The Steel Guitar Forum

Had this song in my head for the last couple of days. Some great shots of Ben Keith playing live with Neil Young just back in 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgUDJDbSwg0

Pending sale; I'll send a donation if everything goes through. Ok to lock it up for now... thanks!

I've got a Nashville 400 (I believe no mod) for sale. It's in pretty good condition - got a little paint dust on it at one point, but it works / sounds great. However, since I already sold my steel, it's been collecting dust, and it's time to let it go. I'll post a picture soon. S/N is 0A-04437126 H...

Mike Wheeler wrote:Thanks for the great pics, Will. Buddy was lookin' pretty daper that day. :)

Just so it's clear, those pictures are just pics from the PHC site (the link I gave up above) - I didn't go to the show or take them myself or anything. But yeah - great pictures.

Last night PBS had a live Prarie Home Companion show for New Years at the Ryman in Nashville. I saw this great looking Zum and when they panned up, none other than Buddy was sitting behind it. His tone was impeccable....the problem is that they never let him really play. I heard Buddy play on anoth...

I like the one of him and Jackson Browne doing a new acoustic version of a medly of "Stay" and "Love is Strange" w/ him on acoustic lap steel /and/ singing falsetto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYG7MkWzcM

Anything to look out for when buying a set of tuning keys? Anyone know the part # of a set or sets that are pretty close to the originals?

The caps on the tuning pegs of my ~ '54 Supro lap steel are coming off. According to the guy who replaced the first one for me, they are (or were, before they started totally deteriorating, at least) worth some money. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for someone who could do a ...

I guess hearing the steel a lot of different places and loving its sound did it... but the first thing that comes to mind is Kim Deschamps's pedal & dobro playing on the Cowboy Junkies "The Trinity Sessions". It's pretty understated for the most part, but it sounds great. And definitel...

Yeah - forum member Jon Graboff, who also played with Laura Cantrell for a long time.

I was at the show too. Jon Rauhouse was there as well, playing along with Neko Case, who opened.

I didn't see anyone mention Joni Mitchell's "California" (from "Blue"). I love the steel on that. Understated and beautiful.

I'm sorry to hear about this, and best wishes to you and your family.

My cat rarely ventures on the steel, but she does like sitting on top of the amp when I leave it on... she'll sit on the bench too if there's something soft on top of it.

Interesting that we seem to mostly be a cat loving group....

!!DO NOT CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS!!! Feel free to move it to a different forum if I posted this in the wrong place. contact grant8la at aol.com about this. i need a lap steel player for a short tour. from august 10-14 i'm doing a tour from LA to Seattle and back. roots rock/alt country stuff. liste...

I'm 26. Only been playing for a few months though.

Michael - thanks for the reply. Any chance you could give a more detailed explanation (or links to some online resources explaining this process)? I think I'm sort of getting what you're saying here (especially with some of the other responses, both on and off the forum), but I haven't been playing ...

When the B pedal is fully depressed, the G#s are both in unison (at A). However, the high G# is more sensitive; so if my left foot touches the B pedal even the tiniest bit, the high G# is halfway / three-quarters of the way to A already, while the low G# is still at G#. Does that make sense? I can s...

I may just take this one down to Blackie again, but just wondering if anyone here has an idea for an "easy fix". The "B" pedal on my MSA Classic (not sure of the year) seems to take the high G# up on a much steeper curve than it takes the low G#. This means that while the two str...

Aww - sorry I didn't see this sooner. I just saw Neko Case (with Kelly Hogan and Carolyn Mark), both in LA, and down in San Diego - the San Diego show was early evening on the 29th (so you might have missed it anyway). Jon Rauhouse played pedal stell, as well as a Weissenborn style acoustic, guitar,...

Two of the guitar players (Rich Gilbert and Dave Philips) for Frank Black and the Catholics play pedal steel (both play steel on "Show Me Your Tears", which also has a lot of cool steel guitar pictures on the album art). I don't think they usually both play steel at the same time, though.

> These days, if you can find a new BJS for less than 55$ you're very lucky


allsteelguitar.com has the 7/8" ones for $50; the 15/16" are $58 (of course that's not including shipping).
http://allsteelguitar.com/Web%20pages/Inventory/Accessories/Bars/bars_main.htm

I'm sure Mark won't mind if I add that he's also a teacher (in the LA area). He teaches at the Frethouse in Covina, Silver Lake Music Conservatory in LA proper (in the Silver Lake area), and somewhere else too (maybe Traditional Music in North Hollywood?). His # is listed on their site (http://tradi...

<SMALL>I`m currently using a Jim Dunlop 7.5 oz. , 7/8 x 3-1/4 steel bar, bullet nose type.</SMALL> You don't mention what you're using it for... I use both a BJS pedal steel bar (about the same size as yours) and a smaller 3/4" x 2 3/4" Dunlop bar; I think the smaller bar is a little easi...

<SMALL>Any others out there doing it without fingerpicks?</SMALL> /delurk - been reading the forum for a while, but this is my first "real" post. You might want to check the archives - there are some old posts about Kim Deschamps (steel player on a couple early Cowboy Junkies albums, incl...