The Steel Guitar Forum

Great episode, really enjoyed. Mike: Not to derail the subject, am I right to assume to that Raphael namedrops the same Moonlighters you were apart of? Was there any crossover between the two of you? I can give you the basic history as I was around and saw many of their gigs throughout the years......

Looks great! Where did you get that big wheel tuning wrench? Are they even made anymore? There was a fellow who used to sell them here on the forum....I haven't seen them here in years......I imagine if you did a search you could find that information.....I bought one years ago and yes, they're gre...

The Harmos offered an optional "Belly Bar"........

Herb Remington played Hawaiian music and style on pedal steel using the A6 tuning......he also would engage pedals to change tunings as opposed to bending notes......his style of playing pedal steel was a hybrid......

There's a song named after him......Shady Grove.....

That's gorgeous......I love the Williams keyless system....it is such a breeze to change strings because you do not have to wrap the string.....just pull it tight by hand in a straight line and tighten down the tuning nut.....on my 8 string Williams I have a .080 as my bottom string and the tuning n...

I have one back in NY......I'll have to wait 'till mid July to send you a Dick pic.......

the first time you stomp a pedal and slur up to another pitch....this gets moved to PSG! ;-) i am fully supportive of taking a PSG and removing the footpedals and just using the knee levers.... Yes.....that's why I'm not getting into the PSG aspects of it here nor posting my copedant.....but the be...

I'll see what I can do within the next week......

When I first received the S8 I took it up to Bill's place and we had an afternoon with guitars & effects.....but you can see the difference in size between the two....if I just wanted to haul & set up the guitar without the pedals & pedal bar, it would be so easy to do and just play in n...

Kevin.....there is one and possibly two non pedal consoles that Williams built upon request. Gorgeous guitars. Excel in Japan has certainly built non pedal Jerry Byrd console models as well as a non pedal model with 4 stick shift type levers that change the tuning. I believe that is owned by Lion Ko...

Raphael McGregor is a wonderful player.....here is his string bending video....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQEqq8wDNRo

I need to preface this thread in hopes of keeping it from being closed and/or moved. What I have done here is blurred the lines, have caused worlds to collide, or perhaps opened up The Steel Guitar Multi-Verse. What I did was to have a pedal steel guitar built to non pedal specifications with non pe...

This reminds me of Triadic Mechanics......

I was able to see The Ronstadt Revue in Shelby, NC as I mostly live in Asheville these days.....it was wonderful to see Jim as I hadn't seen him in several years and consider him a good friend......The Revue was excellent because the playing was excellent & spot on.....but the real cherry on top...

I have one......it's in NY and I'm currently in NC so I don't have the serial number.....5 pedals & 4 levers.....

I plan to put it up for sale at some point.....

I love your teardrop violins......

it's coming.......

Here are the tech specs....... 8 string: - 23.75" scale custom one-off body design aluminum hollow body - Certano benders & roller bridge - 2 Kent Armstrong "Claymore" humbucker pickups - 1 volume, 1 tone, master 3-way switch, and series/split/parallel mini switches for each p/up ...

Ha!.......that's called a....peetina......I may experiment with that...... A copper guitar?.....that's out of my wheelhouse....I work with 24 gauge copper sheet......a pattern would need to be made and that would have to be affixed to wood since it's too thin to stand on it's own.....if somebody out...

I'm very happy with the sound & tones from both guitars and at some point I'd like to make some sound samples......but they roar and they give me so many options for tone with regard to pick up combination options......it's actually pretty overwhelming......then there are the levers..... 1. D++E...

My vice (well, one of them) is bringing concept guitars, both electric and acoustic to life.....I don't build them, I just annoy builders until they acquiesce..... So, I got a hold of Chris Fouke of Fouke Industrial Guitars.....I'm sure that you've all seen his fantastic work with regard to aluminum...

Since I'm in Asheville, it's only a 7.5 hour drive (which is a cakewalk for me) so I thought I'd jump on it......

Just booked this festival and am very excited.......Chuck, Lonnie,....if you're reading this I look forward to seeing you......it's been too many years.......

Ha!......I always liked putting colors together.....in my past life I was in the fashion industry and worked with colors which would change every year or season....here's my new Williams S8 8&5 (added 3 pedals after this pic)....I know it's not everybody's cup of tea but it makes me smile...... ...