The Steel Guitar Forum

Best news I've heard all day! So thoughtful, perfect set-up for that!

I thought about playing for the line at Costco today but this is MUCH better

Inspiring work Mark, thank you for sharing

Did you make the nut and saddle yourself?

...but one day I decided to convert a 12 string acoustic to a 6 string lap steel and it turned out great. .. Mark would you pls share a little more about how you did this? Or maybe there’s another thread to look at; I had a similar notion a few weeks back.. Erv, that one sure looks like it puts o...

I have an Imperial weissenborn and am well satisfied with it. I have two different pickups on it and from the pickups, via a stereo cord, I go into a Marshall amp where I can split the signals into two separate channels. I get a very impressive sound out of that setup. :D Thank you, Erv. I've heard...

Does anyone have experience with Imperial Guitars out of Santa Barbara? They are reasonably priced and appear to be of high quality..

https://imperialguitars.com/product-cat ... 16fd43adaa

The guitar is in pretty amazing shape though is much more red than the black/grey amp, they are def not a matched set but no biggz.. He came down a decent amount on his price, which seemed more fair. The guitar works great and both pieces are remarkably clean. I've got a vintage Peavy tube amp on lo...

"If you can find the matching toilet seat the set would be worth even more. "

-lolol. Strange things do happen!

Thank you for all these wiser words! I'm going to look at it this evening

I do have a much safer tube amp on long-term loan to use for bathtub playing

Howdy! I'm looking for my first steel and came across this classic combo on a neighbor island. I Really love their sweet sound and he's willing to negotiate some on price. Comes with original case, says its in good conditon https://honolulu.craigslist.org/mau/msg/d/kihei-1950s-magnatone-lap-steel-gu...

Dwight Tokumoto plays at Hilo Town Tavern (Big Island) with Kanakapila on most Tuesday nights