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Hey everyone,

I’ve been having some issues with my pedal steel and at this point I figure that I’m better off getting a pro to take a look at it. Anyone know where in Nashville I might be able to go or who I should reach out to get my guitar checked out?

Hi folks, I’ve been having some issues with the E lowers on my Justice Pro Lite and could use some advice. Long story short, in order to get the lever in tune I have to tighten it so far that it becomes overtuned and the open string goes out of tune. I try to back off the nylon nut so that the chang...

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Thanks for the response Roger, what you said lines up roughly with what I gathered from other posts on the forum. It's definitely a sound that I'm after. Lots to think about.

Hi Folks, I've got a 4x5 Justice Pro Lite on order and I've been pondering the copedent quite a bit lately. As far as I can tell (and someone can correct me if I'm wrong), the Justice comes standard lowering 6 on the same change as raising 1 and 2. This is generally fine for me, as having that 6 low...

Hey Sam, what part of MA? I'm in the Pioneer Valley. If money is no object, I'd go for a new guitar. Justice Steels come highly recommended, Emmons is back in biz, and Sierras seem super nice! Personally, I've never liked pads. They always seem to drag on my arm and get in the way. But many people ...

I've been playing less than a year, so I'm also pretty new at this. I ended up buying a brand new Mullen from Gary Sill. It's an S10, but mainly I wanted to order one so I could get the height lowered by 2 in (I'm short at 5'6"!). I already had a Hudson six string, so I figured it was worth wa...

I've been playing less than a year, so I'm also pretty new at this. I ended up buying a brand new Mullen from Gary Sill. It's an S10, but mainly I wanted to order one so I could get the height lowered by 2 in (I'm short at 5'6"!). I already had a Hudson six string, so I figured it was worth wa...

Forget about the brick & mortar store. They probably won't carry steels, and if they did, the salesman wouldn't know squat about it. The Forum is a good place to start your search. Assuming you're concentrating on E9, I'd say get a steel with 3 pedals (or 4), and 5 knee levers, and you're prett...

Hey everyone, I'm Sam, and I'm new to both the pedal steel and the steel guitar forum. A few weeks ago, I took the plunge on a Sho-Bud Maverick, since it was available in my area. Overall the guitar plays pretty well and sounds pretty good, but I'm moving pretty quickly in my pedal steel journey and...