The Steel Guitar Forum

i sent an email to the seller, after the auction ended, asking if the guitar was still for sale. i got a reply just now (4 am local time) saying, yes, it's for sale, and the seller "would like 3,500 for it." i asked 3500 WHAT? i told the seller i bought 2 similar guitars for $450 and $517,...

dave--is that the same shirt? just kidding. congrats on thirty years! i'm sitting here trying to remember what i was doing 30 years ago, and can't remember. so i must not be doing the same thing, huh?

i'd been a public defender for nearly twenty years when i retired this past april fool's day, and the best advice i every received and ever could pass along was from that wise man w.c. fields. among other things, he said "you can't cheat an honest man." oddly enough, i think he's correct. ...

bravo, herb! exactly my sentiments. if you worry enough, someone else will buy it, and the problem solves itself. get it, and learn to love it. happy holidays, all.

hey, ray--i want you to know how much i've appreciated the information you've provided me--on this board, and privately--about little rickies. i love mine, and feel that i know them better and appreciate them more directly as a result of things i learned from you. there are a lot of thick-headed fol...

russ--wow! thanks for the site referral.

yes--what's the deal with these? how do they compare with the bakelite versions? these seem to be the bastard children rickies. why? i've been tempted to snag one, for one thing, because they're usually pretty cheap...

i'm a lefty, and i play poorly. i suspect it's unrelated to the fact that i hold it backwards (ie, traditional right-hand style). i strum my acoustic six-string "up-side down" (ie, left-handed) with regular right-hand tuning. makes no sense. but i figured learning pedal and lap would be so...

brendan--got out my "some girls" album liner notes from the rolling stones 1978 release, and the credits indicate that ron woods played pedal steel on "when the whip comes down", "far away eyes", "before they make me run", and "shattered." ron is als...

good for you, tony! i STILL get off thinking about that show! speaking of the rolling stones, my brother flew up from macon, georgia, a few weeks ago to see the stones playing in some small venue in beantown. said they kicked butt, too: nothing fancy, just good old rock and roll. they did a cover of...

chris--check your email, if you haven't already. i left you no doubt way more than you need to know about ames and des moines. good luck. oh, it's supposed to rain saturday. but we had snow tuesday, so rain is ok. it's iowa--it's what we talk about.

chris--i live in des moines; i'll see what's up, and get back. my guess is it will be everyone's favorite around here: slim pickens.

for those who want to save$$: at the ames show, general admission tickets ($29) got you right up front, within spittin' distance. standing all night, but five feet away. the rest of the seats were drier, yet smokier.

tony, you won't regret it at all. and the way he's cooking, man, he could do it for another forty y--...well, maybe not. but he's damned hot. tom, i'm glad god invented websites like bob's that include set lists, because i'm going to have to check it to see what i saw. it was truly a 60s caliber exp...

i just returned from seeing bob dylan and his band. wow! nearly 2 1/2 hours of everything: old, new; electric, acoustic; his stuff, songs of his other people have covered, and bob doing covers (a SCORCHING "brown sugar", for one). this is the best i've ever seen bob. but who is larry campb...

does anyone have music posted played on a new msa, with the same tune played on a non-msa, for comparitive purposes? i'm surely not the only one who like to hear the differences.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Kim West on 27 October 2002 at 05:50 PM...

already this is a great thread; i can't wait for the book. will a movie follow? perhaps a documentary with players? best of luck.

sonny, wayne, bill--thanks! i knew i'd find out here. i'll contact gary mcvay when i'm done here, bill. i figure since i'm still "just learning", i might as well have it like zane. i don't have anything to unlearn, either. thanks again, guys.

there is a WONDERFUL discussion replete with anecdotes and quotes from "the man" about the genuine zane beck tuning for an s-12. does there exist the "definitive tuning" for my d-10? if so, i'd love to read it, and apply the results to my own little red d-10. thanks, all. i look ...

...and since this thread is entitled "...bakelites...and stuff", here's some more "stuff": give me your recommendations for strings for your rickies, and for other guitars, as well. [i just bought a little blue "bronson" (just like my mots national), and i'd like sugges...

i've just the one, a "panda" from what i've learned here. couple questions for ray or whomever: 1) where will the serial number be? i just looked again, and can't see one. 2) can you proud parents post some pictures of your prides and joys? i'd really like to know more, and it helps to SEE...

i JUST finished posting a reply on the buy/sell section to a guy from macon, georgia, looking for the blind steel player who sat in on two songs for my band's album in january down at capricorn studio. his name is "goose" goodrich, he's legally blind (though i'm fairly certain he his visio...

girls?

can you be a bit more specific? i'm watching tv, and nebraska's getting kicked by iowa state, and it DOESN'T suck.

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