The Steel Guitar Forum

Hello! I am currently producing a set of videos that will serve as a beginning pedal steel guitar course. These videos will be available totally free on YouTube and on my webpage, ProfessorHonkyTonk.com. Here is a quick preview of one of the exercises, a right hand blocking exercise using open strin...

Hello! Looking to purchase some parts for a push-pull rebuild (cut tail). If you have converted a D10 to a Sd10 you might have many of the parts I need. - cut tail neck - pedal bar - pedals (I have 4 legrande pedals that work, so if I find 4 more I will be in good shape, or even better, I would love...

Episode 3 of "From the Ground Up" is now posted! Let's take a deep dive into Johnny Bush's 1973 cut of "The Warm Red Wine" (And the steel playing of Weldon Myrick!). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_e1qj5z3CM&t=589s

New song recreation video posted! I re-constructed Johnny Bush’s 1973 recording of the Cindy Walker classic “the warm red wine,” with the help of the amazing Bob Appel on rhythm guitar and vocals. It was fun taking on some of these cool Weldon Myrick licks! Full song analysis episode will drop in a ...

Great deal here! This is an awesome sounding Bud.

Just added a lesson video on Leon Rhodes’ solo from the live version of “Drivin’ Nails in my Coffin.” Some steel lesson videos are in the works and coming soon! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kxWM73JeA-A

In the time I spent playing in Billy Mata’s band I was lucky to get to know David very well. He had a knack for making me laugh, especially when I really needed to. I learned so much about music from David, his knowledge of chords, jazz standards, Western swing licks, etc. had a profound effect on m...

Episode 2 of "From the Ground Up" is now available. In this episode I take a deep dive into Roger Miller's recording off "Invitation to the Blues" from his "A Trip in the Country" LP, which features some amazing playing from Buddy Emmons! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

I own a 1969 push pull that once belonged to Harold Fogle. Great guitar, it has a small plate with an inscription saying the guitar was custom rebuilt for Fogle. When I bought that guitar I looked up all Bill’s steel picker videos of Fogle. So sad that the videos aren’t available on YouTube anymore....

Thanks John and John! I actually do have a day job, I am a music education professor. This semester I am on partial sabbatical, so I am devoting some time to trying to create videos for education/outreach, etc. I have just started a country music program at Texas State, and I want for my students to...

Hi everybody! I am excited to release my latest song "re-construction," a note-by-note (to the best of my ability anyway) of Roger Miller's "Invitation to the Blues," off of the Mercury LP "A Trip in the Country." This was a lot of fun to produce, especially considering...

Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words! It makes me so happy to hear that folks are enjoying the content. I just uploaded the first in a series of improv workshops that I am producing. The first workshop is over a basic 1 1 5 5 5 5 1 1 progression, and uses 3- and 4- note groups as a catalyst for cr...

Thanks y’all! More content will be posted on a regular basis. If you have any ideas for the sorts of discussions or episodes you would like to see, please let me know!

Hello! I have recently launched a new website, which features various country-music related content. I just posted the first episode of a series called "From the Ground Up," where I re-construct a classic country song, part by part, as closely to the record as possible, as a way of learnin...

<t>Thanks John! Yes, the writing definitely comes off very academic at times, as dissertations tend to be... but I am also working on a couple of book projects that are geared towards a larger audience, dealing with the same subject matter. I will have more to share on this front in the months to co...

Hello everyone! After 2 and a half years of study, 2500+ hours of steel practice, 96 steel gigs, and a near case of carpal tunnel from so much typing, my doctoral dissertation entitled "Full Circle: Becoming a Pedal Steel Guitarist" is now available online for free. Here is the link: https...

Wow! Thanks so much for all of your very informative and helpful responses. The book I envision will examine the Oahu company through the lens of music education (I am finishing my doctorate in music education this summer at Boston University). From what I can tell, the Oahu schools and teachers com...

Hello! I am both a steel player (pedal and lap) and an adjunct music education professor. I am considering writing a book about the music education phenomenon that occurred when the Oahu publishing co. took advantage of the Hawaiian guitar fever that had swept the country in the 1930s, and created a...

I have a D-10 Emmons, and I am looking to add a few knee levers to the C6 deck. Looking for short cross shafts (3 of them) (PSG parts is sold out of 5 inch shafts). Let me know if you have anything in your spare parts box that might fit the bill.

Hello! I am in the market for a Rickenbacker Model B (preferably a Panda). The Ricks on Reverb and eBay are priced so high… if anyone has anything they would part with for a bit cheaper than the “going” rate on Reverb, I would be very grateful.

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Hello! I am looking for a copy of the Sho Bud special instruction album, featuring Neil Flanz. Let me know if you have a copy you are willing to part with!

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Thanks for your response Ian. I am actually looking for a keyhead with a roller bridge, for a Professional. Thanks though!

Wanted: Sho-Bud Gumby keyhead from a Professional or Pro-2.