The Steel Guitar Forum

Thank you to everyone who responded here! I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience with me. I thought I was out of finger real estate to use with the NP2's but found that I can get them out just a little further and though it feels weird at first, That little bit (about 1/16&quo...

Hi all, I hope someone can give me a little help with picking. I've been playing for just over three years now and have taken the approach that if I spend most practice time on technique, the music will sound better later. Initially, I spent a lot of time on palm blocking because the traditional sou...

I can see this thread has been open for a while so maybe it is no longer directly relevant but I like to help where I can. If you have already found a solution, maybe this will help someone else. On a build I completed about two years ago, I used the "alumiweld" sticks that are available a...

Richard, Dale, Thanks for taking the time to reply. Dale, you are correct. I am referring to the section with the lowered 8th string. I did not realize that Lloyd lowered the 8th string. I thought he did not lower the E's at all. I found a that the voicings in the recording are possible with some di...

Hello all, I'm working on Bars of Steel as transcribed in the Anthology book. I've always heard that Lloyd Green does not use an Eb lever so in his honor I thought I would try to learn it with bar slants instead of using the Eb lever. It's pretty straight forward until the bridge section. That part ...

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As somewhat of a newbie myself, I'm certainly in no position to give much instruction. But I can relate to your situation and want to point you to a similar thread that I started back on April 16. It was more specifically a question of proper left heel position because, like you, I found that placin...

@Jeffery Shu, I don't think you hijacked the thread but even if you did, please continue! I'm pretty new at this and still don't know what I don't know. the Thread started with a basic question and I'm thrilled that so many have chimed in on topic, close to topic and off topic with their advice and ...

Thank you Bill. I have heard of people paying barefoot but that always seemed like a ticket to foot pain down the road to me. I do, however like to feel the pedals as much as possible so I've been using moccasin style house shoes with a thin rubber sole. Its flexible enough that if my toes are the c...

I'm very interested to know how it turns out. Please follow up when it's done. I love homebrew instruments, especially when they're made from "the wrong stuff" I'm curious about the plywood. when I built my 10 string, I made the prototype with some kind of pallet wood that my company uses ...

Thanks for all the input. You guys are great. I did a little experimenting with the A pedal height today and found that raising it a bit more helps indeed. with A about 5/8" or so higher than B, I can keep my heel between B and C and still catch A with the ball of my little toe rather than the ...

A man after my own heart asking whats under the hood. When building it I was scouring the web for pictures of what the underside should look like. If you have building experience, I would love to see some pics/talk shop. Unfortunately, this is where the real amateur shows through. The changer is bas...

Hello All and thanks in advance for any help you can give. I've been at it about a year and up until now have been working with the "Scotty" Deluxe book and Youtube. That book concentrates mainly on the A + B pedals. That, along with the advice from a Joe Wright column to position the left...

Thank you for the welcome! I love my backyard chickens so thats what I went with. The fret board was the last thing done and somewhat haphazard. with everything else ready, I just wanted to get started playing. The fretboard is just printer paper glued to sheet metal with modge podge and taped down....

Hello all, as a new member to this forum I would like to let you know that it has been a great help over the last couple of years while I was building my PSG. It seems only right to sign up so that I can say thank you to all of the contributors who have posted information about builds, setup etc... ...