously shopping for a quality single neck guitar pl...