The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks Bill: That was as good a choice as could be made and you're right,made me smile through the tears..

"Son died in Korea and nobody's ever told me why".God, he knew the pain, knew America. At 74 I let myself start to cry and I'm crying.

Mt main gripe is with the heads.. As a piss poor woodworker who,despite my dad teaching me to pre drill,
I booger up the heads about two turns from the end..So I guess it is my technique that needs devilish inspection...Damn-looking the mirror is hard sometimes...

Philips head screws ,on their best day, are instruments of the Devil..

George Boards:Thanks for the great reply. I WILL go to your site. The tree blew down five years ago. Cut into about twelve foot lengths . My neighbor milled it the next year and stickered it.Biggest cant is about 3 1/2" x 9" x 10'. I'll contact you through your site and you can let me know...

Watching old Kayton Roberts cuts. Didn't realize he played with my childhood fiddling hero Chubby Wise behind Hank Snow... Question-when he's playing Valley of the Roses it looks for all the world that he has steel in both left and right hands while doing that one beautiful beautiful lick...What in ...

Fun to look back on that. Folks who aren't musicians just can't possibly understand this..

I can't even remember the band(s) but some songs I remember getting SO sick of were: Big Bad Leroy Brown,House Of The Rising Sun ( always a drunk hippie whose best drunk friend REALLY sings that great.You guys ought to get her up here to sing), and Proud Mary....
UGHHH!

Question about Road O Phonic: when played acoustically does it have reso sound and when plugged in does it have steel sound..Maybe odd question but you know what I mean..Thanks, Eric

Little different slants there Greg. Are you in GBDGBD?If so I have some neat new slants to learn.

The "TRY THIS" link brought up a harmonica quartet doing Take Five"..Rather interesting.....

I suspect there is already a discussion about woods. If so please steer me in right direction. I have a neighbor who has a quite large home sawmill. I have a little blacksmith shop here and am always welding up something for him so he will be glad to help me with some nice wood. I have some blocks o...

Ask and Ye Shall Receive.. Phew-you guys have given me a lifetime of licks to work on with that song..Thanks to you All.

Thank you Bill!!!If that rendition doesn't make you cry I don't know what will. That is EXACTLY what I wanted to see and hear..DAMN-THAT is steel playing.

I can't find a nice steel rendition of classic Harbor Lights..Any help? thanks, Eric

By nature music gets stretched and distorted.. We bend it,stretch it, and keep what we want..If nobody stretches boundaries we stagnate..Remember when Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile?(yes I'm that old) Never had been done before but became an rather frequent occurrence. I didn't like the &qu...

That was REALLY a breath of fresh air! Thanks for posting.

I think I saw Johnny Mac Brown (sp) in there..

Looking at a Conqueror HG306C. It has about a one inch hole in bottom center that seems as though it could be for a stand. Were there one legged stands?Can't see it clearly as it is in an auction...

Besides your usual great and tasteful playing that was really a well put together video. Shots of everybody playing were great..

Andy: I'm new here,but have to chime in..As parents we are all numb thinking about your loss. A prayer for you.. also- I live just a skip away West of Junction City. If there is some logistical problem that you need help with PLEASE just yell. email me though site, or call 541 964 3224..Respectfully...

About 35 years ago I was playing in a dive in Creswell Oregon. You know the type: Hand painted sign "Live music Sat. nite". I was fiddling and there was a really nice pedal steel player there called big Al.. Very big guy..I was 6'+ and 260 at the time and he towered over me. He moved to Fl...

We don't realize what saints our moms were when we began playing..When I was learning to play fiddle in 1953 (yes 1953) I remember mom always having a smile on her face and always saying "that sounds great Sweetie,getting better every day" God, if I could hear that one more time...

New on here as of a few weeks ago.I went innocently enough from former fiddler with now crippled hand to playing Dobro.Sounds innocent enough until I saw an ad on Craigslist for a National Chicagoan. Went and bought it. Put in C6 of course,being an old country fiddler.Found out about Steel Guitar Fo...