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National Resophonic! Safest route would be to disassemble the Johnson, get a cone in hand, and call National to check that theirs will fit (most likely they do)... http://www.nationalguitars.com/

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I'm a bluegrass dobro player who likes slants, and know that zingy sound all too well! Using a sharp-edged bluegrass bar, the zing seems to happen on the upper of the two strings being played. The playable slants for me are one- and two-fret slants on alternate strings (1 & 3, 2 & 4, 3 &...

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Here we see a strong case for the Carter Starter, used or new. Its fixed copedent guarantees a predictable guitar that works with the vast majority of teaching materials to exactly those who need it -- people starting out! Carter Starters have been getting a lot of bad press lately on SGF because pe...

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Much harder are the slow ballads, where you need to learn how to jerk it back to the same place for each attack without completely muting the attack, and smoothly increase to match the die-off of the strings for a steady sustain, rather than a swell. This is a very difficult technique to do well. T...

Here's a long-shot possibility: in my Williams manual, it says to avoid getting any oil under the strings as they pass over the changer. He says that this causes incorrect return from a change ("hysteresis"). Just a guess

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I got great, fast service from Tom Bradshaw!

bump for a superb guitar! I have one, along with some others, including a Beard Auldridge, and the 'R' is definitely the one I'd want if marooned on a desert island!

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"What works for me" for me is to actively enjoy the process of figuring all this stuff out! (and by the time I'm 137 years old, I'm gonna be a great player )

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This beginner is glad he has both F (E->F) and E (E->Eb) levers! (pardon my confusion over labeling these :? ) The instructionals I'm using are: Winston's book "Pedal Steel Guitar" ...uses the E but not the F, I just realized! Bouton's DVD "Learn to play Pedal Steel..." covers bo...

Thanks for all this great advice -- it's a big help!

Chris

Karen, I've noticed that where I place my left heel makes a big difference in what happens with my knee & leg. Depending on where I put the heel, my leg can be either completely relaxed without touching either lever, or really tensed up to avoid one lever or the other. I should note that my leve...

There's a great PSG resource in a corner of this forum site -- the "Magazines" link at the top right of the page. The $20 for the set of six "Steel Guitarist" issues is money well-spent; they're a terrific source of specific info, tab, brief lessons, great-player articles, histor...

Hi, When playing single notes with either A or B pedals, is it worth pressing just the needed pedal, or is it OK to press both? Example, playing an ascending C major scale on 8th fret, starting on 8th string: the E, F, G, A sequence could be played using B pedal only for F, A pedal only for A. Or, i...

Here are a bunch of Dobro, Lap steel, Hawaiian steel guitar instructonals I no longer need & would like to pass along to good homes. All are in excellent condition and complete. All prices include postage to USA. Any one for $8, two for $10, three for $12, four for $14, or all for $16. Can't go ...

It doesn't. The one from carter was simply an unpadded nylon bag, like a big gym bag. Unfortunately I gave it to someone to use for poles for an older party tent