The Steel Guitar Forum

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Please close this one out for me.

Thank you!

Hello forum pros I am fairly new to playing but I am progressing fine but I would love some advice on setting the height on my pedals and most importantly if they are all supposed to be exactly the same height. I have a hard time rolling off the A pedal leaving B down and not hitting the D lever. D...

Sorry for the newbie question...I've seen some people list their guitars as, for example, 8P 9K. For the life of me I can't imagine how someone can use their knee to reach TWO sets of left/right levers. Or do you fold one set away when wanting to play certain chords/patterns? No, seriously! As a re...

Yup, happy to endorse Butch and his BJS Bars. I purchased a new 7/8" John Hughey from Butch earlier this year, and its leaps and bounds superior to a number of others I own. In addition, the customer service you can expect from Butch is top-notch.

Brand-new FreeLoader, $120 shipped - last call, COB Sunday (09/16).

Thanks for stoppin' and shoppin'!

Still available and a couple bucks cheaper than a new one when shipping charges are considered.

Brand-new, un-used, perfectly functional Sarno Freeloader in mint condition. Purchased less than 8-weeks ago. $120 shipped. Send e-mail or PM if interested.

. . . to buy a used pedal steel without at least playing it first doesn't make sense. I'll assume that the author of this thread (who apparently resides in the U.K.), has ready access to legions of new and used PSGs locally, thereby enabling him to avoid purchases of "un-played" instrumen...

Dave Grafe wrote:http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=223801
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=217048
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=218227
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=214763

hope these threads help...

Excellent readings! Thanks, Dave.

As you noted, steels have a bright sound naturally. If you hook one up to a 2-way system, you'll have to roll off a lot of highs. Yup, I imagine. The frequency response of the 2-ways that I mentioned is simply "vast" (57 Hz - 20 KHz +/- 3 dB). In fact, that's essentially what prompted me ...

Virtually every 1x12 and 2x12 extension cab that I own is open-backed because I generally play single coils (Strat/Tele), and I prefer an open, airy (black-faced) sound, but if I'm after something that's a bit more 'in your face' (like an R9 with humbuckers through a Marshall Plexi or SLO), then I w...

Greetings Everyone! I'll apologize up-front for this somewhat lengthy post, but I need to get to the bottom of something that has me a bit perplexed. Basically, is there a generally-accepted consensus in the steel guitar community as to the best overall size and type of speaker to be used with PSG? ...

Hoh, Jeffrey! I know precisely what you mean about the many "less-than-favorable" changes that have taken place in recent years on Maui, including the hoards of wealthy, cranky 'ol haoles that now have the pleasure of calling the Valley Isle home, and it's a sad state-of-affairs. You'd thi...

Newly Revised Prices:

1. iRiver H-320 Multi-Codec Jukebox: $250
2. Polaroid Portable DVD Player: $100

Both new in the box and both good buys!

Thank you!

Hello Fellow Steelers! If anyone's interested, I have two (2) "new" musical accessories or audio/video items to sell (both held-over from Christmas in sealed factory boxes), that are quite useful on the road, in a home studio, or in a musical practice room . . . 1. 20GB HANDHELD MP3 JUKEBO...

Hi Steve, Although I've been playing guitar of various kinds for many-many years, I'm relatively new to "steel" applications, but I saw your recent post on compression and other effects, and it didn't look like there was much other traffic on the subject, so I thought I'd share my two cent...

WANTED: STRINGMASTER (D8 or T8). Anyone who currently owns a good quality D8 or T8 Fender Stringmaster (or if you happen to know someone with one) who is considering selling or trading it, please consider contacting me before doing so to give me a shot at it. If its in good condition, I'll pay top d...

Merry Xmas, and thanks guys, for all of the great comments! A tremendous amount of very meaningful information and insights . . . GARY: Thanks for your suggestion on a Carter Starter but I'd like to enter the instructional realm with a somewhat higher level instrument, and further, as David mentione...

Merry Xmas, and thanks guys, for all of the great comments! A tremendous amount of very meaningful information and insights . . . HOWARD: I've developed a couple of leads on D8 Stringmasters and I'll likely pick one up at some point regardless, but your vote seems to be in clear favor of pedals, and...

GENTLEMEN! My sincere thanks to all for an "overwhelming" level of response! I can't thank each of you enough for your efforts, and for the many views you've shared with me and other forum members. STEINAR: Some very succinct, "direct", meaningful answers to the questions I posed...

Aloha and Holiday Greetings to Everyone! I'm an intermediate-level guitarist, but beginning steel player with a keen interest in both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian Steel. But I'm also fond of the Tex/Mex Western-Swing sound, and I'm trying to learn what I can about the various console instru...

Aloha and Holiday Greetings to Everyone! I'm an intermediate-level guitarist, but beginning steel player with a keen interest in both traditional and contemporary Hawaiian Steel. But I'm also fond of the Tex/Mex Western-Swing sound, and I'm trying to learn what I can about the various console instru...

Keith, Aloha! I see that you're fairly active here in terms of recent forum postings, but you haven't answered several direct e-mail inquiries from us regarding specifications of your volume pedal . . . What are we missing here? Do you respond to retail dealers only or something? Just what's necessa...

Bob, Albeit expensive ($1600), one of the finest, cleanest, quietest, most versatile and user friendly digital delay units I've ever encountered is the TC-2290 (by TC Electronics). This rack-mounted (stereo) unit is a combined "dynamic" digital delay and five-channel effects control proces...

Tom, I've been using Mesa-Boogie's shock-mounted portable rack systems exclusively for many years, and if you want something "nice", I suggest taking a look at them. I've got one each of their 12-space and 16-space units, both on large, small castors, and yes, they're a bit spendy ($450-70...