The Steel Guitar Forum

Good advice -- I want to thank all of you for taking the time. I have refined my thinking a bit, and now I have some more detailed questions. Keeping in mind the style of music I am trying to play (rock n roll / blues-ish) . . . 1) How important are splits and how many of them do you need? 2) How si...

but the pedal steel presence in Pittsburgh is .. . click on Members above, enter Pittsburgh, 20 names, some not active but a lot are. Can also talk to Mike diAlesandro and Rick Troyer in Ohio, both forum members are steel dealers somewhat similar thread (get that buyer's guide from John McClung and...

I would suggest you find a teacher who could walk through you questions and let you sit behind a pedal steel. There are several forumites in Philly, i believe Jim Fogarty does lessons for example. It would be great to take at least few lessons, but the pedal steel presence in Pittsburgh is almost n...

How much of a given pedal steel's tone comes from the pickups, and how much from the construction / materials? Some, but it mostly comes from the player who really needs to use the appropriate picks and bar to get that distinctive pedal steel sound, otherwise the whole exercise could be a disappoin...

Spending a hands-on day in a pedal steel shop like Cooper's will give you more information than dozens of responses from other forumites. String spacing, deck height, pedal action, pad or no pad, scale length, many variables must be felt to be appreciated. (just my opinion) If all you want is a lit...

I am beginning my quest of purchasing my first pedal steel guitar. There is a lot of advice out there, but I don't believe my situation is typical, so I am asking for some experienced opinions here. My background: -- I am a pretty adept six string player -- I have been playing for a very long time, ...