The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks fellas. It doesn’t look too good.

Thanks Mark. Is Todd on the forum? Maybe he will chime in.

Thanks Mark. Is Todd on the forum? Maybe he will chime in.

Can anyone give me any information regarding the country western music scene in the southwest of Oregon? Steel guitars are about as in demand as accordions where I am in the central coast of California. Venues and contacts among the C+W community would be appreciated. I'm thinking about relocating. ...

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Is the amp still for sale? I am coming to San Diego tomorrow for the weekend.

Thanks a million to Richard Sinkler. I did what he suggested, and now I have a working NV400. I hope it keeps on working. I could have taken a chainsaw to it the other night when it popped on and off a few times then went sayanara. I had to play through a MM210 with the bass and middle full blast an...

Hey guys, thanks for the information. I'll check it out.

Warren, I have sent a couple of emails. Can you get back with me?

Does anyone know of a remedy for this problem?

I have a problem with Peavey Nashville 400's that keep popping on and off when the switch is turned on. Sometimes the amp will not turn on at all. I have had 3 of them and they all do it. They are from the 80's and 90's, so maybe it is an age issue.

Austin, There is a version of "April's Fool" on a recording by Steve Palousek and Randy Cornor called "The Way We Wanted It." I bought it from Scotty's catalogue. It is an instrumental, as is most of this collection. These two guys are on the heavy-weight musician short list if y...

Robert, You got it, chief.

This last week-end we played three sold-out shows. I did this play for PCPA for two runs in the 90's and this cast and band is of equal or better quality. As for you steel players from Morro Bay to Fresno, let me know your address and I'll mail you a set of jumper cables and an oxygen tank. The show...

Ulric, thanks for responding. Out of curiosity, what is your tuning and pedal set-up, and what kind of amp and effects do you use? When I played the 400, I just used a Fender Quad Reverb with reverb set on about 4. Thanks also to Lamar for that photo of Lew with his new steel. I see he still did not...

Joachim, I think that lack of sustain was the hallmark of the primitive steel guitars. Probably every variable that could be brought into play contributed to lack of sustain. The bridge was just a pencil-thick tube of metal that eventually formed friction grooves from the strings wearing into it. I,...

Joachim, Lew always played a Fender steel. They have a very thin, tinny, trebly sound. Listen to Mooney's sound on those late 50's and early 60's Buck Owens tunes. It's very similar. You can hear Lew for sure on the "Image of me" by Conway Twitty. I have the album somewhere. I'll bet he's ...

Dave, There are some cuts from a Wayne Kemp album that can be heard on youtube. Some of the steel playing you will recognize as John Huey, but there are a few others that I believe are Lew. Lew used a lot of two-string figures climbing the neck. He was limited by the lack of a D half-tone raise, and...

Hey guys, thanks for the response. Lew played a stock Fender 400 through a Fender Super Reverb. I think he had some kind of fuzztone for rock stuff. He played what he called a D9 non-chromatic tuning. Strings 1-8 were F#,D,A,F#,E,D,B,G. There were the four pedals from left to right: 1) lower B to A,...

Lew played steel for Conway Twitty before John Huey took over in the late sixties. He was a truly interesting character who had really been around, and he was an amazing player. I met him in 1973 at the Alamo in San Diego, where he was playing with Gene Davis. I considered him the best steel player ...

Doctor Hugh, Those are three of my favorite people. Tops in their field. Haley Barbour said that Bill Clinton was able to cry tears out of only one eye. Who was playing steel for Charlie?

Do they make pants?

You are all invited to join us at The Musical Theater At The Old Grammer School, at 1350 Main St. in Cambria for this production. Tickets are $20 and the reservation number is 805-927-4667. I have been in this production twice before with PCPA at Allen Hancock College in Santa Maria. This is a small...