The Steel Guitar Forum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QriDVU9AQQ

I was asked to do a version in the key of F like played in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou

my second string is a plain steel guage 020 and the tuning is GBDGAD low to high. I pull the string behind the bar up one note with the ringfinger of my left hand. Most people think using a thinner string makes the pulls easier because the string preassure is softer. But I found out that for getting...

Here is another song where I use the string bends behind the bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC-N4zl1QZo

For more you can also check my You Tube site.

https://www.youtube.com/user/MartinGross

Ulrich: (are you German?) I know that Markus website is currently offline. He told me that it is going to take a while until it is available but he is happy to answer all questions about his instruments and prices via email. You find his email adress when you go to the webside adress that is shown i...

Standard D tuning

This is a guitar that I have built at a "Weissenborn Construction Workshop". It is made of african padauk wood and it has a schellack finish. I made it with a tailpiece witch is unusual for Weissenborn guitars but I like it that way. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1205/6888_PICT0050...

the other day my friend Maik came by with this elektric lap steel that he has built. He brought along a small Roland amp as well and I fell in love with that sound. It was just soooooo much fun. What a great guitar ! Rock on..........................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at1EYIZFPJ8

hey everybody,

long time ago my friend Urbil Artola from the Basque Country and i decided to record a video and upload it in YouTube. Here is the result. It was lots of fun doing it and I tell you Urbil is the BEST !

cheers
Martin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT0-T3P4Nxw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nlZCsUoFMg


I have not uploaded a video for a long time because lately I was so busy making straps and capos.

But this old Procol Harum song I had to give a try how it turns out on a reso.

cheers

Back in the early 80´s I started experimenting with designing and making a custom capo that would perfectly suite my needs and live up to all my demanding expectations. Since then a lot of time and energy has gone into creating what I believe to be the perfect tool. However, to insure the best resul...

Here is a picture. Notice the possibility to adjust the capo on both sides of the climbing bar.

Hi Frank, unlike the standard Free-Swinging Capos, my Capo rests securely on the neck, just like the nut. Which means absolutely no capo movement while playing, a major consideration for meaty pulls and hammer-ons. Another advantage is that all the String Vibration is directed entirely into the neck...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNT44BNIGXg It was on a rainy day when I decided to let the four dudes and the pretty girl standing on my doorstep in. Three of the dudes could handle an instrument. The skinny one was a good dancer, as was the pretty girl. All in all a lot of people, nearly a big band...

Thanks for your comments, Folks.

The Meredith resonator guitar does a nice job on that tune.

This Gary Moore song is nice to play on the reso.

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

Thanks for your nice comments. Yes the tuning is like Brad posted.

I always wanted to have a original Dobro made by the Dopera´s. After looking around for a long time I found this old dobro model 37 at R & F Charle´s guitar shop web site. The problem was that this guitar shop is located in Paris. So I asked my friend Pierre Bastide who lives in Paris to check t...

I write on behalf of my friend Wendelin Längle who´s dobro was stolen from backstage on 1/9 or 1/10 in Essen / Germany. Missing is a Dobro, model 37, with a recent built in Fishman-pickup. There is no serianl number. If anyone sees that Dobro on stage or is being offerd that guitar, please contact i...

Folks thanks for your nice comments cheers Martin Kevin: there is going to be a dobro learning DVD available showing 10 of my most viewed videos on YouTube. Of cause it comes along with the tabulature. Teach Your Children will be one of it. Chris: the first two breaks are standard tuning. The second...

tried to find different moods to that classical tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0uHtn4nVDM

Thanks folks for your nice comments. I have my guitar tuned in open G tuning. GBDGBD from low to high. Sometimes when I want to get that pedal steel sound I tune to G9 GBDGAD and do string pulls mostly on the second string.

cheers