The Steel Guitar Forum

The other day, I was watching the Wilburn Bros show on RFD. Sometimes the steel player is Hal Rugg, however, this time I could not recognize who the steel player was, but, he was playing a MSA (possibly a Dl2). Loretta Lynn was the featured vocalist. This program aired just a few days ago...does any...

The other day, I was watching the Wilburn Bros show on RFD. Sometimes the steel player is Hal Rugg, however, this time I could not recognize who the steel player was, but, he was playing a MSA (possibly a Dl2). Loretta Lynn was the featured vocalist. This program aired just a few days ago...does any...

Yes...this is a very useful change for the 7th string (changing the F# to G). This change enables you to get a very nice 7th on the "pedals down" chord.

No doubt about it...there are a lot of real good JEFRAN courses. I would say, probably, the GIVE ME AN INTRO course (it is a lot of fun) and also the JUST PLAY THE MELODY or the BACK UP courses. These will give you a lot of great instruction along with a lot of enjoyment as you hear those good sound...

I have the exact twin to your new Williams PSG. I bought mine two years ago, it is the same color and all, it was pictured in the #2 issue of "Pedal Steel U.S." magazine. Anyway, it is a dream to play and I have had a lot of positive comments and compliments on it. I doubt if you will see ...

Had a play-outside with a group, backing singers. Noticed a couple of amps not quite handling the extra volume needed to play outside with a situation where the performing got sort of (unnecessarily) loud. I just want to say that these good old NV400s deliver and once again I see that they are a rea...

Had a play-outside with a group, backing singers. Noticed a couple of amps not quite handling the extra volume needed to play outside with a situation where the performing got sort of (unnecessarily) loud. I just want to say that these good old NV400s deliver and once again I see that they are a rea...

Theresa...When the Sound Stage Program on George Jones aired, they gave a phone number for a few seconds at the close of the program. I quick called and ordered, but I am sorry to say that I cannot find the number. I hope someone on the forum will come to your rescue on this. Watch the PBS listings ...

No..all "big" productions do no sound bad (although some do). I refer you to the Sound Stage presentation of "George Jones, 50 years of hits". Every lead instrument comes through loud and clear, and of course this includes the pedal steel work of Paul Franklin, and one or two tha...

U.S. Navy, l957 to l96l, came out a Second Class Yeoman. The Navy was good to me and I truly enjoyed it. Also, I met quite a few guitar pickers in the Navy, and used to go into Horners music store (down town Honolulu) and look longingly at the Fender 400s and l000s. I wish I would have bo't one then...

My first steel was a used MultiChord, 6 stringer with four pedals. I bought it second hand for $50.00. At the time, I figured I really had something...anyway, it got me started and of course, like everyone else, I progressed and moved up to a Fender 400, followed by a ShoBud LDG and at this time a W...

The worst steel for me was the one I started out with...a MultiChord 6 string, 4 pedals. The guitar was bad by todays standards, but, I give the Harlin Bros. credit...they probably got a lot of people into starting back in the early early fifties. Building them, like playing them...you start at the ...

After reading the above posts, it becomes obvious why you don't sit up to someone elses PSG and "take off". If the levers and pedals are different from yours, it is like trying to type with the letters rearranged on the key board. The right arrangement???well it is the one you are used to ...

In the number 2 issue of Pedal Steel.US, there is an article by Mike Smith entitled "Playing With Confidence". I read and re-read that article several times and as far as PSG playing is concerned...that article comprises the best advice I have ever seen. The purpose of this post is not to ...

I think one of the classic trademark, signatures of a ShoBud, is the attractive inlay work on the apron of most ShoBuds. I had a very nice (no dings and bright color) ShoBud LDG. A friend wanted to learn PSG, and to help him acquire a good guitar, I sold him my ShoBud LDG. Well...in about five minut...

Probably the first gig for me was at the highschool auditorium in Summit S.D. playing with a small group doing a benefit. I played a six string MultiChord thru an Airline amp. We did what we could with what we had, we didn't know any better and we were ignorantly blissful. I remember the microphone ...

Who owns and plays thru the new Fender Steel King amp? How does it compare with the Peavey line.

Who owns and plays thru the new Fender Steel King amp? How does it compare with the Peavey line.

I get to play out about once or twice a month. This weekend, however, I played for the washer and dryer in our basement...an easy gig but not so much of a challenge.

Leon Eneboe

If you like playing hymns...one that I really like to play and I'm sure you would like the beautiful chords is, A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. In the hymnals, it is in the key of C, and there are a lot of beautiful minor chords, and some nice progressions. I have played it in church once or twice, wi...

Back about the time Don Warden was playing that stand up steel on the Porter Wagner Show, I was just starting out with a 6 string Multi-Chord. The Multi-Chord did not have a lot of capabilities but...the style Don was playing was somewhat available on the Multi-Chord and I was having a great time pl...

I,ll be playing at a Salvation Army Benefit show in Watertown S.D. this Friday nite, 7 to ll...get home by midnight...tired but happy to have gotten to play.

Gary; Take the steel apart, put it in the case,EVERYTIME you haul it somewhere. I know of two instances (not mine) where the steel (in set up condition), tipped over going around the corner in a van. There is a nice gash on the front apron on one or them, the other one soon developed "wobbly le...

Raising the lst string from F# to G#, gives you the opportunity to play nice unison licks using strings 3 and l. The 7th string raised from F# to G, gives a nice seventh when used with strings 5 and 6 with pedals A and B down. There are also some nice licks that involve the lst string being raised f...

Andy...most of us started with the lap steel, and let me tell you that you are going to have a great time with pedal steel. I have always said that the pedal steel guitar is the most rewarding instrument to play. Welcome to the forum, you will be in touch with hundreds of new friends and they will h...