The Steel Guitar Forum

Regarding how much George Jones cribbed from Johnny Paycheck, Tyler Mahan Coe from the excellent Cocaine and Rhinestones podcast wrote this: I propose that Johnny Paycheck's influence on George Jones' singing has been greatly exaggerated. - Paycheck doesn't start singing his way without Jones. He ju...

I’m new too. I was using the Dunlop 920 but switched to a slightly longer 7/8th 12-string bar from Williams Guitar Company, though I’m only playing on a 10-string. I have an easier time intonating with it and the benefits to me were immediate. I do have slightly larger hands. The 12 string bar w...

I’ve got a bad problem with slouching and my back has been hurting from long hours of practice. I try to be mindful of it but after a while I find myself slouching again. Are there any pedal steel seats that help this? I know there are wedges I can get to put in a seat that help posture. Currently...

Anybody have a link that will help me to set pedal height, proper height for the steel, proper height for the seat, how to tune the knees and pedals, etc? I have Winnie Winston’s book but I’m not sure if my guitar is an all pull or what. Thanks in advance

The Princeton rig is just for my living room. I’ve got a Kendrick tweed Twin and an old Super Reverb I can hook up to some cabs with Altec speakers in the practice space, but I’m not really worried about messing with that stuff until I progress a little more at home. You'll need some reverb Good...

Hello, I’ve been playing steel for a couple weeks now and am working on the usual stuff - blocking, changes, the volume pedal, general technique, etc. I got into steel largely because of Ben Keith’s work with Neil Young. I really like his haunting, minimal style. At home I’m playing through a ...

I just turned 34 on April 16!

What’s up with the Legion Hall I keep hearing about?

I've never been (going for the first time this weekend!) but I'm getting the impression from folks who are recommending places to go that Broadway isn't really the place to go for good country music.

Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread and wrote in. I found a used GFI Expo X1 online and it should be here next week. The seller said it worked perfectly but I contacted a couple local pedal steel players locally and found someone who may be able to fix it if something goes wrong. Now I mig...

Thanks everyone. I do have a serious vintage bias, and it makes sense that pedal steels are different enough that it might be a mistake to try to get by on an old clunker at first Have been looking for a Stage One but they’re bought up so quickly once they’re available! I will be in Nashville ne...

Hello, all. I am looking for my first pedal steel to learn on. I play regular guitar but am ready to make the jump. This pedal steel seems to be in my price range: https://reverb.com/item/18051307-vintage-custom-single-neck-10-string-60s-70s-black-woodgrain However, it won't do me any good if it doe...