The Steel Guitar Forum

First of all, Peavey is great stuff for steel and it's great to see a manufacturer looking out for "us". That said, I prefer tube gear for guitar and steel. Tube gear is heavier than SS gear. For some, that alone may be reason enough to buy SS. GOOD tube gear (today that usually means vint...

Chandler, good luck. You've got a lot of great tips here already. Here are a couple more. I know some (standard) guitar players that have been playing 20 years, but they DON'T have 20 years of experience. They have just ONE YEAR of experience they've repeated over and over for 20 years. Without disc...

Bobby, I go by "Mike" but the user name requires "Michael". I guess that's because of the paypal arrangement when I signed up. If you can change that, it would be great. When somebody types "Michael" in the reply it makes me feel like they're mad at me and I only just g...

Joe, please do send it along. Thank yo very much. Mike

Anyone know where I can find a graphic of a steel guitar that I can use in a WORD doc? I'm trying to make an "ad" I can hang up at music stores, etc. to try and find musicians to jam with. I'm hoping to incorporate the graphic to help get attention (or serve as a warning sticker, depending...

Thank you all for the advice, encouragement and words of welcome. Chuck, thank you for the vote of confidence. I really can't thank Jim enough for all his help on the steel. Have a great time at the Texas show. When is the next Denver jam? Mike

Leroy, since I got this shiny new pedal steel from the guitar store, I'm not "hanging out" anywhere but right here next to the phone because I don't want to miss any calls. The nice, friendly salesman assured me the easy way to get plenty of high-paying gigs was to become a pedal steel pla...

VHS is more popular and requires no special processing for duplication. But why not both? Or for that matter, why not CD-ROM? Much more popular than DVD, at least for now. Disc-based media is easier to segment, easier to recue and easier to replay, big advantages in training applications. Once you g...

Hello to all from Denver, CO.