The Steel Guitar Forum

One of my favorite Nashville based singer/songwriters is Jon Randall, who first came to prominence in the '90s as a member of Emmylou's Nash Ramblers band. Check out the brilliant playing by Rob Ickes on this number, In the Country: https://youtu.be/uNNAfPCeg8Q?si=oEeVb2ncr31WU5qm Speaking of Jon Ra...

Do you know if this guitar is made from solid maple, or is it laminate?

Happy birthday Mr. Franklin! And thank you so much for your contributions to the world of steel guitar. It's great to hear that you are doing well and enjoying life as a 90 year old.

Though I have never been a big fan of the stock Regal Black Lightning, the guitar is light years better than a $200 reso from Aliexpress. And it is a pretty respectable imported reso guitar - a lot of this is likely due to the fact that for many years it came equipped with a Quarterman cone. I'm not...

Rich, that was a great Mack the Knife! Sorry to hear about the wrist, but in slowing down a bit in recovery along with your rethinking maybe it helped you to keep sight of the melody since it is so recognizable to millions of people.

Robert, no idea what Bob Allen is charging for the guitar with benders as mentioned by Michael, but before I even got to the part in your original post where you mentioned Asher, the Electro-Hawaiian Jr. popped into my head. I had one (stolen from the trunk of my car in a break-in five years ago) an...

Please send me a copy. Thanks!

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Are you referring to sheet music as in written notation, or are you looking for tablature?

Very sad - apparently he had a heart attack, he was only 59. RIP.

Okay, I will try this again here. John, please send me the TAB for Yesterday.

Thank you

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Just one - a circa 1933 Model 37 squareneck Dobro. I’ve had that guitar since 1976.

The instrument I have owned the longest is a 1962 Supro that I got new as a 10 year old lap steel student in 1964.

Man, that's a beauty. A collaboration between Paul Beard and his son Ben. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I was visiting with Jerry Douglas after his show a few weeks ago at The Sweetwater Music Hall just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Mill Valley and we were talking about the Trailmas...

Del, that's great that the event is a sellout - congratulations!

Now if only we could get an event on the west coast. I realize the odds are against it, the only House of God Church I'm aware of out here is in Los Angeles, about 450 miles south of my place - but I would make the trip!

The Gold Tone Beard models come with a Beard cone and spider bridge and the way to tell what size they are, they use L and R bodies-the L bodies are dreadnaught sizes, while the R bodies are smaller than the dreadnaught sized dobros. Whoa - time out! The Gold Tone/Beard squareneck resonators are al...

The venue shows 6:30 - 10:30. I would guess as the headliner Trombone Shorty will play an hour or more. If Robert is the opener I'm thinking 35 - 40 minutes. I wasn't aware of this tour - and lo and behold, the Bay Area stop is at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga (Silicon Valley) this evening. Not so...

Thanks for the video Bill - great job, and very encouraging!

Your preference is solid mahogany - you might be able to find one on the used market from any number of builders somewhere near your price range, but first you should check out Appalachian. Tony Langley took over the Appalachian brand from the late Tom Warner and is putting out some really nice guit...

Hey Brooks, I have yet to come across anyone who had a JD Aura pedal fail that was able to go out to the workbench in their garage and figure out how to get it up and running again. I think they put that shiny metal plate on the bottom for a reason - they don’t want you to mess with it, it’s send it...

What often happens in these seeking advice regarding gear threads is the OP neglects to state a budget. Resophonic guitars aren’t unlike flattop acoustic guitars in terms of price - you can find something for a few hundred bucks and from there it goes into thousands. For a first timer it’s good to g...

You can read all about it on Vince’s site, players are listed - no mention of a producer, so I’m guessing it was Vince, or Vince and Paul:

https://www.vincegill.com/vince-gill-an ... cowboys/#/

Thanks for the link Whit.

That was beautiful. The man is 85 years old and he sounds as great as ever!*

* Edit: When I went back and listened to it a second time I realized that I initially missed the part below the video screen about the piece being recorded in the early 2000's.

I know that the DoubleShot will add just under an inch to the height of the guitar. So this is why there have been custom cases made available over the past several years. Since some of the cases can be quite expensive, some players have had success with good quality, roomy gig bags since they can s...

One of the few players I know who doesn’t have a palm rest on his main guitar (Tim-built Scheerhorn) is Greg Booth. I believe he decided to go that route years ago because he had been a pedal steel player for decades prior to getting serious about dobro, and he doesn’t like the palm rest. As a secon...

I have an old Oahu student model square neck, the one with the . It works well with light gage acoustic strings tuned to D or lo-bass G. Medium gage strings and/or hi-bass tuning have caused the top to belly up and create a hairline crack in the top. Not very loud but sounds great with a Fishman so...

Phosphor bronze vs. 80/20 comes down to personal preference, how it sounds to your ear. I generally go with phosphor bronze on any lap style acoustic though I'm mainly referring to dobro. I think your string gauges are too light for Open D. Especially the .012 first string. I believe you would be di...