The Steel Guitar Forum

Mike Neer wrote:Sweet, impeccably swinging, fluid playing, isn't it?

Always.

Man, I love being able to watch my favorite steeler.

--Steve

Wow... really nice.

Nice, Mike. Playing, arrangement and use of tuning are stellar! I like the subtle use of the Freeze too...

I have the book, but would welcome any future package that included MP3s.

As always-- beautiful work, Gregg!

Phenomenal!

Looking for an 8-string Walker in the coming months...

Time well spent...

Thanks...just e-mailed you my street address.

Hi Ernie, I need two-- sent you check for $60.

That's a looker...

Had my 8-string birch McKenna since July last year, and it's one of the most inspiring instruments I own. IMO in this price range, nothing else comes close.

Amazing player...worth hearing more from. Nice find!

+1 on the Vox DA-5. It's a modeling amp, similar approach to the Roland MicroCube but with better sounding tonal options IMO.

(Try one out if you can-- you might want a bigger speaker for those beefy Sierra tones.)

To my ear, the best 2-note substitute for a dominant ninth would be the b7 and the 9 intervals, i.e. for C9, play Bb and D as a major third interval-- in dobro tuning, find it on strings 6 and 5, or strings 3 and 2....look 2 frets down (or 10 frets up) from your C major chord. For a 2 notes to repre...

Nice article. Man, what a creative bass player. Equally great with the Burritos and on the '70s Ry Cooder stuff, but using a very different approach for each.

R.I.P. to "an old hippie from Mississippi".

Very sweet!

I played one at the Beard shop last year and liked it a lot-- balanced & full sound, very appealing acoustic tone. Don't think you'd be disappointed.

Hey Rick-- I like the look of that bar for dobro. Seems like you could tip the bar and get a nice sharp pull-off. True?

I have the Wallace TrueTone in mine, and like it better than the George L...not as dark, more "clear" in the bass end, and more versatile IMO-- well balanced between "vintage" and "modern" sounds. Not pricey, either. Having heard Dave Giegerich (who always sounded fanta...

Morgan Scoggins wrote: If anyone out there knows where I can get a powder coated bar or any bar that is easy to grip, i would appreciate a "heads up"

Tribotone bars-- a bit pricey, but worth it. Super durable, and very easy to grip...

James, I had them both at the same time a few years back-- I believe the BP had the "harder" coating. I remember the RR would shed red powder-- slowly, over time & in small amounts-- onto the fretboard. (Part of that I'm sure was my heavy left hand. Chuck offered re-coating for a small...

Chuck would be the guy to contact about the powder-coated Black Phoenix bar.

Thanks, Howard. And thank you, Kevin, for expressing what words can't say.

Plenty of love here, for music with that kind of soul. Now I'm gonna snap up a couple of Duke Levine CDs, which is what I should have done 4 yrs. ago when this beautiful tune was posted on the SGF the first time. Thanks for bringing it back!

Yeah, nice...kinda the perky, tongue-in-cheek version...can't call the steeler but it does fit with what I've heard from Jules Ah See.

Paul Beard's shop installed a Schertler Basik on my 8-string McKenna reso a few months ago. Sounds real good, no regrets at all.