The Steel Guitar Forum

I put a little something on youtube trying to cover this one I am sure that I missed some things but there is enough here to get you on some what of a right track. keep in mind that Al did not have the pleasure of all the bells and whistles we have today but what he had he worked it well. and it wa...

I start off with the lote controls set low. I then pluck the high strings on a high fret and turn the treble until I hit a sweet spot. There is normally a point at which the sound suddenly livens up and this is where I leave it. I then pick some mid range strings and repeat with middle and then do t...

The later clip is Al playing with Two Fingers of Firewater who are a great band. We've played with them a couple of times now. Wish I could have jammed with Al Perkins - I'm a jealous man!

Cheers

Hag.

I definately prefer the sound of tube amps for steel. But then I'm not really into all this clean headroom stuff. It might have something to do with the fat that I don't play pure country. I think the sound of tube amps has much more complexity than just the distortion and frequency reponse. It also...

By the way, has anyone heard the Vox Supreme which sounds pretty valvey to me - different but beautiful in its own way!

I guess some people may have missed the point of my post here. I haven't necessarily tried to avoid the question - which I fully understand! I just question whether what your looking for is actually the pre-amp sound or whether you are after either the power amp or the interaction between power and ...

Pre-amps are over-rated... I know it's not answering your question but I'd like to say that, to me, it is the power amp that seems most important. Tone is obviously due to many factors including the pre-amp, power amp and speaker, and if you get a great pre-amp and then a low quality power amp you w...

Not sure of Al's full copedant in those days but from what I understand it was an 8 string E7 (E B D E G# B E G#).

Thanks very much for your effort.

I've posted this on the British Steelies forum but no-one can help... Have a look at this link http://youtube.com/watch?v=BwPTYimAE7E To me, that is brilliant but probably not to everyone's taste. Slightly distorted sound (and very loud). If I could sound like that I'd be a happy man! If anyone coul...

I'd love to have the tab for this too - did you manage to work it all out is there there anybody out there who can help?

I'm from the UK too. I've been playing for over a year and a half but I've been playing PSG in my band for almost a year (fast learner I guess). I hardly ever play the old 6 string anymore. If you have a second, check out my first ever PSG recording (Let The Love Shine In) on http://www.myspace.com/...

Forgot to mention, I've tried Ibanez TS808, ProCo Rat and Marshall Bluesbreaker as well as the OD channel on my amp.

Hi Guys I'm not very happy with my current distortion sound and I'm after something to get a nice sound but at a reasonable budget. I only need it for two songs in the set but it is important for those songs. What I am after is something like the sound of Neil Flanz's distortion on the Gram Parsons ...

If you're being mic'ed up then you need to set your sound with your head right in front of the amp - after all, that's where the mic will be. The sound man will then be able to make any adjustments necessary. He won't be able to produce a nice steel tone out of nothing so it is really important you ...

I use a blues deluxe for gigs and I like the sound a lot. I've heard the Fender Steel King and Peavey 112 and those sounds are no doubt great too (especially for straight country) but, for me, I prefer the warmth and edginess of valves.

Hi there, I'm only worried about getting a reasonable piano sound so I can use pretty much any half decent keyboard. If you want to get a decent Hammond sound then your only options are a real one (and you thing pedal stealers have a raw deal) or Nord Electro. Anyway, this is a photo of me and my se...

Any suggestions or comments on the quality of component I should use? Does it make much difference if I use a cheap capacitor or a high end audiophile capacitor like the ones you get in good hifi amps?

Anyone know what capacitor I should use to replace the one in the tone control for my 70s Emmons student model? The capacitor is quite literally "mashed" so I can't read the value.

Wow guys. Maybe we're a bit soft here in the UK but it is highly unusual to have to play for more than 2 hours (typically 9 - 11) with a short break in between. That said, the new late licensing rules mean that there are more 3 hour gigs out there (typically 3 x 45 mins). Only exception is generally...

For every manufactured artist appearing on Idol or whatever, there are a hundred bands practicing in garages all across the world ready to take us all by storm. You NEVER know what's around the corner.

Try to take a leaf out of the girls' book...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7syoyf7nc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHyf5uMlP1s

Whichever sounds best to you! You could buy one of those pods with the amp models and speaker cab simulations in it to start with rather than getting an effects pedal. None will have a steel amp simulation on but you might get the next best thing like a Fender Twin sound and then put it through the ...

I started playing less than a year ago on an old Emmons starter model. It needed (and still needs) work doing on it but I am learning about this all the time. I am now at the point where I am thinking of going on and getting a pro model. However, because I've been using a cheap student model, I am b...

Hi guys, As a professional acoustic engineer (as well as a musician), I feel it is my duty to defend my fellow professionals. (I'm talking about professional guys here and not the hobby sound men who seem to make up 90% of the sound men you come across.) The duty of a sound man is simply to help the...

Hi there, I may be new to steel playing but I have been playing in bands since I was 14 and I've also been a professional sound man. What I have always done in bands is get one person to go to various parts of the hall and listen to the overall balance of all the instruments. If there is no sound ma...