The Steel Guitar Forum

Buster Warren wrote:Steve, Tony Prior is in the Mint Hill ,Matthews area ,,, Look him up on the Forum,,,

thanks - I've already contacted Tony P . He only does pedal steel lessons.

Does anyone know of anyone in the Charlotte, NC area that I might get some lap steel lessons from.

I'm in the Mint Hill area and a beginner still!

thanks for any help!

Steve

i googled pentatonic scales and i think i understand the concepts pretty well, at least as far as how to play them on a regular 6 string guitar

That tunings great for rock and blues, especially if you are a guitar player. Open "E" with a couple of extra strings. all the rock licks, duane, derek, and elmore licks are right there. go up three frets for a box type pentatonic that guitar players like. Could you explain this box type ...

The site that I found linked to on this forum that lets you enter the # of strings and how each string is tuned is

http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-sc ... e-printer/

I like the previous site also

Steve

Thanks everybody for the tips so far! I tried tuning the low D down to C#, first thing I noticed was the Gene Autry Drifting Along With the Tumbleweed bassline. Pretty cool. With the D there I get Ray Charles - What I Say - that's pretty cool too. And on strings 5 thur 1 and back up to 5 I get some ...

Well I think that I've found a tuning that I can sorta relate to, at least as far as a fretted guitar is concerned. It's (lo to hi) E B D E G# B C# E. I'm trying to find some pointers, tips, tricks etc. using this tuning. I've searched all forums but have only found mention of it here and there, mos...

Sold to a good guy in Nashville.
Will send a donation ASAP

thanks Steve

I have a Fender S-10 3+1 student model pedal steel guitar with case.The guitar probably needs some minor adjustments. I don't ever seem to have the time that I should devote to it. I'd like to get $500 plus shipping.

While I'm waiting for my 8 string lap steel to arrive, I was wondering if y'all could give me some pointers as to what different tuning options I might have available to me with the guitars current setup and strings gauges. It currently has: 1. E (.15) 2. C (.18) 3. A (.22p) 4. G (.26w) 5. E (.32) 6...

I suppose that I'm mostly interested in rock, blues, folk, old country. Maybe some Hawaiian (depends on the song). The Jerry Byrd course looks pretty interesting as does the Scott DeWitt C6 book. I've also heard of an Arlen Roth video for E tuning but I can't find it anywhere. Man your web site is p...

Does anyone know if the Mel Bay Complete Steel Guitar Method by Roger Filiberto is worthwhile to study. It's an E7 book. No tab. I don't really know how alot of the songs are suppose to sound like. Guess I could Google the songs to get a basic idea, if they're online. Found it at a local Borders. th...

I agree with Danny. I think that it would be pretty neat to have the the best of older technologies along with newer innovations.
Weren't the Fender PS-210 and the Whitney both developed with these ideas in mind.

I thought that the Fender were more than likely better quality all around. I'd like to get one.

I've seen post that the ease of change on the Multi-Kord made it worthwhile, and that some other PSG's have used its concepts.

Just what was it about the Fender 400/1000 that made it so much better and popular than the Multi-Kord. If you had the same tuning and changes on both why was the Fender accepted more. Just kind of wondering.

For the time being I'm using the .056-.013 strings and a 17mm sparkplug socket about 2 1/2 x 7/8 at least until I can get something better. But man did I had a heck of a time getting this sucker strung up. Is there some kind of trick to getting the strings through the tailpiece holes and up and over...

Well my Artisan finally got here very late this afternoon. Hey it has black legs. Hope thats a plus! I seem to be having a couple problems though. First of all my tone bar is still back-ordered along with the starter kit I ordered, so I'm sort of making do with what I can find around the house. A wi...

Thanks guys for the advice. As soon as my back pocket can I plan on checking out all of your suggestions and offers. All of the links were great!

Steve

I'm waiting for my BLACK Artisan to arrive and was wondering if there any good instructional goodies out there for starting out learning the open E tuning. Brad B. suggusted that I might want to start with that. E B E G# B E How do I find I IV V7 etc. I guess you could say that I'm mostly into '60s ...

I'd really like to thank everybody for all the great support!! On a C6 tuning lo to high E G A C E could I use the same set of strings and gauges for an E tuning E B E G# B E .013 to .056? Where could I find some E tuned songs to listen to. I do admit though that having the Amin in C6 seems appealin...

Yes, I made very sure that I got a black one!!! Does Metalic Black play as good as a regular Buddy black one would?

Well did I mess up?

I ordered the Artsian, a 2 DVD Cindy Cashdollar instruction set, a monster straight to angle guitar cable, and a Musician Friends Lab Steel starter kit.

Somethings I ordered in order to get the free shipping.

thanks and I still need all the help I can get!

Steve

Thanks for the advice. Is the Artisan similar to the Carter Starter as far as its purpose is concerned? While I'm ordering I suppose I need to get a tone bar, which one? Another set of strings that work well with this instrument - which tuning and string gauges would y'all recommend is best to start...

Sorry - meant to type Artsian EA-2

thanks again

Steve

Just starting out on lap steel. Totally new. How do the Artisan EA-1 and Goldtone compare? Is an shorter or longer scale length better or worse to start out with?

All advice is welcome and needed!!

Steve