The Steel Guitar Forum

Rolling Stones, No Filter tour at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara 2019.

Ian

Howard,

No worries. I just love my Vintage R; that prototype sure is sweet!

Enjoy the weekend,

Ian

Howard, Thanks again for taking the time to respond to my post. I finally watched the video link you sent me; so much great information. I wish that I had watched that before I started performing "surgery" on my dearly departed late 90's import Regal and my current early 00's Vintage R, wh...

Howard, Thank you so much for your reply. My first reaction was to indeed tighten the tension screw about a half turn which didn't seem to do anything, perhaps I could go tighter. I changed the strings and it seemed a little better, barely noticeable tuned to open G with the bar across all the strin...

Hey Gang, I've got a Beard MA-6 that sounded absolutely gorgeous when I got it just over three years ago from Elderly. Last year I noticed a "buzzing" on the fifth string, mostly between the third and fifth fret. I assume it's time to takeoff the cover-plate and clean the cone. What's the ...

Hi Andrew,

Nothing too radical but I changed my focus from Open G on Dobro, which I've played for decades, to Open D, just a few years in. I still play Open G at home but when I get together with friends I try to stick with Open D. Best of luck and keep on keepin' on.

Ian

Jack,

I believe that's Joe DeRita on the drum kit, but certainly a great picture. Thanks for posting.

Ian

Roland,

I'm with Bill on this one - open D is where you want to be. Check it out.

All the best,

Ian

Bill,

Great, thanks!

Ian

Bill,

Is this still available? Should I contact Stan at GuitarVisa?

Thanks,

Ian

Plus one for Just Strings, aside from the Forum here, one of my favorite places to buy strings.

Ian

You should see what they're saying about the drummer on the drum forum I frequent

Ryan,

Thanks for posting the picture that I requested.

Ian

Hi Ryan,

Hope you're healing up well. Still love to see some pictures, especially that Hudson, regardless when you ship them.

Thanks again,

Ian

Ryan,

I'd like to see a picture of the Hudson Guitars Reso Lap Steel, thanks.

Ian

Reinhard,

I really like the open G tuning (GBDGBD) for lap steel, and Dobro as well. Strings 4, 3, and 2 in this tuning are the same as Standard tuning - if that's what you're familiar with. Check it out.

Have fun,

Ian

Carmen,

I'm sort of new to digital recording. I plan on installing Garage Band on my iPad and plugging in my lap steel via an IRig Pro, which has a headphone jack, or similar device. I would imagine the Baggs DI wouldn't be necessary?

Thanks again,

Ian

Carmen,

That sounded great. I've been thinking about doing some recording on the iPad I recently got. Could you tell us about your set up? Thanks so much.

Ian

Absolutely stunning! Fantastic job!

Exactly what Slim said, just beautiful!

Ian

Hey, I read somewhere - a Time-Life mid seventies country compilation CD's liner notes, I believe - that a real door was recorded without success and that a smaller door and frame were constructed specifically for the effect.

Heard this for the first time on KUSF driving across the Golden Gate Bridge from SF to Marin back in '94. Blew my mind. Picked up "All Over the Road" soon after. Great stuff, thanks!

Ian

Carl, I used to really like my BJS bar when I used a bullet style bar and played C6, I guess it's what they call the 3/4" six string on their web sight (bjsbars.com). Quality stuff. I've been playing more dobro lately, and play electric in open G as well. I'm crazy about the new Sheerhorn bar. ...

That just made my day, thank you for sharing this!

Ian

Thanks everyone!

I went with the Boulder Alpine. It should be arriving this week. I'll let y'all know how it works out.

Ian