The Steel Guitar Forum

Always Room In Heaven: I sure know about Heaven, You know I have no doubt So I should be getting ready because that's where I'm bound I'll get myself a job and I'll work hard for months I'll save all my money and get myself a steel guitar 'Cause there's always room in Heaven for one more steel guita...

The pull rods are 3/32" in diameter. You can find them online at welding supply stores. Search for "welding rods." I bought some 3/32" stainless steel welding rods from Ebay. You can thread the ends with 4/40 thread (or even finer if you have the tool to do it.) The white plastic...

Thanks, Donny, I can do basic soldering of wires but don't have any clue how to replace the components you mentioned. You're right that it's best to take it to a qualified tech, which I may do at some point (Don't want to spend the $ right now.) The good news is that I can still use the broken Sessi...

Hello, My Peavey Session 500 made a loud "bzzzt!" noise and went dead. It was a burned fuse. I replaced the fuse with a new, 8A 250V fuse. Immediately after I turned it on, again "bzzzt!," went dead and the fuse burned again. Anyone know what it could be? I hope it's an easy fix ...

Thanks to Mickey Adams, I've been having lots of fun recently playing "Bud's Bounce" that I learned from Mickey's YouTube video. I've wanted to learn this tune since forever and finally did.

Thanks for you input guys. Some good tips here. I notice many people say TAB is a bit of a crutch. That's probably true because when I learned a couple of songs from watching video instead of TAB, I could remember these songs better. Figuring out parts by yourself is probably very useful. But figuri...

Hello everyone. I've been learning and practicing a bit more recently (still not enough :) ) and focusing on trying to learn whole instrumental steel songs, rather than the noodling in different chord positions that I usually like to do. I love to learn a new song from TAB (check out Doug Beumier's ...

Clyde Mattocks wrote:Good stuff. He is a great harmony singer, some good note choices.

I thought he was a great harmony singer but then as the song went on discovered he's really the lead singer! That's some good stuff!

Jim, you're right. I just checked and my computer has that video editor app. I'll start with this one, maybe it will be enough for my needs since I just need to do basic stuff with it.

Thanks.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Richard, yeah I have an old injury on my left hand fingers. If you look at the picture in my post above where I'm holding the bar, my index finger has an artificial joint implanted and does not straighten any more than what you see there, and it only bends a little m...

Thanks, Ian. That looks good and I'll check it out. Even better that it's free.

Hey guys, I made a YouTube video where you can see me using the armrest. It's just a quick "off-the-cuff" rockin' jam with my bro on drums. View it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p27R6_JrkOc If you notice in the video, I play a lot on just one fret. This armrest allows me to stay on...

Hello, What would be a good, common program for editing videos on a windows computer? I want to be able to crop the videos (set start/end points), also have different frames on the same screen (different frames showing each instrument,) as well as the possibility of synchronizing the video footage w...

Don't fear the cold...Become an Ice-man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XKcsm3dKs

Palm Trees are nice, but the huge spiders that live in areas with palm trees are NOT...

I've been eying pedal steels, and for the life of me I haven't been able to get over how garrish most look... Which ones do you think are attractive? I depends on what music you want to play on your pedal steel. The black GFI is more suitable for playing Megadeth and Slayer songs, the yellow Sho-bu...

Interesting. The only limitation I can see with this is that it might not allow you "squeeze" the pedals, or press them slowly or faster for expression, and also to achieve half-pedaled notes. I was very skeptical of this kind of motorized string bending until I saw a guy on you tube that ...

Thanks for your comments, guys. You can use a normal bar with this pad, too. But you'll only get the bar support on the lower strings. As for the increased volume/resonance. It's only really noticeable with the guitar unplugged. Through the amp, there's not that much difference in tone/volume. To ge...

Nice playing, I enjoyed it. I like the tone he gets out of his MSA guitar, which sounds very warm and not trebly or shrill. The positive message of the song is refreshing too.
Thanks for posting.

Ever since I got my Carter SD-12 over a decade ago, I've been experimenting with making different pads/armrests for it to make it more comfortable and ergonomic. Finally, 3 years ago I made a pad that I was absolutely happy with: It is solid wood so it has a solid support for your hand, the wood is ...

That looks like an excellent setup and you can't go wrong with it as it is. I wouldn't worry about changing anything because you have the main changes there. If you get the steel and after a while of playing you find out you absolutely need to change something, you can learn to do it, it's not that ...

I always enjoy seeing the different mods and fixes pedal steelers come up with for their guitars. This extension looks like a good, quick, temporary solution if you were sitting at someone else's steel at a jam, or if you were trying out a steel to buy that was too short. But for my own pedal steel,...

Just watched the whole thing and it brought a big smile to my face. Ralph has such an unmistakable style, the definition of happy, joyful music. Thanks for posting the video!

That is awesome. Beautiful melodic playing just the way I like it.

Thanks, Sandy. This is how I will always start my steel practice now, just playing whatever along with the melodion for a few minutes. Rushing straight into tabs, instructional material, or backing tracks can be too much at times and sometimes it makes me want to avoid practicing altogether. You cou...

I recently started practicing my pedal steel again after barely touching it this whole YEAR (Steel Guitar delinquent.) I've been having such a good time these last few practice sessions that I regret having taken the time off. Here's my favorite practice: Playing along with a drone note that you mak...