The Steel Guitar Forum

I'm looking at getting a new amp for my quiet practices with my lap or pedal steel. I'd like to get an amp around 20W or so. Does anyone have any suggestions on smaller amps that work well for steel guitar?

I'm hoping to make it down from Lawrenceville, IL for at least the Saturday portion of it! I'm relatively new to lap/pedal steel, but want to come check out some good pickers hopefully!

Looks great Bill!!!

What an amazing show! Shawn Camp opened up, and I didn't realize beforehand that he is a member of Earls of Leceister along with Jerry. He is an amazing flatpicker and singer! And the Jerry Douglas Band...even though all of the guys are very talented, I had to make it a point to stop being awestruck...

My lady friend and I are heading to Nashville tomorrow to see the Jerry Douglas Band at the City Winery and I can’t wait! This will only be my second time seeing Jerry in concert, with the first time being a show that was just him and Travis Tritt both playing acoustic which was pretty cool. I’l...

Are there any steel guitar players on this board who live near Lawrenceville, IL? I’m new to the lap steel but would love to find like-minded folks to learn from or jam with!

Thanks everyone for the advice! A lot of the books that I've seen online seem to be aimed at C6 tuning, so I'll probably go with that one. Might just have to buy another lap steel so that I can have a couple different tuning options!

Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Zehner and I am new to this forum and to playing lap steel. I have been playing guitar for about 20 years now, and while I still have a lot to learn about playing guitar, I was stuck in a rut and needed to try something new. So I picked up the lap steel about a mont...