The Steel Guitar Forum

Hey Buck, I sent an email, let me know if you get it.

Dean

Mr Franklin, if there’s a day that I could ever re- live, it would be a day that I came to your house, to pick up a few things, and I got to spend a good deal of time, with you and Mrs Franklin. I learned so much that day, a lot of stories about many things in the past, many stories about Paul Jr’s ...

If Bobby Wright set this guitar up, I guarantee that it will sound much better than the way it came from the factory.

Tom at one time, had an old Evans FET LV 500 amp. I bought it from him before I moved to Nashville back in 1994. I wish I still had it, but I think I used it as part of a trade at Bobbe Seymour’s store, I believe on a Mullen guitar that Bobbe had, that I really liked. That amp had a real heavy EV sp...

There was another steel player that used to be in her band, and his name is Clay Hood. Clay and my friend Kelly Jones, who played fiddle, also worked in the band with Bobby Hicks.

I’m so glad to see this history. I too am a huge Jack Smith fan. I met Jack in ‘87 when he was with Gene Watson. They came to a music theater in my hometown, and I was in the band that opened for them. I hadn’t been playing steel very long, but was very impressed with Jack’s playing. I opened for th...

Andrew, I sent you a PM.

This would be considered a large body.

Missing Roy very much. He was a talented and sweet soul!
Rest In Peace dear friend!

I inquired about Wayne Bridge on the forum a few years ago, and I never got a response from anyone to his whereabouts. I’m sad to hear of his passing. I met Wayne back in the early nineties when he was playing for Vern Gosdin. They were doing quite a few shows in Branson back then. We struck up a pr...

A friend of mine that played for several artists, Phil Koontz, played ShoBuds throughout his career, up until he passed away a few years ago. He played for Moe Bandy back in the late 80’s and 90’s.

I’ve heard it said before that Randy Reinhardt had spent a lot of time with Buddy. He might as someone who learned from Buddy, on a personal level.

When I was with Tanya Tucker, we played on a cruise with Ricochet. Unless Teddy had two Franklins, the one that I saw him play was this smoky swirly gray looking Formica. Bruce Zumsteg used to have this same Formica. In fact, Bruce Bouton used to have a Zum the same color as Teddy’s Franklin. This w...

This is an older taping of the Presleys’ show, they sometimes incorporate a song that they filmed several years ago. I’m starting my 9th season with the Presleys, and have done the television shows during that time. Kevin started with the Presleys in 2010, and I started with the Presleys in 2015. A ...

Marty, I sent you a PM.

It is indeed a Mullen. If I remember correctly, Tom had a couple of Mullen guitars’. The other one he had was red, and it had a light gray suede pad. Both guitars were lacquered. Tom sounded great on any guitar that he played. Todd Brumley and I had lengthy conversations about how particular his dad...

here's a couple shots of the alternate CP logo and fretboard. I believe this guitar belonged to Russ Hicks https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/1431_Screen_Shot_20221218_at_114443_PM_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/1431_Screen_Shot_20221218_at_114451_PM_1.jpg That’s it! Rus...

At one time, there was a different logo badge, and a different fretboard design on the Crawford Parks guitars. I’m assuming that this guitar, might’ve been built, prior to those changes. Russ Hicks had an SD10 CP guitar, that had the different badge and fretboard. I will say, looking at the undernea...

It was on Skaggs' 'Loves Gonna Get You' album that Terry Crisp played 'Raisin' the Dickens' at a breakneck pace. Unusual for RS, at that point, to feature an instrumental on what was essentially a vocal record. That same album had the divine 'New Star Shining' with Skaggs and James Taylor duetting!...

I’m unaware that Weldon played anything on Skaggs’ “Highways and Heartaches” album. I’m pretty sure it was just Bruce and Lloyd. Weldon did play on three tracks on "Highways and Heartaches; "Don't Think I'll Cry" (C6) and "I Wouldn't Change You if I Could" and "Let's L...

Right around the time that I started getting interested in steel, Conway Twitty come out with, “Lost In The Feeling”. John Hughey hooked me on that song. Also, everything Skaggs came out with, with Bruce, Lloyd, and Terry.

Jerry, thank you for mentioning those Ricky Skaggs tunes. I used to sing a couple of them in my bar band days. “You May See Me Walkin’” was just about the coolest sounding country song I had ever heard at the time. Still is. His music was such a great vehicle for all the wonderful players (and sing...

Thank you guys for all the wonderful comments. I really appreciate comments like this. I’m my own worse critic, so it helps me know that you all enjoy my performance and our shows. I work with a great group of guys and gals, and we have a deep love and appreciation for each other. We strive to do th...

Marty, I sent you a PM!

I think it all depends on one question that you have to ask yourself. Do you think you want to learn to play pedal steel, or do you know with a desire that you want to learn pedal steel? The reason I say this, is if you have a desire for it, get the best you can afford. If it’s something that you ju...