The Steel Guitar Forum

Congratulations Fred! You really scored on that one... I'm jealous. It's in better shape than mine and all three PU settings are working. Good for you. If those initials on the side are N. G. I think you can assume they mean Nice Guitar!

What a great night! Fine, fine playing from all and a great jam at the end. I might post a few pictures this weekend. I took a lot of them but haven't had time to view them. I may also post a cut or two of the Saddle Cats set. I got the OK from Bobby Black and Richard Chon. Those guys have to get in...

Keep us updated! It will be interesting to hear about the similarities and differences of the two you own.

Fred, very nice, very moody, very New Yorkerish!

I'll be there with forumite Mark Harpainter. Last I heard Colin Alder (CruzTone Guitars) will also be joining us. Should be a fantastic night!!!

Beautiful work Colin with exciting things to come!! Can't wait to hear some of these new guitars and PUs. How about some sound samples of the latest guitar and the various PU settings?

We San Francisco Bay Area folks have an unusual opportunity coming up to see Bobby, Joe Goldmark and David Phillips at the end of the end of this month at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. I'm really looking forward to it! Pedal Steel Guitar Extravaganza In the Steel of the Night: with The Saddle Cat...

Colin, I took the bottom shot during the sound check that's why the front rows are empty.

Roman and Rick, that dark tone is what sent me looking for that guitar. Last summer I played forumite Mark Harpainter's '37 NYer and that got me looking. Our guitars look alike (his looks nicer) but they have different bridge PUs. Mine has a blade w/out any poles and his has little flat stubby poles...

Thanks Fred. The tuning is open D: DADF#AD

Fred, Here you go... New Yorker Sample 1 New Yorker Sample 2 New Yorker Sample 3 All samples recorded with New Yorker PU selector set to Hawaiian setting (Neck PUs only). Amp is Fender Princeton Reverb w/reverb set at 3, treble at 4 and bass at 5. Recorded using Edirol R-09 to 160kbps mp3. I probabl...

I recently bought a 1938 - 40 New Yorker. Sounded great in San Francisco when I tried it out. After my 20 minute drive home it had a terrible hum that got worse when you touched the guitar. I opened it up and jiggled and fiddled around but that changed nothing. I ended up taking it to my guitar tech...

Lovely Steinar! It fits perfectly with our Sunday afternoon of heavy rain and the warmth inside our home. How about some more demos from 3 AM, 4 AM, 6AM... keep 'em comin'!

Just listened. Loved it. Thanks!!!

Fred, I bought a couple copies. The pricing they had when it was in stock was something like 1 copy for $20 or if you buy more than 1 they were $10 each. Being good with math I bought 2 for $20 rather than 1. http://steelguitarforum.com/smile.gif I agree that the standout track is the haunting "...

Thanks for the heads-up, I've been looking forward to this one!

I was told there is no room in the Centrum schedule next year so it will not be happening. It may happen again in 2008 but nothing is certain. I sure hope it does and many of us were strongly encouraging Peter, who produced the event for Centrum, to do it again. I will be posting more about my exper...

Can someone post a picture of these type of bars?

Just wanted to add my thanks Rick. You are handling this very professionally and I really appreciate the effort and care in doing so.

There is a lot of good will awaiting Fender should they choose to support these old gems.

I'm a fan and particularly like his first CD. Actually, cherry picking cuts from both of his Steel Guitar discs makes for a really nice one. Both these CDs are available for downloading on eMusic. I have not heard his disc "Jon Rauhouse's Hawaiian Guitar Expedition"

"Didn't that East/West CD have the killer version of "I Heard It Through The Grapevine?" Yes it does as well as a great version of Shenandoah though Greg was not part of that show. I was there for several nights. Nothing like getting a CD from a show you loved. BTW, you can also downl...

Hey Orville,

It will be good to see you again!

It's a 1930's Hawaiian model made to be played lap style with a higher nut and saddle (which is straight) than the KG-11 and it is 12 frets to the body. For those who don't know, Kalamazoo's were Gibson's cheaper line of guitars. The Spanish style KG-11 and KG-14 guitars that I have seen are all 14 ...

So who is actually going? I'm pretty sure that I am. I've spoken to David Phillips and it sounds like he is going as well.

Scott, thanks for mentioning that Jake will be there. I've been wanting to see him and hadn't noticed.

Mark, I hope you had a grand time and will post your impressions/review. I love that place. I'm going back on Thursday night to catch Gary Burton and Pat Metheny!