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Lots of photos on his Facebook page:

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Wow! Beautiful.

Thanks for the link! I look forward to checking this out tomorrow...

Kudos for posting your first recordings, John and welcome to the wonderful and maddening world of lap steel. As you progress, you'll find that one of the most critical aspects of steel playing is blocking. Good luck in the journey and feel free to ask questions here. Thank you! I've gotten some goo...

Hi everyone, I started learning lap steel around New Years, and since you're all so friendly, I thought I'd share some of my earliest fumblings here. I've been trying out a lot of different picks and bars and have settled for now on a Herco Flat/Thumbpick with ProPik Angled brass fingerpicks and a D...

Beautiful.

Thank you Andy, I'm amazed at how friendly and open-minded people are here about us beginners. I'll check out your books!

Really nice job, Brad! Even as a beginning steeler you were able to put some feeling into your performance which is what we all want to do. I suggest you now think about incorporating some basic palm blocking into your playing. This will help you better control when notes and chords ring out and su...

Stephen Cowell wrote:What kind of bar are you using? If it has a grip you might as well go for gbdgbd dobro.

Thanks, I started with a Stevens but have a bit more control with my SP-2. I think I might go for the dobro tuning!

I've been learning lap steel now for only six weeks or so... A few beginners books and online video lessons, but mainly still getting a handle on the bar and picks. I try to play a bit each day and end up sitting with it for an hour or two. Every couple days of that it seems like I come across some ...

Thanks everyone. I'm mostly interested in getting a traditional country sound, that's why I'm learning C6... But also curious about open G as it might pertain to country... My original intention with the Powerslide was to string it in C6, but in the meantime I was having fun with it in open E and de...

After about 25 years of wanting to learn steel guitar, six weeks ago I bought my first lap steel... prompted by a visit to my local guitar shop where they had a Peavey Powerslide on sale, used. Not the world's prettiest instrument, but I figured a good enough place to start. Well, I've become obsess...