The Steel Guitar Forum

Forgot to warn you not to allow it to touch the inlay as once its on the light wood inlay its green forever

That appears to be an aniline dye stain. here is a link but can also find it at woodworkers stores https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/supplies/finishing-supplies/colors-and-tints-and-stains/colortone-liquid-stains.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=CP%20%7C%20MF...

Thanks for your nice post C E Jackson I agree with the Treasure Chest discription of this thread. As for my Champ I'm seriously considering to do a total restoration of it. The finish is still very good except for the age cracks in the lacquer finish from drying out. The fretboard is my biggest conc...

Wonderful Bill, not only will he have a story but I'm sure it will be passed down for generations to come.
Hope your son can play some accompaniment with you and your steel

Thank you Don. I'm sure for many here the true value of these steels are as much of the story behind them or where they were found as the actual cash value if trying to sell them

I just joined this site after spending a few weeks checking out a lot of the post and comments. I'm amazed at the number of people who are collectors and steel players. Also how many of you are my age (70) and older. I'm a life long Tulsan and became interested in the steel guitar in 1956 when my da...