The Steel Guitar Forum

Let's see some crude ones too! I can do that! http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix/6669_KeithsSteel_1.jpg Mahogany body, brass nut and bridge, DeArmand 2000 pickup, stainless cover plate covers almost entire body. 22 1/2 inch scale. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix/6669_KeithsHeadstock_1.jp...

Wait a minute. How can it be the tourists' fault that some hotel's management is scrimping on thier entertainment budget? Isn't it the tourists that make the hotels happen in the first place? And not everybody is into music, and even fewer are into Hawaiian music. Does that make them ignorant dumb a...

I see no reason a fanned scale wouldn't work on a steel guitar. Possibly very well. I hope you build it and give us a full report! Does anybody here have any experience with a fan-fretted steel? I wouldn't be surprised if Alan Brooks has built a few ... Thanks for posting this Randy and please keep ...

On the steel I'm almost always on one of two seats: An armless office chair beside the computer or a piano bench.

Neither one is ideal, but the piano and the computer are my best teachers.

Oh no, not another tone-bar thread! I managed to get through the "What tone bar do you use?" thread without spending any money, but now I think I just gotta get myself a new bar. I bought my bar before I found this forum, and I chose a 7/8 X 3 1/4 Ernie Ball, which turned out to be almost ...

Thanks for sharing that Terry. I think I'll order a set, the picks I'm using now start to get painful after about 20 minutes.
Did you get the brass or stainless ones?

I have always admired my fellow musicians who know more theory than I do. With a few exceptions, my experience has been that those who are very knowledgeable on theory are also damn good musicians. The norm? Don't know, but certainly there are plenty of accomplished musicians in both camps. I think ...

I'm not addicted to the steel guitar, I just gotta play one everyday. ... would you really, in everyday conversation, say "that pianist used two piani during the concert, and he played in many different tempi "? Piani is incorrect. Plural is pianos . Tempi and tempos are both correct, as a...

I play for an hour or so almost everyday. Sometimes I actually learn something. Sometimes I just noodle and don't try to learn anything. Dom said: I think the non-pedal steel is keeping my mind exercised as I grow older. I agree Dom, and think it works for all ages and instruments. Playing music is ...

When Hartley Peavey said the "Power Slide" can be played conventionaly, surely he meant as a slide or bottleneck guitar. I don't think that instrument would be playable as a Spanish guitar, even with the "rebated" neck. What confuses me is how can it be a dobro as he claims? It's...

Doug, that is a nice take on that tune!

Very tonally diverse with nice phrasing. A pleasure to listen to.

At about 1:25 it almost sounds like a muted trumpet. How, if I may ask, did you accomplish that?

"Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method" by DeWitt Scott teaches lap steel using tab and music notation. It is available right here on the forum and would be a good place to start. (Click on "Instruction" at the top of the page) I gotta say though, that although I play piano and re...

I've never worked with rosewood, but that is a beautiful piece of wood Tom.

I think you'de be crazy not to build a steel guitar out of it.

... Is there anyway that the videos can be made downloadable? I wonder if there might be others in the same situation. I am. You can go here to download YouTube videos to your 'puter. Or you can order the vids direct from Rick and he'll send you a DVD. That's what I did. I think it was $20 -- well ...

What's wrong with carrying pocket combs?

Brad Bechtel wrote:You're talking about the Cole Clark SK8 lap steel guitar.

I've come across this product before. Then, as now, I just wonder: Why?

Beautiful tone on that guitar Kurt.

Your composition made me think of Christmas, not sure why. Maybe the Ionian mode took me there.

Nicely done.

What a great thread. Playing slants, besides being a lot of fun, really seems to grap the attention of people when I play, they say things like, "I didn't know you could angle the slide thing like that, are you supposed to do that?" Alan, your post really made me think. (not always easy to...

... there were no tuners in the 1st and, tenth positions, I beleive he wanted more distance after the nut for sustain. That's interesting Lee, can someone explain how a longer distance after the nut can increase sustain? How about the distance after (or should I say before?) the bridge? I'm wonderi...

Thanks Doug,

Very tasty!

I think I understand where you're coming from Ron, but I gotta disagree. I am not a HSGA member, but what's wrong with an organization offering benefits to their members? HSGA already offers a lot to non members, not the least of which is all the great music posted on their Site. I can't speak for t...

I've looked at this site (2Kool4Skool) before, and found their nomenclature to be confusing. It seems like somebody in the business of selling steel guitars would be a little more careful about that. I guess "Lap Steel Slide Guitar" isn't too bad, and when they say "solid Mahogany,&qu...

Yikes. I'm a beginning steeler, I'm old, and I've been heavily influenced "by the sounds of Led Zepplin, Bob Dylan, ..." Not to mention blues artists like Muddy Waters, Walter Jacobs and all the great harp players. Is there no hope for me? ha ha I believe that playing music helps keep me y...

Thanks for the response Bob.
Really nice workmanship on that Strat.

James, I highly recommend the "Slant Bar Practice" tabs posted on Rick's site. Most of them are for C6/A7 tuning, but all you have to do is raise the 6th string a half step to C#. Besides being great practice for slants, these passages are quite beautiful musically in their own right. Incl...