The Steel Guitar Forum

Nice to see some pedal steel being played here at the Eric Clapton Crossroads festival. With Beth Haggard’s band.

As your natural nail grows it pushes them off. Or you go back and have them filled. It’s a process. The only lifestyle change I’ve experienced is I play guitar better. But I fully understand that some guys feel they’re just too masculine to venture into a nail salon.

Shhh…don’t tell anyone I told you this cos it’s kinda embarrassing. I can’t stand finger picks - they make me feel like Freddy Krueger. I tried all the Alaska picks, tape, plastic, metal and nothing worked. Here’s what I do now. I go to my wife’s nail salon and get a set of acrylic nails put on my r...

Thanks Noah. Very helpful.

Interesting observation and thanks for the responses. I have to say though I’m a little confused. Does this mean the entire bridge assembly, volume and tone pots and all, are not original? If so it’s odd because everything fits so neatly with the pick guard and there are no obvious signs of a hatche...

Interesting. All I can say is that pick up screams! Thanks

Can anyone help me correctly identify this National lap steel? From what I've seen and read I think it's a Chicagoan...except none of the others I've see looks like this one. They either have the ornate fingerboard decorated with the musical notes or the volume and tone pots are in a different locat...

Hi Paul This is where I ordered it from https://www.etsy.com/listing/1034658473/leather-rifle-case-gun-case-bag-suitcase This is the company’s website https://www.acropolis-case.com/en Please feel free to message me directly if you are thinking about ordering one and have questions. Also Ivan the gu...

Hi Paul This is where I ordered it from https://www.etsy.com/listing/1034658473/leather-rifle-case-gun-case-bag-suitcase This is the company’s website https://www.acropolis-case.com/en Feel free to message me directly if you are thinking about ordering one and have questions. Also Ivan the guy who r...

Thanks Will!

Hi all I recently restored a “barn find” Gibson Century 6 lap steel. It had no case and, wanting something special, I looked far and wide, finally settling on the one pictured. It’s actually a gun case and it cost about $200 with shipping. The cool thing is they are made in Lviv, Ukraine by a compan...

Thanks Jerry! Was trying to figure out how to do that.

Hi all
I recently restored a Gibson Century 6 lap steel and made a video about it.
Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCU7v8rkIik

Aidan
P.S. I'm not a professional - restorer or player - but I've made a few videos in my time