The Steel Guitar Forum

Practical mechanical genius. Spent many hours at Bobby and Juanitas home. Bobby taught me a TON. Great friend. Will be missed.

Bill

I don’t have one. But I want one. Herb, I’m jealous.

I miss Al too. Used to talk to him a lot. He always helped me too.

Hey Brett, Many of us on the Forum can help you with the theory. I know what you are facing, because it is a steep learning curve starting out. I've used Paul's material in the past, back when he was teaching by cassette tape. Late 80's early 90's And it was very good stuff. So you already are on th...

Daniel I have been using George L stainless almost exclusively now for over 20 years. Before that I was using D'addario strings. George L's and I imagine Bill Ferguson either one will provide you with a custom set for the same price as a standard set. I have traded with Bill a few times as well. Goo...

I've got my eyes on one really special one.

Bill

I can't say enough good about Buddy's basic C6. To me, it IS the definitive "meat and potatoes " for most C6 work. Buddy's logical approach is top notch. I had to take care with this. In that course Buddy freely admits to having his "pet" things about C6. He defines those very we...

I think this is the reason I used George L strings almost exclusively during the days when I worked 5 + nights a week. Changing strings about every ten days or so. The George L strings, at least in those days, were very consistent. I still use George L but I have not mic'ed any of them in years now....

I feel just like b0b does. If it weren't for 30 years of playing the Emmons set up, I think I would switch to Day. Johnny is right. My ankle naturally rocks to the outside. Which would accommodate with day pedals better. 25 years ago or so, the late Bob Rains tried to get me to switch to Day. We sat...

Jazz guitarists in no particular order. But typically main stream jazz and hard bop.

Jason As there are limitations to all starter type models.... Having demonstrated both of these starter instruments I honestly think the Carter was a bit better overall. The gfi is not bad, by any means. But overall the Carter to me had a better sound and stayed in tune very well. The gfi stayed in ...

[quote="Sonny Jenkins"]Reece said,,,practice does NOT make perfect,,,,perfect practice make perfect.[/quote]

My opinion exactly. Many musicians like to rehearse without proper knowledge
Reece had a way of getting to the heart of his students and teaching you the real tools of the trade.

To me the very definition of “hard country “ pedal steel. Pete’s work on Gary Stewart and others like billy jo spears. To me Pete had a niche for playing exactly what was needed. Whenever xyz band would call me, I often have utilized that very thing most all of us learn from listening to Peteâ...

When Reece Anderson taught me, I raised A pedal up quite a bit (Reece’s instructions) and I was taught to find a comfortable anchor spot basically behind pedal b. Which, for me, is slightly to the right off centerline behind pedal B. Lifting the A pedal makes it not such an awkward stretch. And I ...

Parker I went out once with s10 push pull only. And found myself missing the c6. From then on I bought flight cases for d10 emmons and d10 sho bud and on some trips paid to take both guitars. If I ever tour again I would take d10...just because I tend to play as much as possible on c6. This is just ...

[quote="Mike Wheeler"]Karlis, since you're making the parts, I'd go with the MSA style for the pull rod connections (straight rod with round brass bushings), but the Fessenden style 3/8ths square crossrod mount. You'll have the best of both worlds...quick bellcrank position changes, and st...

Sorry guys. The op said pedal steel....gold nugget with Bobby Garrett is not pedal steel.
Still a great listen though....

The great Bobby Garrett with Hank Thompson bvb including Merle Travis
Live at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas ca 1960

Ive had similar experiences with GC. They are kind of "gypy" in my opinion

Individual cds can be found on flea bay.

You can search eBay with just the name Tom morrell and I believe all of them will come up. Numerous sellers of course. Some rather pricey but imho worth it to get the entire collection.

Bill

The bl705 has always been the best pickup for me with the mci I didn’t care for the barcus berry’s As far as Carter made. Still my favorite one of these was the early Carter made Arlington guitar. Non welded. The ones I’ve owned were just fantastic tone monsters. I do think the gene fields wel...

I wonder where the(I think two)? Bud carter built MCIs are? I think Buddy was really partial to them at one time. Would love to have one of them.

Bill

Tommy, I had to make thinner blocks for my emci when I put 705s in it. The blocks that came with the original BB pickups were too thick for the 705. And the cavity is a tight fit. Would be a good project sometime to make two adjustable plates where you could tweak the clearances.

Bill

Congratulations Andrew.

I would have loved to have purchased that guitar. Because it was Roy’s and some real sentimental things for me regarding Roy and his music. What a treasure.

Bill

It is absolutely subjective. And absolutely personal preference. A example comparison (yet still subjective) geo L e66 vs bl705. Very similar pickup. But personal experience, the 705 is a little better to my ears. I’m sure there are 10s to maybe 100 ways we could compare all of the popular and usu...