The Steel Guitar Forum

I wasn't going to post this as I didn't want to clutter up the thread with unhelpful info. I had my hands on that guitar once if only for a short time. There was a benefit being held in Pulaski at that veterans club by the 81 ramp. I was playing steel for Steve Woolson's bands. Country stuff. Someon...

3/16 or 5mm socket for the raises pretty common and 7/64 hex key for the lowers.

My LKR lever raises my 4 and 8 strings a half step. I get a hard dom.7th instead of the 6th all the way up the neck.

thanks Gene. That's what I was looking for

Hey Doug thanks for the response. I didn't get the email as it was an old email address I forgot to update. I've changed it in my profile but didn't get my membership reactivated right away. Could you please resend info. deboaltj@gmail.com. Thanks John

Just got my old stage one Zum back from someone who borrowed it several years ago to try to learn to play steel. I seem to recall a pull release tuning sequence posted here on the Forum and I wanted to try it out when I set the guitar up again. I didn't locate it after scrolling through several page...

I have a set I use strictly for reso playing. I have them set to stick out beyond the ends of my fingers, and I can pick hard without them coming loose. For my steel I have a set of Newman picks and wear them right against the tips of my fingers.

They're the only strings I've used for the last 5 years. They last a long time without breakage, and the service has always been outstanding.

I play steel for what we call the hillbilly jam in our retirement community. Since it's a Christian community the majority of songs are in the gospel realm. Every week people come on stage to perform songs I've never played or heard before. You get a verse and a chores to pick up the melody before y...

I have the first Carter assembled in 2001. It was made as a D10 8 and 5. I had seen them on display at a couple of shows. They had one in a glass case with the under carriage facing out so the workmanship could be easily seen. They advertised a 30 day delivery, and no other maker was even close to t...

Thanks for posting those interviews Howard. I've been a huge Mike A. fan since I first started playing the instrument. It was nice to hear the reverence for the man and his playing expressed by 2 monster masters of the dobro.

Thanks for posting those interviews Howard. I've been a huge Mike A. fan since I first started playing the instrument. It was nice to hear the reverence for the man and his playing expressed by 2 monster masters of the dobro.

I have a Wechter Scheerhorn. I've had it several years and was always happy with the sound, it barks pretty good. Last winter I decided it was time for a new cone, so I ordered one form Beard. I was in for a huge surprise when I took off the cover plate. The cone, and spider were nothing like the Am...

Long time Forum member Bernie Gonyea went to be with the Lord last week. Bernie played steel in Norther New York with various groups for many years. After the passing of his wife Margaret, Bernie lived with his family in the Houston Texas area. A high point in his steel guitar life in recent years w...

I recognized Tommy Jackson, but some how I missed Dale Potter. I re-ran the clip to take another look, but even knowing I've seen him in other videos he doesn't look like I remember. Old age I guess.

Thanks guys. The video was the same one I had, but I was looking at it on Riff Station, and the resolution was awful. Interesting some of the things steelers get involved with.

Came across a video of The Ventures doing a version of Sleep Walk. The steel player had his name on the apron in script. It said Jeff B with the rest of the letters illedgible , at least in the video. Does anyone know the guys name? He looks like an rocker with coke bottle glasses, hair down his bac...

Hey Larry , she would make a nice addition to one of your steel jams with a triple neck 8 string or what ever she felt like playing.

I think I started with the pedal steel about 97 or 98, can't remember for sure. I'd already been playing the resonator guitar since 87, and had messed around with a lap steel. So I guess a little over 16 years, and I was in my mid 50's when I started. I told my wife the pedal steel was my middle age...

Everything looks the same on both videos. Same fiddlers, same harmony singer ( Van Howard I believe ) , Ray had the outfit on. Same steel, so I would guess the same steel player. John

I've seen Rhonda perform in person a number of times at various bluegrass festivals going all the way back to her days with her mom, and dad in The Sally Mountain Show. Watching, and listening to Mike in person is still up there in my bucket list. It's always a treat to see both of them for sure, in...

I didn't think that learning the pedal steel made reso playing easier at first, but after several years of playing both, I feel very comfortable switching back and forth. One seems to make me a better player on the other A few years ago I put a McIntyre unit inside a 1975 Dobro I'd acquired but wasn...

Thanks guys.

Does anyone know who plays steel guitar for Trace Adkins? Saw the band on live TV Friday morning. The steel man was older than the rest of the 20 something band, and had what looked to be a beautiful laquer D-10 Show Pro.

My watch has a soft band that straps up tight. I practice with it all the time, and it doesn't catch on anything C6 neck included. I shut my cell phone off at gigs. I use the watch to tell me when the break is almost over. I like to get back a little ahead, and check my tuning before we crank up aga...