The Steel Guitar Forum

I have an X32 Rack in my steel rack to control the band (volume and tone-wise anyway) So I am a big fan. I use X32's and Producers in my day gig corporate AV world. Just another reason for the laptop to ride in the rack drawer. I am such a geek. Looks like the NU1000DSP is gonna be the one. I can ca...

Invest in the Live Wires. Get a good fit for the earpiece. If your using buds, they are lame. Just plug these into the beltpack. I love mine! And they won't break the bank. Great low end. http://www.mylivewires.com/. I have a Shure P4M that allows me to split the signal from the steel mic and mix th...

It seems that 350W @ 4 ohms continuous is the rating for most Black Widows. Aren't you concerned about too much wattage or do attenuate the amp input?

Started using a Line 6 Helix for my everything tone and effect box. I've been stereo lugging two Nashville 112's for a while. I can now set them flat on tone with 5 on the input 5 on the output and my tone sings. However going into the power amp in does not give me the volume I'm looking for. Would ...

Michael great pics of her on the Google Image search. With that set up knee levers are out of the question. I have a friend Joel Ferguson here in Vegas that stands up, tilts the steel forward and wraps his leg around the left leg to play some great non pedal slide. I can't do it because I'm to tall ...

I usually am downstage and I'm wanted there unless there's a really small or weird shaped stage. Of course, rack, two amps and the cheese slicer and it looks like Rick Wakeman is taking over sometimes. That's why I'm looking into portable ideas that keep the riser footprint to the size of the steel.

Not sure about the ego remark. Maybe this is coming out all wrong. This is more of a technical thing and not a Randy Newman song. I do sing a lot of lead vocals while playing, and I am blessed to play in some very packed venues, many with no stage at all, and I try to connect with the audience. It's...

Just so we're clear, I'm 6'. But playing steel puts me in the Mickey Rooney category.

Well that's where they all seem to be these days. Maybe I can get a gig with The Munchkins, The Lollypop Guild or Mini KISS. Keyboard players get to stand up. I do when I play the Powerslide. Just tired of folks saying they cant see me, "was that you singing?" etc. Always wondered why Robe...

I want to be seen over the dancers or standing crowd in front of the stage. I want to eye to eye with everyone else without looking up. I remember JD Maness playing at the Palomino in N Hollywood with a bar stool and a riser under the steel with a cutout for the stool. But it was a house gig and the...

I want to be seen. I want a way to be level with a drum riser. Years ago I remember JD Maness using a bar stool for a seat and his steel on a small riser with a cut out at the Palomino Club in N. Hollywood, CA. But that was a house gig. The bigger acts now put the steel on risers (Usually at the bac...

I have a custom rack to make the GNX4 accessible at the same hight as the guitar off my right side for making mid song patch changes and the StroboRack visible. I feel I can get a Don Helms tone, a Norm Hamlet / Ralph Mooney tone and a more conventional modern tone with the 3-way parametric EQ plus ...

I have been playing in stereo for close to 20 years. I am fortunate enough to be able to use in ear monitors for most of my gigs. Heaven on Earth! Thanks to Hartley that the 112's are a lot lighter than the ol Vegas 400's. Be careful not to play too wet. Note if you are mic'd and the PA is mono, onl...